Oakwood Village University Woods

Rose

I liked everything about Oakwood Village University Woods. It's a very nice place, and it was everything I'm looking for. Of course, it's kind of expensive. I toured independent living, but they also have assisted living and continuing care. They were excellent in everything. I didn't taste any food, but they have two restaurants there to order food. They had everything like a theater, a salon, and all kinds of programs (like exercise and art programs). It was really clean, too. It's on a very good road. Mineral Point Road is one of the major thoroughfares in Madison, so it's very accessible to anyone. The rooms were very adequate. They're the normal 1-bedroom size. It had the galley kitchen with the microwave and everything that I would have wanted. The staff who toured me was very knowledgeable and very helpful.

Nadine

Oakwood Village University Woods was beautiful. Their caregivers and the staff were good. It's a transitional care facility. They had independent living, assisted living apartments, end-of-life care, and a rehab center. My friend did rehab there, and they were just wonderful. Every aspect was great. They had wonderful RNs, and the nursing assistants were great. The food looked fine to me; there were just a couple of things that looked a little gray and overcooked.

Kollie

Oakwood Village is very well kept up, and they are constantly renovating. There are two independent living buildings. We have eaten there, and there's wide range of menu choices to pick from.

Anonymous2016

While most everyone is very positive and friendly, I don't find it to be particularly well organized. For starters, there is no one who is "in charge." I have no idea who the director is and the front desk in each building seems to be staffed by volunteers. In any case, everyone is older who works there (that I have seen) and if you have a question, it is extremely difficult to get a a quick or easy answer. Newspaper delivery is a huge problem if you're not interested in the local paper. It is not delivered to a resident's apartment and no one seems to know where it is delivered or what happens to it after it is delivered. This seems very, very strange and inefficient. Additionally, independent living comes with a mandatory $200+ meal plan. It is part of the rent, even if you don't want it. And lastly, independent living residents are not allowed to have pets. They can visit, but they can't have them permanently. That seems wrong, especially with how much we know about the positive impact of animals on humans. I will say that the grounds are very pleasant and there seem to be a lot of activities. Laundry is free. But the buildings are old and the apartments (rental) are tiny. The complex itself is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, so it's not accessible to anything unless you have a car or are mobile enough to take a bus. Overall, it's nice, not too pricey and safe but not as good as it could be.

Caring110639550

My mother lived in Oakwood Village for two years. It's a very nice place, but it is quite expensive. It has services all the way from independent living to assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing facilities. It has both programs where you buy in, and you can get a condo to live there in independent living or you can just come in on a month-to-month or a lease sort of arrangement. They had beautiful condos, and they had tremendous service and capability. Some of the units were older and not so attractive. The unit that my mother lived in was nice, but it was old. It was a really old building, and they were struggling trying to get updates on some of those apartments, but other parts of it were just spectacular and new and beautiful. They had card games, movies, concerts, educational talks, and day trips where they would go out for dinner or a dinner theater. They also had on-site gardens, so the residents could be part of the gardening team. They had huge vegetable gardens. They had an on-site pharmacy, which was a little pricey. The doctor's office was connected to the pharmacy electronically, and they would simply send the prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy and usually within a few hours of us getting back from the doctor's office, they would hand deliver them to the door. They had better medical oversight. They also ran concomitantly with their independent living and their assisted living programs and home health service. So, if we needed the services of a home health nurse, we could just access it right through that facility, and everybody was in the loop. When a medical problem arose, my mother just hit a call button, and the nurse actually came and assessed her. They did a very good job with response to crisis. Their food was nutritious and readily available, but because she lived in independent living there, she didn't have a full meal plan.

Peter and Judy

Right now we are going to be moving to Oakwood into independent living. They have the whole contingent of care, so if we are going to do anything, we are probably going to do it there. All of the extra activities are available. The staff members are very caring, very interested, and very encouraging. They have independent living, assisted living, memory care, and the nursing home. So they have all four levels. It is about 30 acres that are wooded. They have walk in paths. It has an auditorium where they have performances. It is a well-developed and thought out facility. The calendar of activities has so many pages that you have to have a degree to understand it. They have lectures, videos, travel logs, concerts, recitals of movies, book clubs, bible studies, men's groups, card games, and arts and crafts. They have so much that it is more than just bingo. The neighborhood is in a well-travelled area that has access to public transportation. The area is fine both with residential and businesses. It is contained within itself so you don't really have an impact on things outside.