Northstar Senior Living

this place is not as nice as some of the others, but we liked the staff and we liked the rose garden and courtyard.

My mother is currently residing here. It took a little while to get use to the surroundings and the workers, but that will happen wherever you go. I appreciate the workers for all they do for my mom. She has not been able to get around for now, but when she does, i know she will enjoy the residence and more of the workers that she do not see. As for the administrator Monica, she is a pleasure to speak to. She will help you out as much as she can. As far as i see they all have nice attitudes towards the residence.

I like the people that work there. They are professional and efficient. I like the space that it has, and the location. The space is very spread out and big. It has gardens, and stuff like that, where people can walk outside. The location is close to where she used to live. The location works for me because I don't have to travel that much. It provides nursing care. There are alot of people on staff all of the time that are available for helping. I wish they encouraged people more to do activities.

It isn't perfect but it's a really good place. I haven't had great luck with getting someone to get back to me, when I call. This is memory care, so it can be difficult to plan activities that everyone can do. The food is good. They could improve the response time with the administrative or management. The aides and help are good. This was the only place that was really a true memory care center. They were able to give some hands on services, we could see that they were being well taken care of and were very attentive to their needs.

My husband was only there for a week for Respite care. The only thing he didn't like was people that live there wandered in his room and were very persistent in staying. Always took a staff member to get them to leave. He said food was very good. The staff was always friendly and helpful.

I have appreciated being able to speak to whatever person is responsible for the various services. Personnel make themselves available, including the individual care givers. I am specifically pleased with their "ambassador" program, where people who live there make up the "ambassadors" who also make themselves available to help new tenants, as well as being a voice for on-going programs/services. I appreciate that I am allowed to take part in activities with my mom, and that I have access to her 24-hrs/day (if needed). Emeritus Sellwood is a beautiful facility.

Visited facility on Sat. Feb. 1st and talked with Liz and Lola, memory care director as well as met their activity director. Liked the facility and staff were really friendly and did seem to know all the residents. It was a former nursing facility turned into memory care about 15 yrs ago. Liked that the assisted living and memory care did functions together which from my experience doesn't always occur.

Large facility.Staff was engaged and friendly.Large common area (+ add'l rooms) for activities, meals, television. Access to large outside patio area w/ room to sit and access to walking paths. Entire area inside and out very secure for entry and exit. Cons - resident rooms nice however they were extended hallways off the main common area. All were exactly the same and felt like it would be confusing for memory residents to find their way. Identification for each room was a memory box outside the resident door containing personal momentos. Mom is too advanced for this to be effictive. Most expensive facility toured.

They are going through a huge transition, and they are improving greatly. I think any complaints and issues are already being handled and improved. They were the best fit for our budget. I'm pretty happy overall. I'm thankful for A Place For Mom, Dale was great, this was a tough transition for us.

That was nice for just a tiny little room that they had. I like the guy that's in there. I forget his name but he was really really nice. It's a smaller place but at least they have companionship of the other residents there. That was impressive to me.

royal gardens is clean and quiet. the staff are very kind to my mother, and they check on her often , they help her with her every day needs. there are plenty of activities to keep her busy. the place isn't as fancy as soom of the others we looked at, but the price is right,\, most services are included in the monthly fee, where other places charged extra. my mom is keep clean,(they change her three to four times daily to keep her dry. her room is kept clean and her laundry is done regulry. i would recommend this place to family and friends.

The cost is reasonable. The care goes up and down. It depends on who is working but I'll say that they have a better staff than most. The act seem to be, for the assisted living, pretty normal. They always seem to be trips out and thing to do. These places are never what you want but as far as what is being offered there, we're quite satisfied with what we have. Everybody has their own room for the most part, which is great. It's not one of these terrible factories with 3 people to a room separated by a sheet. I would say it's an upper fair to good neighborhood place. Nobody seem to be unhappy there. I know a number of the people there now and they seem comfortable. Nice big rec room. I don't see a lot of turnover in the residents.

I went to look at their day program but when I went with my mother their director for all the activities had just quit. So we went there and all the activities were held in one room all day and lunch was brought in so they never really left that room and I didn't really like that. I know that was kind of an off day for them. They said they would call me when the hired a new activity director but by that time I had already found another place.

I was impressed by the facility and the staff, and it was real close to our home. If we selected a place, it would probably be this one. Money is still a problem.

I was very very happy with them. I'd recommend them to anybody. We like the location, price, and the facility - all that is good. I think they could do a little bit more in the communication area.

They're a nice assisted living place in Japantown. It was a completely different situation that what my mother is in now. It's a nice facility. There are individual rooms and they make the food for you and everything but they don't really treat people with dementia so I didn't think it would be right for my mom.

I didn't think it was a good fit for my sister. She was pretty independent and it seemed to me that if you need more care that Emeritus might be the place that you would want to be. It didn't seem quite as open to me.

I liked it a lot. I didn't choose Greenhaven Estates partly because a lot of their activities were heavily casino or gambling games oriented which I knew was something that my mother would not be interested in. Also, my mom likes to sit out on her patio and the patio on the first floor is walled in so I thought that was not really what she would enjoy. It was really sort of minor details that made the difference.

I went to go see it but I didn't get as far as seeing a room or anything. I know it was like $1000 more than the other place we were looking at and I just didn't get the same feeling when I walked in there. They were redecorating and repainting so it was a bit of a mess. The staff was nice but I guess it just was not a good time to assess the office.

I loved the feel for this and it seems to offer the stimulation I am looking for. I will take someone from the family to look at it. They have a 3 month waiting list and no respite care. Highest on my list now. $4,000/mo + cable... too good to be true.