Village on The Park Steeplechase

Paula

My mother likes Village on The Park Steeplechase. She's been there six years, and she has a nice unit. She has a living room and a bedroom. It's not just one big room. She has a little kitchen area, which is so much nicer than anything else I've looked at in the past. There's a big turnover in staff, but I think that's pretty common everywhere. She's in assisted living, but she was in independent living for two years. She was happy when she was in independent living. They did a good job. The only thing she complains about is the food. Breakfast is her favorite meal. They have a pool, and in independent living, you could hire nurses to do different things. My mother had to have compression stockings, and they would have someone come in and put them on, and take them off and that was an extra charge for us. It was usually pretty much the same staff all the time. They have someone who comes in and does chair exercises once a week. They have little programs. She loves to play bingo, and they do that a couple of days a week. They have people who come in and sing. They do the general things. The day staff is wonderful. The staff that stays on until about 10:00 in the evening is really good. The 10:00 to 7:00 shift is not the best. A lot of the day staff have been there for years and years. They're doing a lot of repairs on the facility right now. They're pretty expensive. We pay almost $7100 a month. One good thing about Village on the Park is that my mother went from independent to assisted, and then they have a memory care division too. It keeps them from having to change the environment.

Rebecca

Village on The Park Steeplechase was very nice. It was a large facility. It had a lot of nice sitting areas. We looked at a studio-type apartment. It had a refrigerator and a microwave. It had a mini kitchen, so you could get snacks and stuff. The place was very nice, too. They had a lot of outdoor space. They had a very nice area with sidewalks and everything.

Joy555

My friend moved to the Village on The Park Steeplechase. We absolutely love the cottages. They are one- and two-bedrooms and they have their own garage and carport, which is really awesome. If you don't use your carport, you can set up lawn chairs and stuff like that, which is really neat for the residents. It's gated and all the residents out there are out and about. It's all inclusive. All the meals are included and that's awesome too. As my friend progresses with her age, she won't have to pay a transfer fee. It's also located around where her son lives and her church is, and that was the other big factor, honestly, the location. Most of the other facilities don't have cottages as well and she didn't want to be in an apartment building. It was the most economical of everything in Houston. You get the most bang for your buck and they all offer basically the same services. The meals are good. The place smells really good. It doesn't smell like a nursing home. They have a beauty/barber salon, bible studies, games, an ice cream parlor, and nail salon. They have someone that cleans their room for free. It's all included. They have a little thing that you wear around your neck and that goes in the shower or wherever you are, and you can push that 24 hours a day and someone will come. It doesn't matter if you're independent living or not, and that's huge. It's a really good set up.

Xihao

Village on the Park Steeplechase was pretty good, but the price was a little bit steep. In terms of activities, I saw them in action there. The residents were together and playing cards. The room was good. Cleanliness was very good. There's a library there. The building was very nice.

Anna

I did a real tour of Village on The Park Steeplechase and it's a good place for us. They have what I want, they have the independent care and the little cottages, and independent care apartments. Then when we eventually need it, they have assisted living and memory care. I like that the individual cottages are like duplexes, one wall of your cottage connects to another but it feels like a separate little home. It's got this little carport, garage, and front door. It feels very much like an individual home. They have well-kept grounds, a nice little dining area, and an ice cream parlor area. There is more than just ice cream socials and it's very nice. I had a meal there and it was good, my husband was able to order his hamburger. They offer quite a few activities. We met a lot of the people there, basically the business people, the gym person who does the exercise things and the lady for the hair care. The staff was very nice and very kind.

Marian

I don't want to say anything negative, but Village on The Park Steeplechase probably isn't where I would want to stay if I was looking. Everybody there was very nice though, and it looks like they serve meals, which is good. The cottages, with my friend being 90 years old, were too far away from everything. Everything close and within the main building is assisted living. They had garbage pick-up, and it looked like everything was well-maintained. We were only there for like 45 minutes so we didn't see a whole lot. We weren't there during mealtime so we didn't get to see any of that too. I think for people who are more independent, the cottages are fine. They also have closed-in garages, which I thought were nice. Everybody was very nice and wanted to help us. My friend is 90 years old and walked with a cane so they got a wheelchair to wheel her around. They were very accommodating. I think they played bridge and bingo when we were there.