Mary's Woods

Donna

My sister-in-law is going to Mary's Woods. We chose it because of the surrounding environment, that it's a home rather than a bunch of apartments with amenities, the availability, and offering of health services was better than any we saw. We went to both independent and assisted living, but she will be living in an independent unit at the moment. We met a number of staff and they were very friendly, like they already knew her and were talking very personably. She has tasted the food, and the quality seemed fine. The quality of the maintenance and the use of the original materials was very noticeable. She has a dog, so she needs to be outdoors. The floors on which she could have outdoor access for the dogs have lovely patios, or even little 10x12 outdoor garden type patios. They were really noticeably lovely. The bus line is right at the entrance and it takes us right down to Lake Oswego itself, or to gardens or whatever. The location is in the suburbs, but it's very easily accessible to roads. They have a shuttle three times a week from Mary's Woods itself that takes people to the grocery stores and library and things like that.

Maryann

Mary's Woods still calls itself a CCRC, but we do not have skilled nursing here. We have residents' care and then it goes up to the assisted living and then independent living. If you go to the hospital and have a, let's say a hip replaced, and you need to go to rehab where the skilled nursing is, they will have to send you to another rehab center in the area. It's inconvenient, but it's okay. Right now, I'm in their independent living. Their staff is fantastic, loving, and caring. I can't say enough good things about the staff. They care about the residents. We haven't had too many activities, although they've done a lot of live streaming to keep us busy. They've put some of the exercise classes on TV, you can do them in your room and that kind of thing. They tried very hard to keep us active and entertained here during the last couple of years. Before that, we had tours and we went to plays, these were all arranged by Mary's Woods. We paid for our tickets but these were all arranged by them. I must say, they do a good job with activities. The food is very good. It's more like a restaurant eating than institutional eating, it's very good although occasionally they have a bad day too. The apartments are lovely, I'm very comfortable in mine. They have 2 exercise rooms because they just added another exercise room to the campus. In the lower part, which is the older part, we have a swimming pool. They did not put one in the newer upper part so it could be extremely crowded. Now, of course, you have to have an appointment to go to it whereas before, you could just go down and exercise at any time in the pool. They do water exercises here which are a little easier on the joints. I don't know when that will change back. I'm hoping it will. Other activities are also pretty good. They have lots of exercise classes that you can go to like Taiichi and just regular exercising like yoga. I think the most popular class is the "Keep on Moving" class, it helps you with your balance and all the things that old people have a problem with.

Cathie S

My mom has been here 20 years. From independent living to assisted. It has gone downhill in quality over the years. AND Now they did a rapid covid and quarantined her in a room with no phone for 24 hours still no tv 4 days later. They barely look in on her. When you want a warm drink forget it. Its like she is a leper. I don't get a Catholic place not keeping staff and having the quality care they should.

gretchen472325

I liked everything about Mary's Woods. It's a very loving community, it's beautifully laid out, and the rooms were varied and nice. They have excellent amenities, and they're top quality. They're on the same campus as Marylhurst University, and anybody who's part of the community can register for class that's offered in the university. I enjoyed the food very much; it's top quality and excellent.

Patrice778564

Mary's Woods was just too big of a community for someone who's got Alzheimer's. It's great for people who are independent and don't need help. They just don't have enough assisted living and memory care for the residents that they have. They're constructing an apartment building with shops underneath it. They've got everything there. You buy in like you're buying an apartment, and then you pay rent on top of that. They have a beauty salon, a health center, and community programs. It's like living in a big senior community with a clubhouse.

Joanne228388

Mary's Woods was buy-in. It was a very nice facility but we didn't like the concept of buy-in. There were a lot of amenities. What attracted us is that it's right on the Marylhurst campus and if you live in Mary's Woods you're allowed to audit any of the college classes that you went to and that appealed to us a great deal. The dining area is very good. We had lunch there and it was excellent. The staff was really nice, caring, concerned and excellent.