Renaissance Home Forks

Alfonso

Renaissance Home Forks was nice, but the rooms weren't set up too good. It was a smoking facility. People smoke and I don't like smoke. As soon as I walked in the door, I smelled smoke. I met one staff member and he was nice. The building was under construction, so there was a lot of construction going on, so it was not the best. The rooms were a good size.

Lee

Renaissance Home Forks was very nice but they don't have a kitchen and I like to cook. So that's a negative for that one. I prefer to have my own kitchen. The building was very nice. I liked it. It was a very nice facility in a nice location. It's close to things. I almost would not need a car, because my car is costing me lots of money between the insurance and the car payments. The gentleman was very nice and very helpful. We sat and talked for a while until I had to leave. I was impressed with that. They have a room for dining and activities. I've talked to another gentleman who's been there over a year, and he likes it. Were it not for the no kitchens, I considered that facility a strong possibility. Other than that, it was wonderful and I liked the location. You could walk to a grocery store or shops and it wasn't right in the middle of things. It was in a nice area that wasn't too heavily trafficked or built up. Not quite rural but not quite suburban either.

Marlita

We liked the location of Renaissance Home Forks. It's near my house so we can easily check on mom if she moves in there. The place was clean. It didn't have a smell like some other places that older buildings have. Mom said that she didn't notice any smell there. It was a clean facility, so she liked it. When we went there, the director was not on site, but the activity director was and she was so nice enough to show us around and give us answers. Even though she doesn't know all the administrative questions or whatnot, she was able to give us some kind of an idea of how the place was. I liked her. She made my mom agree to give it a try because she was hesitant. She also explained to us that there are certain times for food where you have to come down to the cafeteria to get your food, but if you don't feel like going down, there's a separate fee if you want your food to be brought to your room. The apartment was very nice. They have their own fridge in the room itself. You can just stay in your room and eat there. You don't have to rely on someone. We saw activities happening in the cafeteria that day. It was a pretty decent place.

William

I toured Renaissance Home Forks. It was very forthcoming, and they were very helpful in giving us the information that we need. We were shown two very nice rooms. It's spacious and not furnished. They were empty but has a good layout. We were happy with the view. I believe the manager's name is Steve, he was very good. We didn't go too much into the amenities. The facility looked nice, and everything looked good. I didn't have much to do with the staff, but as I passed by in the hallway, they seemed polite. The building was kind of old, square, and unadorned; I rate it a three as far as seeing it from the outside. We saw a game of Scrabble, and we saw a piano there that was said to be played on occasion. But that wasn't too much about the entertainment because most of the residents were either in their apartments or sleeping.

Julia

We liked Renaissance Home Forks very much. It's a very nice facility, and for the money, it was very good. I was there a couple of times. The first floor is going to be renovated, but the second and third floors have been renovated and the rooms are just beautiful. They really did a nice job on the individual rooms, and she would be going into independent living, and assisted living also, they did a nice job. Very bright, all brand new, just pretty. They were great. They were very friendly, nice people. I know they had a movie night. They renovated the large gathering room where they had cooking lessons, they said, and you could just gather and sit down. They put in a nice picture window, so it looked out to a really pretty view outside. The floors, the furniture, everything was new. It was very nice. They had two cafeterias, dining rooms. One was nicer than the other, I didn't like one of them on the first floor, it's kind of old looking. The first floor didn't look new, but the second and third floors, they did a great job. They said they were going to renovate the first floor, too. I don't know when, but my aunt would have loved it there. Outside, they only had a sitting area, but the sitting area really could have used some sprucing up. They said they were going to do that. The only problem is they make you give them a nonrefundable move-in deposit that is equal to the rent of the apartment, and that's expensive for a senior citizen, so I was a little disappointed in that. My aunt was going to pay for it, but it's $2100. The services and the room were well worth it, but to take another twenty-one hundred dollars from somebody who's on a budget, was the only thing that I wasn't thrilled with. They had a doctor there so you could get your prescriptions. They would order them for you, which was also, a nice service. They had a van to take you places if you needed a car. So those are services. There are no activities with the services they have, and they have some services there which were good. I think senior citizens are going to worry sometimes more about the services than the activities.

ESoto

I had a loved one that lived here at the end of 2020 and I was very pleased with how the staff treated her. They were wonderful with us and helped her with the ipad so that we could talk to her even when we couldn't come visit. I felt very comfortable knowing that Mom was there and that she was being taken care of.