Evergreen Estates Retirement Community

We went with Evergreen Estates Retirement Community. It was a more cheery and more active type of place for my parents. We put an application in there if and when the time comes. It is much newer and the layout is different than other places. It is open, updated and more modern. Majority of the rooms set out into a private courtyard, which is nice. Some of the rooms have small kitchenettes and some of them have fireplaces. Their dining room is very bright and cheery. They have a sunroom at the end of each hall. It is just much more conducive. They have a large porch outside. There are all kinds of activities and lunch was going on while we were there and that looked very good, too. Overall, the atmosphere of the place was very uplifting. The dining room was very bright and cheery. They had big double doors that went out into a huge courtyard with a big gazebo, chairs and walkers. I visited both independent and assisted living. They're also opening a memory wing that was under construction. They said in about two weeks that would be open.

My mom loves Evergreen Estates Retirement Community. It is a blessing because I didn't think she would ever say that she really likes going into assisted living anywhere. The residents as well as the staff go out of their way to be friendly with her. They make my mom feel very welcome because it is difficult for her to make friends. That was a very important thing for us at the very beginning. They serve three full meals and snacks. They have weekly trips to different doctors if we schedule the doctors' appointments on those days. There are all sorts of different activities. They do different trips, they have people that cook, and people that sew who come in, and they have a walking club.

Over the years the food is out of boxes and cans. Staff never stays the same, always new faces, administrations fault as not able to keep staff. As of today there are seven ads for help.

Evergreen Estates is an outstanding facility with a wonderful staff. Our Dad has been there for just a brief time but we are very impressed with how things are run and how serious Evergreen is about making their community a positive, healthy, & safe place to be. While some things aren't always perfect 100% of the time, you'd be hard pressed to find a finer retirement community that really cares.