Masonic Village at Elizabethtown was a very nice place. It's very large. It has a great deal of activities. It has buses that go around and pick people up. They visit different places for activities. I don't even know how many people are in there, but it's huge. You would get lost for a while, but other than that, it's a beautiful place. It's very well set up. It has some very old buildings there and the newer buildings they built were in the style of the old buildings to keep up with the whole ambiance of the place. The insides are beautiful. They have them very well put together. It's a very lovely place. My husband loved it, but it was just too far from where we live right now. It was about a 100-mile drive and our kids were not happy about that. The staff was very accommodating, very nice, and very friendly. We visited only the apartments.

We're still a year away from Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. As it turns out, they approached us with an option to buy into an apartment while we wait for a cottage, so we decided to go along with that. The ultimate decision was, that they have an incredible variety in their crafts to keep you busy. We're talking pottery, fused glass, woodworking, in addition to the normal sewing, clubs, that type of thing. Every day, they have up to four hours of some kind of craft. The other main thing was it was built over 100 years ago by the Masons, so the original meeting halls and grand ballrooms are over 100 years old and just built with the most incredible craftsmanship. That was a draw, but that certainly would not have been the sole reason. The number of crafts, to be honest, which is something that other places could certainly improve on, was the main reason for us choosing it. We toured the independent living. We did not tour the others, but we talked to people onsite who had nothing but great things to say about the place. It is fee-for-service continued care. We were very impressed with the food. They just had so much to offer, that is why we chose them.