Sonida Senior Living

Vista Springs in Macedonia was built 2 years prior to my visit and it still maintains that new, clean, look and smell. The agent I met with was very professional and engaging. The entire facility, which includes independent, assisted living, and memory care units, is housed in one 3-story building. Their services are all inclusive for all residents, aka members, including 3 meals a day, housekeeping, laundry, and all utilities. The approach is very service oriented and especially proactive in nature. For example, nurses and other employees beside the restaurant servers, gather in the dining room during meals, sharing tasks, and engaging in small talk with the residents, in part in an effort to be discreetly available to members in the event of a medical emergency or need. Medical doctors rotate in to provide care. Vista Springs is proud of their staffing model which waxes and wanes, dependent on the acuity of their members at any given time. All of the staff I encountered were friendly and accommodating. Employees are expected to provide personalized care, from the housekeepers, who get to know their residents cleaning preferences, to the assigned ambassador who matches members with similar interests and engages the new member with activities upon move-in. Like most modern senior living facilities, Vista Springs provides many stimulating, cultural, creative, and social events for its residents. The building is shaped like an H with two, relatively small patios, in between the vertical lines of the H. Beyond that there is little usable outdoor space and the units do not have patios or balconies, a design which I find to be a drawback. However, on the positive side, the H design offers more interesting spaces and aesthetically pleasing hallways, versus one long institutional corridor. The residences I saw were relatively small, with ill-defined kitchen areas housing the basics, including a mini refrigerator like you might find in a hotel room. This may or may not be a drawback for some, as the all inconclusive services include meals for all. While there are clearly many positive attributes to Vista Springs, I find it would lack appeal for my parents because of its lack of more robust outdoor spaces and isolating single structure. Quite frankly, it "felt" more like a traditional nursing home despite its modern amenities. Full disclosure though, there were no events, crafts, or activities going on while I was there.

Very impressed with the community, it seems to meet all our needs. It's close to home and has a lot to keep mom busy.

The facility had a home type atmosphere, a downside is there is no onsite skilled nursing care. other amenities are comparable to other locations in the area.

I really liked the facilty. Staff seemed friendly. Very clean and inviting.

This location and site is very convenient. Its clean and the systems for checking in on my loved one are comforting. My only concern was that Mom may need more than independent living and selecting this location means that we need to ensure the in home care is enough for my mother's needs at this time.

Lovely place, but studio apartments are tiny. They might be fine for someone else however.

Very nice, the location was to south to meet our needs

Visited by my sister-in-law for my mom. Small facility but nice.. Staff is pleasant. Definitely one we will consider.

This community is nice and clean. Dad has them come come into his apartment and clean once a week. They have a driver to take them to a Dr appointment. The food is good and have d=good service. They have lots of daily activities they we enjoy. I would recommend this community.

This is a good independent living option. There are affordable options for low-level 'assisted' care, should that be required. Facility is clean. There are lots of common areas for activities and socializing. Residents seem pleased with their living there. There are transportation options for outings at no additional cost. While there are amenities, in my research I'm finding there are some other facilities with other amenities. However, there are a number of residents here that are here for the amenities, and the simpler life that is offered here. Staff were warm and responsive to residents. In my research there were several comments, last year, about the low level quality of the food. However, in my visit there, residents seemed more pleased with the food that what was reported a year ago.

My mother-in-law is here and they are keeping her active with daily activities. They take good care of here and it is one on one care. The caregiver that works M-F understands her dementia. I love the freedom of picking her up to stay with us every other weekend. It is only 5 minutes away from us. We have decorated her apartment and she enjoys that. I can pick her up to do her hair and nails. The food is pretty darn good and ther dining area is nice and lots of room. They have a nice patio out back and the front porch has rockers to sit in. I would recommend this community.

Overall, our experience with The Jefferson has been good. The staff has been wonderful. They are nice, accommodating, and very encouraging. The food is also really good. My loved one tells me that they have several options everyday, and there is always something good. My loved one seems to be adjusting pretty well. She is enjoying the activities, and she is becoming more social. So far, we are very happy with our choice.

Nice facilities and [Removed] was a gracious host.

The facility has improved with staffing. The receptionists have an excellent attitude and very helpful.

Programming for memory care is priority at the Madeline. They have lived a new activities director, [Removed] and it looks like he is going to do good things for the residents. There are occasional hiccups, but all in all we are very satisfied.

We heard about this property through A Place for Mom and from what we heard about it we thought it was wonderful. They staff team is fine; everybody is friendly and cordial with my loved one and I. The food is excellent there. It’s a home cooked type style which we were impressed by that. The only complaint that my loved one had is that they served cold plates under hot food. So upon request, they are able to warm my loved one’s plate. There is a woman that is charge of all the activities provided and they offer a lot. It would be able to keep my loved one very busy and active. The other residents there are friendly as well. My loved one has made a friend and they sit together during meals. One major drawback I would say is that during their sales meeting prior to signing the contract I felt that they over saw a piece of information that concerns with their “residents must live at Marquis Place for 2 years until they could apply for Medicaid” policy. We were not aware of that until we signed the contract. If not for this issue I would recommend Marquis Place to others.

The staff is friendly and helpful. He gets 3 meals a day and they are a healthier diet for his diabetes. The grounds up front is nice and well kept up. It is clean in the community. They will drive him to the store to go get his medicine. I would recommend this community.

They really are settling into this community. They are doing well here. The people are really nice and helpful. They keep it clean and kept up. It has a nice courtyard area for Veterans day they had a barbeque out there. The food is good for the most part but it's not bad. They have lots of daily activities they enjoy like the music and the socials and they have an exercise class too. On Wednesdays they have a happy hour that people get up and dance my parents enjoy watching them. I would recommend this to my friends and family.

While touring properties for my loved one, getting to this particular location has very bad traffic. It is a very congested area so it was not very convenient to go to and from the facility. The community is fine however, with great staff and nice atmosphere.

My Dad was here and it was enjoyable for him. This place was really nice. He was only there for a couple of days but he was very happy and when we picked him up, he had a great big smile on his face. He can be pretty picky, but he didn’t have a single complaint about his stay. The facility is cheerful and it doesn’t make you feel like you just walked out of a 50s school building, it doesn’t feel institutionalized. He was happy with the meals and didn’t complain at all; there was a lot of flexibility as to when he could grab food and would even take some of his first meals around noon. They have a Vet’s meeting there and he’s a Veteran and that was just wonderful for him. My Mom used to organize meetings with friends and small parties and when she passed away, it was difficult for him so it was really nice that he was able to do something that felt natural and comfortable for him. Now he knows a few people there and we want to be able to get him in for happy hours there so he can socialize. It really lived up to the reviews. Overall, it was a really good experience and I would recommend them.