My friend is in Mease Life. It's really nice and the staff is very caring. They're not allowing visitors, but since I had to get her settled, I got an inside view of how they're treating their residents. Knowing that family members can't go in, maybe you'd think that they'd be a little laxed, but they're not. They're very caring. They're on top of any issue and they're great. The apartment size is huge. She has a 1-bedroom 1-bath and it's over 550 square feet. She has a porch that's almost 28 feet long, so the size is very good. They have two activities director, and they have to do things differently due to Covid. The exercise room itself is not in effect, but they have programs that have them exercising, so that works out very well. They have an exercise room that will be active once Covid is passed, but right now they're not. I was there to see some of the food, and it's very gourmet. They give several options through the day. For each meal type, they get several options, but right now due to Covid, the dining room is limited. They're allowing one meal per day in the dining room and the other two meals in their room, but they rotate, so one day they might have breakfast in the dining room, one day they might have dinner. They're doing the best they can with Covid. This was one of the more expensive places, but you get what you pay for, and right now she's paying for the biggest room that we've toured. The value for money is right where it needs to be. They were Mease Manor for many years, but they have renamed themselves to Mease Life, but it is the same establishment. It's an age in place establishment, so they can go in for independent living and they have the larger apartments. From what I'm told, they could go up to a 3-bedroom, so as they get older, they can move from independent to assisted and if there becomes a memory issue such as dementia, Alzheimer's, etc. They can move around the same establishment without having to move to another location. That works well, so this can be a final place to go.

My father-in-law lived at Mease Assisted Living, and they had a lot of activities there. It was a large place. The independent people were on the top floor, and the assisted living residents were on the lower floors. The dining room for assisted living was on each floor. They just built a brand new memory care unit which is just around the block from where the assisted living is. When you're in assisted living, they would give you your medicine, clean the room, and help you with bathing, and they don’t up-charge for everything. The difference in the prices is by the size of the room that you choose. My father-in-law really liked the music. They had a lot of music people coming in there. They also had a lot of card games, bingo, and parties. Every day, they had 4 or 5 activities going on. The food is very nice. They clean the rooms once a week, they clean the towels and linens, and they do the laundry. They have large nurses' stations where they monitor all the medicines of the residents.

Mease Manor was very well-rated. They do a nice job over there. The staff was attentive with nice grounds, and an excellent chef. It's a very social community. They had a lot of good organizations. They were attached to a rehab, and the hospital is right there also. It's very convenient for people with medical issues. I would absolutely recommend them. However, they don't have a pool, they need one.

My father-in-law is in Mease Manor now. Everybody was friendly and everything, but we liked it because it was a set price. In a lot of the other ones you add this or add that, and the price keeps going up, but in this one, we know what we would be paying. This is all-inclusive, no matter what you need. There is a nurses' station on his floor, so they come, give him his pills, and make sure he gets all his meals and things like that. And they have a doctor that comes whenever you need something. He likes the food there. They have homemade soups, homemade cookies, desserts -- they make everything right there. It is not canned or anything like that at all. He always has like three entrees, choices of juice, homemade soups -- and that changes every day -- and their salad looked very fresh. He has been very pleased. It is very clean. Every time I have been there, the bathroom looks totally clean like somebody had just cleaned it. The location is perfect. It is right next to a hospital, and there is a nice little downtown right there. They have lots of activities.

Mease Assisted Living had an excellent location; it's near the water. It's very nice, and it looked clean. I liked the rooms. It has a laundry in the hall, and each floor had a porch where you could sit outside. A couple of years ago, I went there for lunch. It was OK. I'm very interested in the bridge my friends play. They also have shows and other activities. However, the girl I spoke to seemed not really nice at all, seemed like she didn't want my husband in there. They don't have a memory unit either.