The Best Senior Living Communities in Fairfield, OH

"My aunt almost lived at Mallard Cove Senior Living. It was a nice facility. It provided three meals a day whereas some of the other ones only did one or two. She looked at available apartments there whereas some of the other facilities only showed us, models. She looked at three apartments there. The apartment she looked at actually had laundry in the room, which was a perk. The one thing that I liked about this facility compared to the other facilities was that, should her level of care increase and should she need assisted living, she would not have had to move apartments, she would just have to change rooms. The only thing that held them back, is they only had a balcony, and she wanted a patio. She had put money down to move in there and then changed her mind and moved into another facility instead mainly because of the patio. They provided three meals a day and they had a lot of different things that they did there in terms of happy hour and bingo. The staff was friendly. When we walked in, everybody was nice. It's a nice facility."

"The one that we liked that we would have been very happy to live there was Christian Village at Mt. Healthy. From the time you enter their driveway, it's like you're driving into a park. It's all trees and it's a beautiful environment. The facility itself is very welcoming and very quiet. There are a lot of large windows that look out onto the garden areas. Even looking out on those, they have fountains. We even saw hummingbirds at feeders. That place is the cleanest that you could ever imagine. It is spotless, and it even smells fresh, which you don't always find when you go into a facility for elderly people. It's very clean, and it smells clean. The people were extremely nice. They don't have a lot of people there. It's just like a big family. Anybody would just go there and feel like they're living at home. You don't feel like you're in any place different, so we liked it. We were really disappointed to realize that we couldn't make our money stretch far enough to be able to go there. But to us, it was the absolute, ideal, perfect place. We couldn't have asked for anything different. We looked at their menu for the day, the meal plan, the dining room, and the chapel that they have. They have a beautiful gift shop within the facility. They have a wonderful laundry room in the basement. When we got off the elevator in the basement, I commented that it certainly was not like any basement I had ever seen before. The whole floor was very, very nice, and the laundry facility was nice. We couldn't have asked for anything different. The staff was very pleasant, friendly, knowledgeable, and caring. She knows all the residents who were there. As she passed them in the hallway, she called them by name, and that was a plus, too. "

"I toured Beehive Homes of Liberty Township. I liked the fact that they were small-scale. I felt like if I'd been there I could have gotten more one-on-one and more personal attention. It was a very clean facility. The staff was very caring. I have no experience with them, but just from what I observed, they seemed nice and caring."

"I will move into Northgate Park. I've been there two or three times, and everybody has been friendly and accommodating and answers all your questions. One thing I liked about it was that because I'd lived in this neck of the woods for decades, I'd never even heard of the place. The gal said, "We rarely have any openings. In other words, we don't have to advertise. People go there, and they stay." The staff was very informative. I only had a lunch meal, but it was a hot meal. It was homemade. Two things they have: gluten-free and low salt, so all that is good for elderly people. The other menus have a variety and not just the same old thing. They're remodeling the room, new bathrooms, and everything in them. So, it should be top-notch when I get there."

"I toured Brookdale Finneytown. It was a little newer and a little larger than the others. The staff were very nice and very professional. It's clean and I like the structure and the layout. It's a little better than some of the others. The room was adequate. The dining area was fine. They did a good job of walking me around."

"One star for the owner of this place. When my husband was dying a former wonderful caregiver of my husband who my husband and the whole family loved wanted to come visit him but the owner would not allow her into the house! He had held a former disagreement against her and thus prevented my husband from seeing someone who cared about him from seeing him before he died. Remember I am paying money for my husband to live here. Secondly, after my husband came back from the hospital and was going to be under hospice care we found out a new resident had been accepted. This new resident was highly inappropriate for the house. She had serious mental health problems, was constantly shouting obscenities( several times in front of my grandchildren and also to a hospice worker) had a dog that was having accidents all over the house and she was allowed to smoke. All this was going on while my husband was dying. My husbands relatives wondered what kind of place we had my husband in. It was very bad. I would think twice about bringing a loved one here. "

"I visited my friend at The Woodlands of Hamilton. I'm always pleased with that place because the people are so friendly and so nice, and they make everybody feel welcome. They have a dining room. They have a musician that comes every so often or I don't know if he lives there, but he'll put on a live musical thing. They have two or three meals a day in the dining hall. She has her own studio apartment that's nice. She plays bingo and she loves it there. That pleases me because at first, she was reluctant for a long time. She's been there almost a year now. It relieves me that I don't have to worry about her as much if I'm not there with her. The staff is just so friendly and they're right there. They know all the people that live there. It's like a family. She eats better now than she did when she lived alone. It's clean. She plays bingo and they have a happy hour. They go out on field trips to the Dollar Store or something, but she doesn't partake in that. They sometimes go out to a restaurant. She did it once or twice and that was it. She's content being there. She loves to sit out on the porch. They have rocking chairs and on a nice day, that's where she is. They have living room areas in different locations throughout the building and usually, she's right there in the main one with the other people, and her room is located right near it. Once in a while, she'll be in her room and just lying on the bed and listening to the radio or something like that, but she does circulate with the people. They must have done crafts because they had pumpkins on display that were decorated in different ways and they had a first prize, second prize, that kind of thing. I know she did some kind of art thing before."

"Silverfern Cincinnati North was clean and nice. The staffing was pleasant. The activities were phenomenal. They have so many things for the seniors to do. It was very impressive. Even with family engagement, they have a special room for the kids to play, which I thought was great. There's a fantastic place for them to play. You could have your seniors and your kids in one place and have that interaction. You could give time and attention to the seniors, so that was very impressive. I like the apartments more than the ones that we have at the other place because it is a little larger."

"Evergreen Retirement Community was amazing. I got a chance to meet some of the occupants there. They have one area that has a stone wall. The facility is old. It was just a beautiful area. Everything was in place. They have a movie theater. You can have three meals, or you can call out and order meals if you want to. They have an exercise place and a place where you can go sit, drink your coffee, and enjoy the beautiful view. They have a garden where you can go and plant whatever you want to. The whole facility is just beautiful. They have walking spaces. They take great care of you. They have wellness checks, which I think is wonderful. They have little cottages sitting in different areas, and I love it. This is where I may be moving in. This was the best independent living facility I had ever seen."

"My brother is staying at Blue Rock Senior Living. There are very few residents there. My brother said the food is just tolerable. He says sometimes it's not that good, but he gets plenty of food. The room is very small, but he's making the best of it. I think they keep it very clean. The TV system that they have is Roku, so my brother cannot watch any Reds or Bengals games on his TV, and that's probably the biggest improvement they could make. There's one lady there who's been very helpful to him. She helped him set up his computer and other things. They do my brother's laundry once a week. They clean his room once a week. They have a stairlift, but it's very slow. Their courtyard and patio are very good. They have a very small library, so my brother goes to the public library."

"Ohio Living Llanfair is in a neighborhood that we're familiar with. It's recently updated. The marketing director who we met with was very generous with her time in our information and has followed up since our visit. It is a well-established retirement community with a good reputation. The grounds were beautiful. They had a courtyard and an onsite chapel. WiFi and cable were included in the pricing."

"I toured The Summit of Blue Ash. That was very nice. I think the gal who took us there said they were being bought by somebody else. It was very neat, clean, sharp, and a very pleasant environment. They had a pool and a gym room and all that. The rooms were very nice and had a nice courtyard and a nice dining room. They have a substantial menu of a variety of everything from hamburgers to a real meal or whatever you want to say."

"I toured Barrington of West Chester. It's well done, well prepared, has a lot of activities, is in good shape, and is friendly. The staff know the people there. They go above and beyond. The facility was clean and well laid out."

"I love that Liberty Place Memory Care is a small community. It has individualized attention and their staff was tremendously caring and well attentive to their residents. The room layout was great, but the view wasn't all that spectacular. It was like a murky, nasty pond out back. We were on the back side of the building, but the room itself was very spacious and cozy. They have living rooms in each of the different wings. So, there were many things that could be done in those areas and then they had a center open area. In fact at that time when we were there, the staff was barbecuing and grilling. It was for the staff, though, for morale and to create a wonderful working space for them. If you're just looking for memory care, it seems like an excellent place."