Grande Ronde Retirement

We visited Grande Ronde Retirement. The rooms were nice and big. The looked at possible apartment for my mother. We looked at a studio and a one-bedroom. The rooms were vacant, but they were clean. The residents looked fine. One of the rooms I saw had a kitchen area. They had parking. It was a nice place, but our mom was not ready to move in their little apartment.

My first thought when entering was noticing how clean the place looked, I was impressed at the light colored walls with subdued, understated art on the walls that made it not look like an "old folks home" or a hospital so much as just an enclosed community. The "rooms" are small, but tidy and sufficient for the residents to have their belongings, most of my grandmothers furniture and possessions fit in her room. The room she had included a lovely view of the grounds, from a large picture window in the living room, that let lots of light in and made the place cheery. The staff appeared to be very cheery and friendly, and although I only had limited contact with them, they seemed to treat my grandmother very well while she was recovering from her illness, and she remained there until she found an acceptable private residence afterwards. Bottom line, I would have no reservations about sending another family member to live there, or living there myself, should I decide to retire to the area.