We went on a tour of Innisfree Retirement Community. I wasn't able to speak directly with the director, but everybody that helped me was very, very helpful. The layout was beautiful but they did not have an opening at the time. I think we would have gone there if we could have gotten my parents right in. Their dining room was lovely and they had great activities. They had a nice outdoor pool, and very pretty grounds, the place was very pretty. One thing about Concordia is its way out there so for people who don't drive, they have great facilities driving them in. My parents still drive and it was a little bit further out. They had a 2-bedroom that we were looking for but there's none available at the time.

We are choosing Innisfree Retirement Community for ourselves. We are moving in as soon as they call us. I loved the director in that place. He was fantastic. I am very happy with everything that they're doing. All the other people I spoke with at this place were nice. I spoke with some of the residents, and everything was great. The staff that took us around was fun. He was nice, and he understood my crazy sense of humor. He was informative, and he was well-liked by the residents. I liked it because I can have my little tiny yard and design it any way I like. I can plant flowers which I love to do. I can have a lot of plants and put a little fence in. As far as amenities are concerned, it's all good. The price was also fantastic for a 2-bedroom apartment, and we're happy with that. The outdoors were maintained nicely, and they were pretty. It was an older facility, but it was maintained really well. If you need assisted living, they move you to the main building and then they take care of you there. They have a little area where the dogs can go play together, and they are allowing me to bring my dogs. They have a garden area where you can sit with the other residents. They have different activities inside. They have a very nice dining area, a beauty salon, and a chapel. I didn't see anything that I was not happy with. They served us lunch after we were done with the tour. It was a little light, but it was great. The soup they served was fantastic, I liked it. There was also a salad bar there. So, we could have eaten as much as we wanted. I was also impressed with the tablecloth on the dining table. The plates were really clean and we had cloth napkins.

My mother-in-law is living in Innisfree. She likes it there and she says she's happy there. There have been some people there that have been there for 10-12 years. The staff is good, I've had no problems with them. Everybody seems to enjoy working with the people there, they tend to engage with the people quite a bit, so I'm good with it there. They seem to be doing a great job. They've got a nice menu, and it's kind of like a restaurant setting. But you can fill it out if you need them to cut your food up or grind it, or if you have any dietary needs like for diabetics, and so forth. It's clean but it's older. I have never seen them not fix anything, but occasionally it takes some time. It's not a huge complex, but it's a big one and they've only got a small maintenance staff. As far as the people's rooms, that's fine. But like for the hallways, elevators, that kind of thing, it takes a while to get stuff fixed. But I haven't seen anything not fixed eventually, at least. They have a daily schedule of stuff there and you can engage as much as you want up there. They've got pretty much something for everybody. They have outings like four or five times a month, they've got different outings to different places. With COVID, it's a little restricted right now, but they have lunch outings to beautiful restaurants, shopping outings, museums, art galleries, there's a little bit for everybody. Then they do a lot of in-house stuff. They have coffee and donuts in the cafe pretty much every morning, twice a month they have wine and cheese, or beer and cheese tasting in the evenings. They do bingo, balloon volleyball, card making, crafts, crochet, they've got all kinds of stuff. She's in independent living, so they're on call. You have a button, so if you have an emergency, they'll come running and they didn't have to micromanage any of them. They have a whole lot of announcements and staff interactions, everything's pretty much done by fliers. They have a mailbox outside their door and the activities list gets dumped in their inbox. If you're reclusive, you can stay that way, nobody's pushed. There's not, you know, there's not a bunch of grumpy people there; they're all pretty engaged.

My mother is in Innisfree Retirement Community. They provide meals and activities. They have bingo and other kinds of games, and there's a swimming pool. Each of the apartments has a balcony looking over the pool or courtyard. The staff is friendly. It's an older building and needs to be updated. The food is well prepared and tastes good. Her apartment was adequate in space. It feels homey.