Other than it being very expensive, Prestige Assisted Living at Kalispell is a wonderful place. I just don't know how any retired senior can afford it on their own unless they invested well in their youth and had a good retirement fund so not everyone can afford to be there. I am trying to find somewhere for my mother that I can afford because I can't afford the prices that they're charging. What I like the most about it is that they took good care of my mom and they were vigilant in watching her during the 2 weeks that she was there. They didn't confine her until they saw that she was kind of out of her element. She walked outside, she said that she had been talking to someone who worked there and said that I was outside waiting for her to pick her up and bring her home. That was just on the first day that I dropped her off so they wound up moving her to the memory care place where they have a locked door. I felt relieved that I knew that she wasn't going to try to escape or whatever, and be locked up. They kept good care of her, the food was good, the rooms were excellent when I looked at them. We just can't afford it. It cost me $3500 for her 2-week stay there and I don't know how anyone could afford that. If I wasn't so desperate for a vacation, I would not have paid that price. The employees were all great people and they all loved my mom. They always had activities like walking and, I guess, dancing and TV time too.

Prestige Assisted Living at Kalispell is not near up to the class of the other community because it is an older place. The place was nice, and the dining area was OK. Nothing about it was bad, but it wasn't as quality as the other community. They did have a TV room area, and you could do activities in the dining area, but I didn't see anything more. However, the staff was very good.