Royal Retreat

Robin

Royal Retreat was nice. It needed work done to it, but it was OK. It was clean. The lady who gave the tour was nice and professional. The dining area was nice. When she gave me a tour of the apartment, I didn't like the kitchen. It was too small. I could hardly move around in it. That's the only thing, but the bedroom size was nice and the living room size was nice. The facility looked nice, but you can tell that it's an old building.

Jeanette

I loved Royal Retreat. I just couldn't afford it. I looked at a studio and it was nice, but they have a waiting list. The staff was very nice. They had a dining area, a library, and a gym. The place was very clean. I didn't see anyone doing any activity. I just saw the room for the activity.

Dawn

I wasn't super in love with Royal Retreat, but it suited all of my grandma's needs. Some other properties were a lot nicer. This one's a little distressed, but she's not super bougie on it, so it works for her. She has a 700-square-foot apartment with a fridge, a stove, and a screened-in porch, and it includes once-a-week housekeeping but doesn't include any power or cable or anything because it is independent. They have dining facilities, a beauty shop, a library, a puzzle room, and an exercise room. So, they have a lot of different things that are available for her. She's been able to go down and dine three hot meals a day. So, that's been nice. It's an additional $500 a month to have the three meals, but she enjoyed them. There were things that she could eat. They're soft foods and they had a little birthday party while we were there for a resident. So, it is nice. They had bingo on her second night there and she was able to participate. They also do different activities and stuff there. Compared to most of the other properties that were recommended, their price was the most affordable.

Tiffany

Royal Retreat was nice and the administrator was awesome. She gave me a full tour of the building to see which areas would accommodate my aunt and I was very pleased with it. The apartment was just a bit small. If you only really needed a place for the residents to stay and be safe, then I guess it would accommodate, but my aunt was in a wheelchair. Also, I did not find it accommodating with the amount of money that we were going to pay every month, plus cable, plus utilities. I thought it was all kind of wrapped into that one overall cost. It was like $1400 a month plus cable, plus utilities. The apartment had a small refrigerator and a stove so you could buy food, but if you didn't feel like cooking, you could purchase the food cart where you could eat in the dining room area with what they served everybody else at the center. That was like $450 a month. They offered activities. One lady showed me something that she was knitting. I was excited to see that there was an onsite laundry room and an onsite beauty shop, too. When you walked in, the front area was very nice and they had security.

Karen

My mom moved into Royal Retreat. Everybody's nice and it's a nice place. She has a one-bedroom, it's got a living room and a kitchenette, and it's got a covered patio in the back. There's a refrigerator and stove, the apartment-size one. They offer meals, there's a dining room, and she's kind of picky with her food. It's kind of an old building, it was built in 1965. There's a movie night and bingo. They do snacks and stuff like that.

James

My friend moved in at Royal Retreat Assisted Living. They just opened up in October and it's privately owned. Everything is really nice right now, been remodeled, and they have big rooms. It was a place that felt like home. The transition was great. The people are very caring. You can see how much they care and the way they treat their residents. The owner is very involved with the residents. He has breakfast and dinners with them. He wants to know what's going on. He gets involved in their lives, so he knows everything about them. My friend's room is very large, and I was surprised at the size. The shower bath is very nice. The complimentary internet and cable is nice. There's plenty of room for all of her furniture. She has her own heating and air conditioning, so she can control the temperature in her room. She has two large closets, which was nice too. The maintenance is always going on with them being a new facility. Even with all of our freezing temperatures where they have water pipes break throughout the city, they were able to bring in whatever they needed to make sure that there was adequate water. So they're on top of all their maintenance, and the place is always clean. They come in twice a day and clean the bathrooms, mop down everything, make sure everything's clean. One of the things that impressed me is when you walk in it smells clean, and it's very pretty. The nice surroundings, the eating areas, and the sitting areas are very well furnished and nice. I've never smelled an odor yet. They do lots of different activities. At Christmas, they had lots of people coming in, doing caroling and different things. They have a game room and then they go through bingo trivia. They have an exercise program that they're doing so they can be inside. As soon as the weather gets nice, they have a very large private garden area where they can go out and do things. The food is always very good and well prepared. It's always hot and always on time. Each individual can say what they like and don't like, so that they're not giving them something that they don't want.