My mom will be moving into Garden Estates of Tyler. What really made her want to stay there was it had a cozy feel to it. They were just really caring, and she felt that this place was friendlier. The rooms are really nice. It's going to be a step down for her, so it was kind of shocking; but they had rooms that were set aside, like craft rooms, where she could do things, and she's very artistic. One of the things that really appealed to her was that they had other rooms where she could go do things, and so she didn't have to worry about her living quarters being too small for the things she wanted to do. She just liked everything about it. She got one of their larger suites. She got the two-bedroom place, and that's good because she wanted to have one where she had room for her painting, sewing, and everything. She also does things, and then she has one room that she could just use as her living room. It had a nice flow; you didn't get locked into any particular spot. Sometimes, when you go in a place and you go to the last room, you have to turn around to get back out. But the way this is set up, it had a nice open flow to it, so you never got trapped anywhere. The staff is really nice, helpful, and very efficient. She was really clear about everything. She made sure that we got all the information that we needed, and we weren't just dragging it on because we told her we have other places that we're going to look at. So, she just got right on that. We didn't necessarily see where they prepare the food, but we really didnt care about seeing that. We saw the main things. We didn't go into the assisted living section, except that we did walk through it, and they did explain it to us. The other thing that my mom really liked was that they mingled. They weren't locked out of any place; she could go into the assisted living area if she wanted and interact with people there. Nobody was isolated where they couldn't meet and be with other people. They are in the middle of doing some extensive remodeling and reconstruction. She was fine with that too. It's nice that they're updating everything; they're repainting and refurbishing it. It's really nice. Everywhere we went, the staff was great. All of them have focused really hard on making sure that they have good staff at this place, and she just felt at home.

I was most impressed with Garden Estates of Tyler, and I was pleased with everything I saw. The food was excellent, and the place was delightful, clean, bright and cheerful. They had a very nice beauty shop within the facility.

Garden Estates of Tyler was all good. The rooms and apartments were OK. The residents seemed pleasant.

I had a tour at Garden Estate and it was okay. It was clean. The rooms were nice. However, it seemed more like a nursing home than a retirement home to me though.