Spanish Cove Retirement Village

Spanish Cove was a pretty nice community. They have assisted, independent, and nursing facilities. You get your own 1-bedroom apartment in independent living and assisted living, which is pretty spacious. Most of the rooms in the nursing home had two beds in each room, but there's still plenty of room for a person to live in there with a roommate. They had really good food and there were a lot of activities like puzzles, exercises, and a library.

I liked Spanish Cove, but I don’t believe I am ready to move in there yet. They let you remodel the apartment, and they even have some cottages that you can also remodel. They give you the budget, and if you want something that would not fit in that budget, you had to pay for it yourself. The cottages were really small houses that were right across the street from Spanish Cove. Those are really pretty much like living in a house except that you have your food in the dining room, and you had access to all the activities and the amenities. They have an unusual program where you buy in -- like right now they are having a special for $89,000. That is your buy-in, then your rent is about $2,500 a month -- which is really good -- and if you move into the assisted living it goes up to about $3,000. The buy-in helps keep your costs down over the long-term. I think $3,400 is the most you would ever have to pay a month.

My parents have already decided to stay at Spanish Cove. They have tailored things to my parents' liking, and, as far as I know, their food is fine because I have eaten there. I don't know much about the staff except for their marketing person because they are in independent living. They seemed very concerned about their clientele. I just like that it is very down-to-earth, and they have friends there.

My wife and I have lived at the Cove for five years. We made the right choice. We have wonderful, caring, and involved staff. Many activities, great food, and a very friendly and informal atmosphere. The goal is to keep residents healthy and living independently as long as possible. The monthly fee in independent living is larger than some other places because part of the fee is a tax deductible prepaid medical expense. So when you go into assisted living or nursing home, your monthly fee hardly increases. Spanish Cove is a nonprofit trust of the city of Yukon, so no outside corporation is making a profit off of us. Three of the trustees are residents here. So it will continue to be user friendly. Oh yes, I have visited the nursing home many times. I have never smelled URINE.