Unfortunately, I can't recommend this retirement facility to your loved ones. The management is, for lack of a better word.......""uncaring"" for the elderly. If they are ill, you are charged $3.00 for each meal to have a family member or friend bring it to you if you're unable to go to the dining room. I might add that the food is less than desireable. That's an additional $9.00 a day, and a very small 1 BR apt. @ a whopping $2300.00 a month. They will NOT go out of their way to help you. \r
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My parent just moved out, and there were bags of sand in plastic placed across the edge of the concrete with a wrought iron fence around the patio because obviously they didn't want to go the extra cost to keep water from coming in the apartment; very dangerous for an 89 yr. old person who is not stable anyway, and there was no way to get past them besides stepping over them or walking on them~~very dangerous when it rains, or when they water.\r
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When I went to return the keys the person on duty stated that we now have to do a walk-through. She looked in each and every cabinet, and then began to point out the NORMAL scrapes on the walls which needed to be painted anyway, and made a big issue about those. There were a couple of boards, about 4 flower pots that we didn't take, and some plastic sprigs of flowers. There was also a bird feeder on a shepherd's hook. She said I had to take or dispose of everything that wasn't there when my parent moved in. I asked if there was a disposal bin, and she told me there was one in the back, so I immediately took them there and threw them away. When I came back to the apartment, she had locked me out. My car was parked in the front of the building which is quite a distance, especially when I had been there all day helping to pack and move out. There was no way to get out except for the security gates, and luckily there was a car coming in, so I walked through those........otherwise I would have had to climb them or use the intercom for them to open. \r
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The carpeting was cheap and there was no pad underneath. Dark and uncomfortable apartment. The hallways, dining room and rest of the facility was very nice. \r
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There's much more I could share, however do your homework before considering this retirement facility.\r
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