I visited New Perspective Eagan. The rooms are a little older; it opened up in 2004. The design of the room just did not hit me right. It has individual air-conditioning units, with units on the wall in the living room and the master bedroom, while the other places have central air conditioning. The person who gave me the tour was very nice; he was fine. The room looked older, and as regards the air-conditioning units on the wall, I would not let that to take up the space on a couple of my walls as far as trying to plan my furniture around it. They offer a full range of activities for seniors. The dining room was fine. Right off the top of my head, I cannot remember the price for the two-bedroom-two-baths, but it is in the same ballpark as the others; it was not unusually high. They have daily activities planned. The place was clean and attractive, as far as the space that you come into. My first impression was just fine in terms of walking up the door, but when I saw the apartment, I was not impressed by it.

The apartments at Keystone Senior Living were spacious and located down toward the river. The area around it was quite nice. The people were wonderful, and I thought it was a very nice facility. But it had a very tired and run-down appearance. The whole area looked like it needed new carpeting and painting. The carpet inside the apartment was an old, brown, shake rag, so you see it’s not of very good quality. It was a nice location with lots of greenery, nice trees and seemed very quiet, but as soon as you get in to the lobby, the furniture looked 20 years old. It’s really outdated and not clean. It’s looked dingy. They had air conditioning units in their windows rather than central air conditioning.

My husband is at Keystone, and we are pleased with the staff. We are going to have a caregiving conference with them next week. There is a lot of turnover, but they do a very good job, and he likes it. I think the food is good and more like hospital food, but they're good meals served three times a day. I guess you cannot ask for more than that.

Ninety-five percent of the staff at Keystone is wonderful. It is just that if you get one that is not doing their job, that is really terrible. It is wonderful in terms of accommodating, but it is not so great on quality control. Their intent was great, but the follow through was not so great. The activities and the amenities were good -- salon, bingo, entertainment. The food was pretty good, and the atmosphere was very warm and friendly.