Nursing Home Communities in Norridge, IL

"I like that Addolorata Villa feels like a family community. I like that the residents were out setting up some of the Christmas decorations and the chef stopped to talk to us and there was a guy who mans the gym area like he's there all day. It's just a nice feature. The staff was very friendly. It was clean. One of the drawbacks is that it's kind of spread out. The atmosphere was very pleasant. I only saw two-bedroom rooms and they looked comfortable."

"We toured Brookdale Lisle's independent living for our father-in-law. Our salesperson, who's also the person who gave us the tour, was very nice. She answered all of our questions, showed us everything, and a couple of rooms. She showed us a studio and a one-bedroom, the ones we were interested in. She also showed us their nursing station and all their amenities. She was very pleasant and we enjoyed having the tour with her. They had a pool for exercising, a library, and a fitness room. They have a little garden outside and a garden group if you want to go gardening. It seemed like they had activities throughout the day, too. Their dining room was very clean and very nice. They had a little outside patio in the summertime. They put tables and umbrellas out there if you wanted to eat outside, and that was nice. The room we saw seemed very clean. The people we saw seemed happy to be there. There was a room where people got together and played board games. We saw a few people doing that and people exercising in the exercise room. It was a pretty big facility, and it was very clean. My father-in-law was pleasantly surprised. He said it was a lot nicer than he thought it would be, and I agree with him. We might be going back because they have happy hours every Friday, so my father-in-law kind of wanted to go to one to meet more people to kind of help make up his mind."

"Lake Forest is great, it's a buy-in, it's expensive, and the people there are mostly local people. The staff took me around, and I've gone to a couple of their functions -- which were wonderful. They have a swimming pool, and many people would come in and speak there. The dining area was newly remodeled, it's very nice, and the food was very good."

"The tour I had at Franciscan Village was very good. It was organized, and caring and had an overarching feeling of a faith community, which was very attractive to both my mom and myself. It just so happens that we're practicing Catholics so that was a connection. They have a chapel and they have mass every day and things like that that my mom liked. We saw an assisted living room and we thought it was very spacious and well thought out, especially the roll-in shower setup. The shower was very spacious and safe so there were no safety concerns for the individual going from a walker right into a standing or seated shower position. It was all flat. The room was very nice. Christine was my tour guide and she was very good. She deserves a good review. She knows her product. She knows the facility. She's been there for at least seven years and she did a great job. The product kind of speaks for itself. It's a very nice facility and it has a faith-based add-on that not all other assisted living and nursing care facilities have. So, the extra thing speaks for itself. She deserves a good review. She earned it and the place earned it, too. She's not selling anything. She's just showing you what it is."

"I toured Marian Village. They were a little less expensive, but the place itself just seemed so vibrant, alive, energetic, and bright. The place seemed very new and very updated. When you walked in, you were welcomed by the person at the front desk. The price, I think we could handle. The tough part is they require an entrance fee of $90,000. I have noticed reviews that are not too high, but when I did the tour, they had like a little bistro, and some residents were having omelets and things like that, and the food smelled amazing. They have a lot of events. They had a nice exercise room. They had laundry on each floor and seemed to have more dining areas. They give 400 points per month, and each point is equal to a dollar. You can use those points in the cafeteria or the dining area, and they don't carry over to the next month. They kind of give you an allotment, and then if you go over that, you start to pay. Mary Beth gave me the tour. She knew all the residents. She's very good and very thorough. Everything was so clean. There wasn't a spot on the carpeting. There wasn't a whole lot of carpeting. There was more of the vinyl plank flooring type of things. The dining room was set for dinner, and they had cloth napkins, glasses, and silverware. Everything seemed to be clean. Throughout the whole tour inside the rooms, in the laundry rooms, or the dining area, there was no stale odor or anything like that as you toured it. It was very clean, not like bleach clean or anything like that. It was just a fresh, clean environment."

"I liked Jennings Terrace. I liked how friendly everyone was. They answered a lot of questions. They were very thorough with their information. They were very kind. They give everybody their own space. They give everybody space to eat and a space to exercise and keep their skills up-to-date. It was clean. It looked good. There was an exercise area to keep their mobility. There was a courtyard."

"My mother will be moving into GreenFields of Geneva. We chose it mostly because of the location. It's very close to one of my other siblings. She'll be going to memory care. I like that there was a separate dining area like each area was separate. It looked like a smaller dining space for memory care and the unit itself was in a U-shape. They have nursing staff available 24 hours a day. The staff during the tour was great. She gave us a lot of information, was upfront, and has helped us through this process as we are starting the move. What they had to offer in terms of activities and the availability of physical therapy and speech therapy is five stars. We have to have a doctor prescribe that, but it's nice that it could be onsite."

"Both of my parents lived at CBH. They started out in Independent living. After my father passed away my mother went to the 3rd floor. I work in another senior community. I can not say enough about CBH. The care, compassion, cleanliness, activities, encouragement for the residents and family is unbelievable. They are a family, they make everyone who enters feel like family. My mother passed away but I still stop by to see some of the staff that was so kind to me and my parents. "

"The rooms are large,clean and comfortable.I highly recommend this facility for your loved ones. The staff is polite,attentive and professional. I arrived without being able to walk,talk or sit properly. The therapist helped me recuperate proper balance and improve my health issues. MS. Ruby and staff are great. I feel much better and I am able to talk,walk and smile again. Thank you!"

"My aunt stayed for 3 weeks at Presence Resurrection for more like a respite stay, and she really enjoyed it. It’s a long-established building, the building itself needs some upkeep, but the atmosphere is very nice. I thought the service was excellent, but overall, the menu could have healthier options, and it was pretty heavy on meat. She has a trial apartment, it was small, and they need some upkeep and maintenance. They have plenty of land to walk around."

"Alden Northmoor Rehab & Hcc was clean and kind of on the newer side compared to the other places we toured. I just met the coordinator and then I met some of the therapy people, and they were all very nice. It was not crowded. The shared rooms were very nice. They don't eat in their rooms, they eat in the dining area where they could be with the other residents. If you wanted to go and eat with your friend or a family member, you could eat there with them in a separate room or the dining area. The food comes out of the kitchen and it's not on a cart, and I was impressed with that. They had a library and a place if you wanted to exercise. They had a patio and they had games. When I was there touring, it was somebody's birthday and the family came and they had a birthday party with a little birthday cake."

"I was in here two months ago. That place wasn't that big but they were nice and friendly. It's not as fancy, but it's very clean. If you don't like their food, they will get you what you want to eat, and they will make it for you. They have everything. You could use the Internet, and you could even hook the internet up on your TV, so you have a bigger screen. Everything you need there, they have. If you need something that they don't have, they will go out and get it for you. If you like ice cream every day, they'll serve you ice cream even in the morning, serve you anything you want. That facility to me was probably one of the best. It's not as fancy as the one I am in right now, but it's not horrible looking either. They had the friendliest staff I ever met, even from the nurses, the doctors, all the way down to the CNA. They go around, they joke with you, and they make you feel at home. They have all kinds of activities, and you could do a lot of things. I just got out of there like two months ago, some of those things are limited because of the Covid 19, which most of the other places have as well. It's a very good area and very safe. It has a huge parking lot. So, if you have visitors and they could come in and visit, you don't need to worry about parking. It's a very unusual building looking from the outside, but it's very clean. What I mean by unusual is it has a different architecture."

"My brother is in BRIA of Elmwood Park. He has dementia, and he's going to be there for a little over a month. Our experience has not been great. When you first walk in, there is security. You have to be buzzed in and it is a location that makes sure that he can't get out of the building. When you arrive on the first floor, it's a beautiful entrance. You take the elevator to the second floor, to where my brother is, to where the memory care patients are, and it's very dark. It's too hot in there. The air-conditioning doesn't work. There was an incident where I went to visit my brother one day and there was a gentleman patient, and he was walking around without pants. I went to the nurse and I said why is that happening and she said, "He does that and we're trying to work on him." He walked around like that for a good couple of hours. I went to the manager. I complained about it. Eventually, he did go put his pants on. It's not the first time it happened. If he was my parent or my family member, I would be very upset about that because it's humiliating to him and I was very upset because my family member was there. The majority of the time, the food is delicious. They serve him three meals a day and he eats everything. I've witnessed dinner and lunch and eight out of ten times, the food is really good, but one time they served him a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner and a small bowl of fruit, and that just didn't seem like a good dinner to me. Sometimes, his dinner is like a full plate of protein, and vegetables, a full meal, two or three things on his plate, plus a salad. Sometimes, it's just a grilled cheese sandwich, so I don't understand the logic in that. I was not happy about that. They can't go outside. There's no outside. There's no patio or a porch or anything where the residents can go outside unless they smoke cigarettes and then they get to go outside four times a day supervised by a staff member. That seems so ridiculous to me that going outside and getting fresh air is very healthy for you, but the only people who get to go outside are the ones who smoke cigarettes, which is an unhealthy habit. The other thing is the bedsheets are paper thin and all the beds and the pillows have to have plastic on them, so you're pretty much in a room that's too hot because the air-conditioning doesn't work, there are no fans and you're pretty much sleeping on plastic or rubber. It's not a very comfortable accommodation. I have had their food and it's inconsistent. Sometimes it's delicious and sometimes it's not. You get what you pay for pretty much."

"My uncle is in Generations at Regency for short-term rehab. He had a stroke, so they are helping him rehab his right side. They have physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. The staff is exceptional. His room is roomy and very clean. They keep the facility clean. Everybody is very nice and helpful. Anything that we need, is taken care of. He does not like the food though. We like this place. I would recommend them."