Benedictine

I like this place, but only 1 bathroom apartments available.

It was a comprehensive tour and meeting at a beautiful, immaculate facility. Meeting my husband's medication administration needs and other needs may be too much for assisted living. Also, the cost of so many hours of needs purchased separately was high for us. The information was complete and the people were very friendly. This place is a real gem in Anoka.

older building, but very nice and well kept. could meet all needs, would be about 3000 per month, service structure very flexible. people seemed very happy here. staff very friendly

This is a great community. We liked the care, but they need to keep up more on the cleaning of the hallways. They could use a little improvement in cleaning. They have gotten better when having staff available. The staff seems to be very nice and caring. The food appears to be good, but some small improvements They have activities, but they could use some improvements. There are able to walk the hallways. I recommend this community for a good value for care.

My husband recently spent 1 month in rehab at Nazareth. The staff was excellent, friendly, and went out of their way to make sure he was included in social activities. Never once did I see anyone who didn't look like they enjoyed being there. My husband raved about the food (to my chagrin) and made wonderful progress with the physical and occupational therapists on staff. I would highly recommend Nazareth to my family and friends. The facilities were clean, bright, and amidst several safe, family-oriented neighborhoods.

I was hoping the transition was going to be easier. We have had a few issues with her medication. The staff are willing to listen to you and I love the place. They keep the community clean and it is a lovely place. They do clean her room once a week. I do like the continuing care they offer. The food is awesome and they offer a good variety.

The staff at River Oaks are very personable and make us feel like we are at home. The food is excellent and they have a variety to choose from. They have a lot of activities, however my mother in law does not yet participate in any. This is a small community and I would recommend it.

When my husband was sick, Sister Mary and Sister Barbara came to visit him. It was a snowy day and we sat and visited. When they got ready to leave, Sister Mary went outside in the snow, lay down in my driveway and made an angel. I took pictures, I still have. I laughed myself silly. Here was sister Mary, the head sister and she's making a snow angel! They are just so fun, they are people, they are happy, they love what they do and they make others feel happy. They were fabulous with me and Ken. I have to give my husband credit, he chose it (VSB) and he wanted me to have this knowing that he wouldn't be here that long. I swear, it's the best thing he ever did for me.

Our Mother moved into Cerenity a little over a month ago and loves it! Though we had a few bumps in the road getting our Mother into her new home, we feel that she is in the perfect place now. She loves her apartment and it has just enough space! She is now eating on a regular basis (breakfast & dinner) and can leave her place to run around with her sisters if she wants. We finally feel like we have some relief, we don't worry as much about her safety and well being because she is getting into more of a consistent routine, which should help her overall well being thanks to the Cerenity Staff and services they offer.

Very inviting and felt like home. Very reasonable rates and we liked what is included. Mom is not a big eater, so the 2 meals/day which is included will be perfect for her. Rooms were big, clean & spacious. We are planning to bring Mom to have lunch there tomorrow, so we can see how she feels about it too. We like that Cerenity has just enough care needed for Mom at this time in her life. As her aging progresses she would be able to move to other areas in the facility. Katie Rideout was very thorough, pleasant & helpful. We enjoyed our tour & will be securing the apartment tomorrow.

I really liked this place, I know my mother would love it too. I just need to get her on board. The apartment was perfect sized.

I moved my husband here because it was 5 minutes away from out home and he was very comfortable there. Nothing is going to be as good as you think you can do if you had them at home but I knew I couldn't care for him at home. I thought the care at Nazareth was much better than where he was before. They seemed to want to help, it was not something they had to do. They had smiles on their faces, they weren't grumpy and when their shifts were over they would come by and say goodbye to him and were so positive. Almost all of the nurses called him by his first name, they were closer to him that way. I think the people here are probably screened a little bit better or they go through sensitivity training; it was so much more compassionate and I don't have any complaints.

We decided on River Oaks because the value for the money was much better than where she was at previously. The locaiton is also very nice and all the staff are super friendly. The staff do seem to really care. They do have a lot of activities offered for the residents although my mom does not always participate. If you get the meals delivered to the rooms it is an extra $5 charge. The facility did just get bought out by another company and they are planning on remodeling in the main lobby area. Overall we are very pleased with the experience and would recommend River Oaks to others looking.

My father is doing pretty well at this community. The community looks great and very clean. The commutation between me and staff could be better. They are trying their best to care for him. He has tried a few new activities, I wish they would take him down for more of the activities. He likes the meals, and the food is good. I would recommend it.

This is a really fine place for us to live. It's a Catholic-sponsored community that warmly welcomed us Presbyterians. Their core values appealed immediately to us: Hospitality (a warm friendly atmosphere), Respect (consideration and compassion), Stewardship (managing community resources wisely) and Justice (good will and dignity in all relationships). It's on an attractive, rolling site that was formerly prosperous farmland, and our house is on one end of our street, bordering some woods.

Very neat and clean facility. The tour was great. It came down to them and [Name Removed] we went with [Name Removed] because they were able to reserve a room for the date we needed.

I've noticed it takes time to fix some maintenance items. ( is cable, room heat and air went wacky one night up to 90. Took awhile to fix. (Per my father). Overall he is happy but it's taking time for him to adjust to his new way of life.

Acceptable, but I’m not ready to make a move yet.

I feel that there should have been toilet seat riser and bars for the toilet already in the room. If they would have been she may not have fallen the three times and her care plan wouldn't have gone up. With the expense of the room some things should have been included like band aids. I love the staff and how they take care of her, I just feel like I have to watch every new thing for the so her care plan does go to high

The experience has been good so far. Change is hard especially on older folks so that's been a challenge. Also, someone being independent for so long and then being in a place where they are there all the time is a big change. The staff has been nice though. My mom got Covid from another resident within the first 3 weeks so that was very hard. They never really communicated clearly when she was free to move around the building again. One other challenge has been that the staff knocks once at the door and then opens it and walks in. This is bothersome for a very private person. We are working this out. I am sure things will iron out -just hard at first and would have been anywhere.