Dial Retirement Communities

This is a very beautiful and inviting facility. The majority of the staff is friendly and caring. Our mother is now in the memory care unit and like every care facility they are having difficulty finding qualified staff. Someone from our family visits our mother daily so we see problems other families may not see. The communication between the nursing management and nurses and aides is poor, resulting in avoidable mistakes and untrained staff. The hospice care my mother receives helps immensely with her care.

Areas of improvements - Better trained staff that are more professional, smaller dining tables like mostly 2&4 tops so people can hear each other, regular exercise classes that aren't canceled or scheduled during breakfast hours, better pest control. We appreciate the transportation service provided. The food is not good and the activities are often canceled at the last minute. The rooms are lovely

One thing I would do differently if looking for senior living again is spend more time at the facility prior to making a decision and see how engaged residents are as a community. My sense of the Landings at the time was that residents kept to themselves a lot. Not a great fit for my socially active father. Had some activities planned but I'm sure if they were well attended. Not much variety and pretty stereotypical for a senior living facility.

I think the facilities and the staff are very good. Housekeeping and laundry is done weekly. Personally, I find the staff very helpful in everything I've asked of them . I don't eat there, but my loved one sometimes likes the meals and sometimes not, just like others. There are meals where I'm at that are good and some not. Overall, the rent is quite high, but I'm sure it's in line with other places.

We took a tour of Deer Park Village during our search for an Independent Living facility for our loved one. This facility was okay. The atmosphere seemed cozy and comfortable. Everyone was friendly during our tour.

My loved one is currently a resident at Silvercrest at Deercreek and overall the experience has been good. The staff has been very helpful. The food seems to be okay, but my mom complains about everything. I do wish that the housekeeping was done more often than every other week. Overall, the facility is serving its purpose. I guess I would recommend this facility to others.

My mother in law thought Lake Barrington was dark and she didn't like the vibe there. The apartment they showed us was dated and very dark. She loves having her own washer and dryer in her apartment at [removed]. The elevators there were really slow and she didn't like that either. She knew immediately that Lake Barrington Woods was not the place for her. People were very nice, but she didn't like it. She also likes that the independent living is separate from most of the assisted living and totally separate from memory care. But she likes to know that those communities are available to her as she gets older. At Lake Barrington Woods they have mixed living and it kind of felt like a college dorm totally different from [removed].

Our family had an in person tour with Silvercrest College View and it was a really nice facility but very large , it was close to a busy intersection and they had 3 different floors which was a negative for our loved one.

Legacy closed Memory Care which is why we selected them. The closing notice was not handled well. And now we have to start searching again. They are transferring residents to Stirlingshire. The memory care unit there doesn't have very good reviews, either. (I would read the reviews before recommending them again). Seems like Covid as greatly affected staffing levels at both places. I get things second hand, but I am going to visit at the end of the month. Going to speak with [name removed] to see if I can get some more background. But, she has not responded to my emails which we will discuss as well. Things happen, it is how they respond that will count. It was extremely disappointing to know my parents will have to move again for my Dad to be close. A letter with no warning was not the way to handle that big of a change.

What stood out most about this facility is the in-town location and the small Memory Care unit.

I have heard some complaints about the food, but I think it is on the upward mend. We did have a lot of billing issues and it took us a long time to get that all corrected and sorted out. [name removed], the directors assistant, who we spoke with was very helpful and friendly and tried to help us the best she could. The bills they give are hard to read and very confusing.

My loved one lived in this community previously. There were a lot of issues with staffing and communication. The facility itself was nice and modern. On one occasion, my loved one was not feeling well. The nurse wouldn't take her vitals and told us that if we want things like that done we need to go to urgent care. They were undergoing a change in management as we were leaving, so hopefully things have improved. They also didn't offer diabetic care, which is something we needed for our loved one.

My father has been there a little over a year and I believe there has been 3 different general managers running the place. The amenities are great, sadly my father just sits in his room and doesn't socialize, so not sure it is worth the cost for him. But for those who do like to do things and meet people, it seems lovely. The food has taken a turn since COVID and the cost cutting measures are definitely noticed with less and less meat/protein and more noodles. But still good.

If your family member has mental health issues, trust issues or wondering you don’t want them here. Safety is a big issue here. You have staff doing drugs, drinking, residents who get attacked in their own apartment. Clients who are paying for services that are not being done. You have a kitchen server running the resident coordinator.

They are having a very high turnover rate in their kitchen and dining room staff. They can't seem to keep a chef there more than a few months. They also fired one of their handyman and I'm not sure why? I'm beginning to wonder if the management there is difficult to work for.

Deer Park Village appeared to be an older community compared to other communities we looked at. This seemed to be a bit of a quieter community than my loved one needed.

The community is brand new and just gorgeous. It is very nice, well appointment and modern looking. We do see an activities calendar, we just aren't sure how many activities are actually going on.

There folks are really nice. Unfortunately they’re a running a corporate place. Every thing on the cheap. They’re internet is ridiculous. They’re not very good with their menu., generally although on the cheap. There maintenance is also questionable. I stayed without electrical and I can’t them to fix it. About a week later someone showed up, with still no fix. Nice folks just grifters.

This tour was fine but the location and the size of the community was the determining factor for what community we wanted to pick.

The people that are there, the worker-bees are fantastic and very kind, but on the other hand the management is not the best, that area could use some improvement. They just hired a new activities director, which was an area they were lacking in, but so far she seems to be doing a really good job with things. The residents who live there are very outgoing. They just hired a new chef, and the meal's aren't to bad, about average. It is a different style of cooking our loved one is adjusting to. The community also has had some trouble keeping their house keeping staffed.