Southwest Mansions

A.S.676770

Southwest Mansions is not gated, but it’s very private. There is plenty of parking, but of course, a lot of seniors don’t drive anymore. A really nice thing about them is there were 2 doors. There was a door into the hallway so you can go to the dining room and a door out to the back patio. They provide 2 meals a day -- breakfast and lunch. Most of the apartments were on a courtyard, and at the end of the courtyard was a wrought iron gate. It was gated that way. I looked at a 1-bedroom. The thing I did not like is that they did not have icemakers in the refrigerators. They didn’t have garbage disposal, which I didn’t care about. They also didn’t have a dishwasher, which I wouldn’t care about because for 1 meal a day, I’m not going to do a lot of cooking. But the ice-maker really bothered me. Also you could not put in your own refrigerator; you have to keep what they have. It was kind of small. I didn’t really care for the staff, but the lady that is over it was really nice. There was a little theater room and a big dining room. They would hold bingo and all kinds of things in there. They have limousines to take people shopping. They have the limousines to take people to doctor’s appointment in Northern Oklahoma City in the mornings and to the southside in the afternoons 2 days a week, so you would make your appointments accordingly to get a limousine.

Nellie181457

Southwest Mansions was nice and convenient. The people were friendly, and it would probably suit me, but it was so expensive. The dining area was pretty nice. The rooms were spacious. The location stood out to me.

Mother'sChild

My mother lives at this facility. Her apartment is nicely laid out and very sunny. The kitchen is larger than at another place she lived. However, for clarification, there are no doctors or nurses on staff. Maintenance is apparently done by one man who is overwhelmed and therefore slow to respond. The quality of the food has improved recently (according to my mother) and the new activity director is providing a lot more interesting things for the residents to do. The transportation is limited and difficult to arrange so I would recommend looking elsewhere if you no longer drive.

Caring44416050

Southwest Mansions were not quite as luxurious, but it was a very nice facility. I was impressed that they had two or three different rooms that you could have meetings in if you had family to visit or anyone like that. They were big enough to accommodate probably 25 or so people. The people there were extremely nice and laborious. The staff was friendlier than those at the other place. It was a little bit more relaxed there.

Caring105937150

Southwest Mansions doesn’t have memory care unit as it is independent living. The rooms are spacious, the food was better there than the other facility, and it was a pretty open facility since it was independent living.

Caring83770650

I like living independent at Southwest Mansions, but the cheapest they had was $1700 for a 1-bedroom. They had doctors and nurses on staff. Their rooms were gorgeous, and they had pool courts at each room of the apartment. They had the kitchen all fixed up with a microwave, refrigerator, and stove. You could either eat in your room, fix your own food, or have some family member come. They had a really big, gorgeous dining room. They had film night. They had so many different activities. They had people come in from churches, and they had singing things. They had a piano there where they play piano and everybody can sing along. They had nurses that could come by. They kept an eye on you, and they had a room where you could sit in front. Then you had your own little front porch area, and you could have a lawn chair and go sit out front there. It was gated, and in the middle it had flowers, and all of them go out there and sit. It’s gorgeous.

LovelyLady3

Southwest Mansions is independent-living, but they have nurses there. I'm very interested in it because it is as nice as it is, and it has everything that I need. It is also very close to the hospital, the doctors, everything that we use normally. They're fairly new, just three or four years. The rooms are a good size. They're clean and very spacious, they have plenty of closet space. They have a small kitchen and they have a washer and dryer in each unit. They do your laundry, but for your own personal things, you can do that. They have a library and the social things that you would need. They have only two meals a day, but you can have them at different times. You can take it back to your room if you want to. You can have your pet. They have covered parking in certain areas with certain units, which I appreciate. There are certain things they allow you to do. You can put up fans anywhere in your rooms if there aren't any. Everybody is so personable there. If somebody comes by for something, you hear the other people calling them by name. Everybody knows everybody.