Monarch Communities

Everybody from the maintenance on up is very nice. It's been a great facility. I've been to some of the Christmas parties and get-togethers, and it's amazing how the whole staff gets involved. The food I had was good. The whole place knows my name, it's amazing. I walk in to visit and they know where everyone is. I've gotten calls if I had her out longer than I planned. They are right on top of it. I like the room. Marie from A Place For Mom was great! She followed up with me and did a great job helping sort through all the places I looked at!

not affordable

Beautiful facility, clean, safe, recently renovated, friendly and helpful staff, A/L residents seemed happy and well cared for...noticed lots of smiles and pleasant conversations in the hallways and at supper, among residents and between residents/staff. Executive Director has been there seven years, so there seems to be some measure of consistency. The main thing that piqued my interest was when they told me that high-functioning residents in the memory care program (called "keepsake village") and those with early to mid-stage dementias could get involved with the many assisted living activities, giving them a broader variety of options and more mental stimulation for that set of residents than I've seen available at many similar facilities. I didn't spend much time in the memory care unit, but they seem to prefer keeping residents in A/L as long as possible, maintaining a higher degree of independence, etc.

We're pleased with this place so far. It's clean and nice looking, and the staff have been very friendly. They also appear to have a fairly good variety of activities. This location was one of our favorites that we looked at, and also happened to be very conveniently located near family, and reasonably priced compared to others we looked at in the area.

They were very helpful.

We looked at this location when we were looking into options for Dad. The staff were just amazing, all very nice people. It was a nice looking location, clean, and the residents seemed very happy. Unfortunately my father never got to stay here since he had a medical emergency come up that prevented it, but we had selected this location and were looking forward to moving him in.

This seems like a good place. I liked the aesthetics of it when we toured, it look nice and was clean. The staff have been friendly and Dad seems to be doing well here.

From what we saw during our tour this place looked good. The staff and the residents seemed friendly, and it was clean and well kept. It didn't have quite the right atmosphere we were looking for for Mom, but that was just our personal tastes, nothing wrong with the community itself!

This was one of the locations we looked at for Mom in New York. Everything I saw during our tour looked very nice, it was a beautiful facility and the staff were friendly and seemed very competent. However, I was a bit put off by the attitude staff and the residents. They seemed a stuffy and stuck up, honestly, and I didn't feel like Mom would be a good fit there socially.

We liked the general feeling, the physical presence, it was built for assisted living rather than converted like a lot of others. They have one thing they do bad, they don't respond to the emergency bell very quickly. On two occaisons it took fifteen minutes to respond.

I'm satisfied, I would say they have a lot of activites and it is clean and the staff is very friendly.

This community is brand new, when we toured it wasn't even open for residents yet. It was gorgeous! Like what you'd expect from a 5-star hotel! Unfortunately since Mom has some specific care needs we wanted something more proven, even though this community would have been accepting residents by the time Mom needed her respite stay.

This place was interesting! The staff was very friendly, and professional, and it was clean and well kept. It had a very sleek, and modern look. My loved one said it reminded them too much of a hotel, which was a negative for them, but I thought it was nice. Also, the resident dog was amazing. I know you can't pick a community based off an animal, but it was tempting!

We toured this community when looking for Mom, and it looked lovely. It was brand new, so new it wasn't quite ready for residents yet when we toured. Also it was VERY expensive.

They've been great so far, my parents have been in there since March. Mom and Dad moved into the assisted living, but Mom was moved to memory care immediately. I feel like it may not as stimulating as Alzheimer's patient needs, her mental state seems to have deteriorated since she's been there. It is safe, and clean. The cost has gone up since we started, they are not forthcoming about pricing. My main contact in memory care unit is more like activities director, and I expected someone who would know more about Alzheimer's care specifically. A major factor in our decision was that they allowed Mom and Dad to live together despite Dad not needing the same care.

My brother and I toured this community when we were looking for assisted living for my parents. We liked this one a lot, it was very clean compared to some of the locations my brother had seen. We ended up settling on another location, but this one was very nice.

This was a nice community, but it didn't provide the sort of care we wanted for my Mom, who needed a more progressive setting. It was also more expensive than we were willing to pay for the services we saw.

Overall I am thrilled with this facility and my mom has adapted well. However, I do feel like once the paperwork was signed they moved on to the next potential resident and someone pushed me to the back burner. The facility is very clean and everyone is quite friendly, but like other facilities (I guess) I feel like I am being nickel and dimed after the fact. My mom has adapted well to the environment and I would have a difficult time moving her at this point, but if the cost keeps going up as it has over the past few months I will have to entertain that option.

Spring Meadows was very nice and we liked it but it didn't have memory care and we knew that my dad's memory was declining.

This is a very nice community, with many activities and pleasant employees. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and helpful.