I toured The Village at Rockville and it's a fabulous community. They're expanding. They don't have any 2-bedrooms available, but they made a lot of cottages. They're not within the bounds of the community and you have to take a bus to go anywhere. The food is great. They have about 4-6 restaurants and they have long hours, like from 11 to 2 for meals. The staff comes in and cleans every two weeks for no charge. They have a lot of fun activities and elevators to take you wherever you have to go. It has assisted living and residential assisted living in addition to senior living. But they're in separate areas. They don't take you on tours on the weekend. However, everybody wants to go there. They keep selling out even though their entrance fee is sky high.

We visited The Village at Rockville. We didn't like it because they had a buy-in, and it was a very high buy-in. It was very clean and well done. They didn't have much of outdoor space, so my mom didn't like that because she wants to be able to go out. She would have a balcony, but she wanted a common outdoor space that was much nicer than just one or two benches. The staff who assisted us during the tour was okay, but I don't think she was focusing on the things that we wanted to focus on. The dining area was nice. They had a lot of amenities, but it wasn't going to be the amenities that my 92-year-old mother was going to use, she doesn't need a gym, she doesn't need a pool. They were for younger people, not for my mom, and that was another issue that we felt didn't make it the right place for her. They had somebody come in from outside that was giving a lecture at the time, apparently, they do that often. It's good if that's the place that you wanted, it's very high-end.