John Knox Village is very good. My friend lives in a villa. It's a very nice community. It's well kept and has a number of amenities. They offer food that they deliver to their home. They have a number of different cafeterias or eating areas on the campus. I didn't see any activities, but he told me about them. They have bowling, and there's a nine-hole golf course. There are a number of different amenities. The living atmosphere is very good.

I moved into John Knox Village. It is a very nice and very friendly facility. Everyone here is very helpful, and I'm quite happy with everything. They do provide a monthly credit for the meals. I've eaten at the restaurants here and it's very good. I have no complaints at all. They have a theater, swimming pools, fitness centers, and activities like bingo and games. There are also lots of speakers and programs. A lot is going on all the time. You can do much or as little as you want.

John Knox Village was good. I just didn't like the financial arrangement they had. The lady who took me around was very knowledgeable though. They have a pool, golf, and several restaurants.

John Knox Village is very nice and very huge. They have several kinds of housing. They have apartments, cottages, and what they call villas. They have different levels of care. I'm moving into the independent living level. They have restaurants right there, seven restaurants. In other words, they have a lot of perks. They even help you with your moving fee. They give you $300 toward your moving expenses. They help people sell their homes, people who are having to sell their homes and downsize and stuff. You get a $200 credit every month toward your food because they have restaurants on site. It's very big, it's like a little town, almost. They have a lot of activities. It's very interesting, and I think it's something that people should know about. They have four levels. Each one of those sections has a restaurant. You can go to anyone you want. They have their own transportation system within the complex. It's very large, so from where you live, and you don't want to walk the distance to one of the restaurants because you think it's too far, then you can take a bus there. They have a golf course, and they have a place we can go fishing. They have their EMT thing right on site like if you get sick and you need to call for emergency, they have that right on site. They have more than one swimming pool, I think they have two and one is Olympic sized. They have a hotel, so if a resident there wants to have family or friends come to visit from out of town, the hotel is there, and the rates are less because it's right on site. They are a nonprofit; I think this is why they can offer so much because the money that they make is put right back into the business. It's very nice.

My mother stayed in John Knox Village within the last three years. They're in Lee's Summit, and there are different areas to their independent living. My mother was leasing an apartment there. There's a buy-in part, and then there's the leasing part. The people there were very nice. There's a meal program and they have restaurants on campus. The food was good. They offer activities for the seniors. They offer other amenities like swimming pools, movies, and restaurants.

I'm living at John Knox Village. We haven't been able to get out or do anything because of the virus. It is going to start opening up next month. I've been here since the first of the year, but we could go out with our mask on, and I was able to go swimming. They have two pools: one inside and one outside. It's a pretty nice place. We're going to discuss Hemmingway next month in a literary group, which I like. I could order food, and they give me a certain amount of money each month for food. I just have a one-room with a bathroom and a kitchen. When I first came here years ago, I had a bedroom, but they also have one-rooms, two-bedrooms, and little cottages. I haven't had a lot of interaction with the staff because we're kind of locked down, but everybody's really nice. It's a little expensive. I can afford it right now, but I can only live here a couple of years, then I'll have to go to a cheaper place, but they're well worth whatever I'm paying. They keep raising the rent every year quite a bit.

My mom lives in John Knox Village. It's a nice place. She has a one-bedroom duplex and a screened in porch. I think it's a little expensive, but she's OK with it. They have everything from studios to houses. They have indoor and outdoor pools. It's a giant community. I don't know all the ins or outs, but I know they have seven restaurants. They can have food delivered. I haven't really dealt with the staff because she's independent living, so I haven't really had to deal with them that much. She does her own laundry, but she has some maid that comes clean. They just add it to her monthly services. I personally think it's too expensive, but that's just my preference.

Be careful at John Knox if you want “out” during the first year. We recently visited John Knox considering a house or villa. One of our concerns was having flexibility if we did not like living in a retirement community. Some CCRC’s in the Kansas City area have a policy that you get 100% of the entrance fee back if you move out within 6 months. Not John Knox. Their policy is that if you move out during the first year you get 85% of the entrance fee back. But, that 85% does not apply to the second person fee or the garage fee—you get none of that back. John Knox has many different plans: the four basic are (1) 0-50—you get 0 back if you continue to live there and a 50% reduction in higher need fees, such as assisted living, etc.; (2) 50-50; (3) 80-50 and (4) 80-20. The figures for one specific option—a house of 1,090 sq. ft.—are: 0-50 Entrance fee = $215,851 Amount John Knox keeps = $71,180 % kept = 33.0% 50-50 Entrance fee = $300,954 Amount John Knox keeps = $83,945 % kept = 27.9% 80-50 Entrance fee = $386,053 Amount John Knox keeps = $96,710 % kept = 25.1% 80-20 Entrance fee = $310,098 Amount John Knox keeps = $75,584 % kept = 24.4% While I have not run figures on other options at John Knox, we decided this was very steep—we would lose 25% to 33% of the entrance fee if we moved out of John Knox within the first year. Beware!

I’m moving to John Knox Village Care Center. They have two indoor swimming pools, a two-lane bowling alley, a health club, movie theater, and seven restaurants all on campus. They have built a lot of houses now, and they have a golf course. I’m in a studio with a good-sized living area. I have a balcony I could go out and sit on. They have bowling, classes, and a website, so you can find out what’s going on. The food is very good.

John Knox Village is wonderful. Our room is very comfortable. We have a one-bedroom, and it's just what we need. The food is very good. They have a pool and a nine-hole golf course. They do trips near and far and go to the theaters. They have a movie theater on the property and good restaurants with good food. The reason we decided on this place is because everybody who's here whether they are employees or residents is happy. It's a continuing care community. Once you're here, you're here. They don't kick you out. It's a very comfortable place to live and everybody is very helpful. They care about both their employees and their residents. It's a really good place to live for seniors.

My mother moved into John Knox Village. They are skilled, and I would give it the highest rating. The staff is fine. They have seven different restaurants and a lot of activities. It's a like a resort. There's lots to do there so you don't have to leave, like a golf course, a bowling alley, and a fishing lake.

John Knox Village was a huge place with several hundred acres. It had different levels of care. We toured one of their newer, not quite finished yet, multi-level apartment buildings for independent living. It had a large number of apartments in it. They had a wide range of activities and a lot of nearby establishments of all kinds, which made it probably the most flexible of any place we've been in to find what you want to find. The apartments were relatively large, very open, and very nicely done. The staff member was probably the most superior person who we met at any place we visited. He has followed up a number of times trying to see if there's anything more we need to know. They took us to lunch there, and it was excellent. We enjoyed the program that was in session where they talked about the other companies that they're affiliated with to assist in moves, like selling their home, moving your goods, helping you with layout, what you could take to an apartment, and where to put it. We looked at the library, which was remarkably extensive for a facility like that. They had a salon that the women often use and a workout room that had people doing exercises in it; the equipment was all new and fairly extensive, and the room was large enough to accommodate quite a few people, probably 20 to 25 people at a time. Also, they had a computer area that seemed very useful. There were separate desks and computers scattered around the facility at various spots that people can stop at and use. There were a lot of people in the dining room when we had lunch there. Probably 200 or 300 people were dining at the same time we ate. It's clearly outstanding.

Mother had been at John Knox Village in independent living since August of 2008, but as her health went down, she ended up in assisted living. They go from independent living all the way to skilled nursing care. I think it’s one of the best that we have in the general Kansas City area. It’s almost like a community and has a pavilion which can hold as many as 2,000 to maybe 5,000 people. It’s huge. There are three or four restaurants on the campus. There’s also a touring company that you can make arrangements with who can take a group of people out to different types of activities. It is convenient right off 470 Interstate. On campus or off campus, they will provide you with transportation to your doctor’s visit or to the hospital. They have ambulance services and their own maintenance services. They provide you with weekly housekeeping as part of your monthly service fee, which, I think, is reasonable. You can get meals, too. It has a lot of planned activities. I recommend it highly.