Cedarhurst of Dyer was open and bright. The person who showed me around was very knowledgeable, pleasant, and she was very good at what she does. She made my mom the spotlight, kind of working around her but talking to all of us, which was good because my mom needs to hear it. The stuff that I ate, I would go back there and eat it. It's only been open since June. They've got a courtyard in the middle of the building with maybe barbecue stuff out there, but I didn't see a pool. There's a laundry service and you can either pay for it to have it done, or the residents can do it.

Cedarhurst is in a beautiful new building, most of the staff are friendly and pleasant, the problem is there isn't enough of them and they change frequently and overall care is terrible if the resident needs assistance with medications, hygiene or incontinence.

I viewed Cedarhurst of Dyer. That tour with them was excellent. Their establishment was a little pricey, but it was beautiful. It was two stories, but you still have that feeling of coming home. It wasn't like being in an apartment, it was nice, and the staff was nice. I spoke to Laura. She gave me the interview and took the information about my mother-in-law. She's the one that showed me around. I met her assistant, and she showed me the therapy area. She showed me the cafeteria and she said they serve meals like being in a restaurant-style. They have a chef that cooks there and posts the menu every day, and if there's something that they don't like on the chef menu, they do have another one to the side. They offer three meals a day. They have memory care and assisted living in the establishment. It was a newer construction; therefore, I guess they haven't gotten to the point where it looked cozy. Right now, it looked sterile, it's really clean and it's nice. The staff was informative, too. She gave me a lot of information about other institutions that would accept Medicaid. She wrote everything down for me and gave me some references and stuff like that. The area is wide open out there. They have nice landscaping immediately around the building itself. This particular institution, I don't think it's been there longer than about maybe five or six months. It's nice and the surrounding land around it is a wide open space. I think they're new to that community. The prices were up there, but she showed me a price that might be tangible if we can find some other source of income. I like that one. That particular one is at the top of my list. They offer a therapy room. I saw the workout area with the benches and things like that and I also saw a walk-in bathroom where they walk in the tub and sit down in it, the one with a steam whirlpool.