I toured Villa Crest. There was a lot of walking there, and it impressed me more like a nursing home than assisted living. They had a nice dining room, but they were not open for my mom and I to go have a meal. The staff showed me a studio unit, and it was a nice layout. Everything was on one floor, so you didn't have to worry about elevators or stairs. The staff talked about activities. They had a calendar of activities. You can get your laundry done, and there were other things that they do for you. It was a full-service place. It was clean. They offer transportation.

Villa Crest seems nice and convenient. It's a clean and a really good place. We haven't got any complaints yet and my mother's been there for about eight months now. The doctors are right on top of everything. The nurses are really good. She goes to the lunchroom every day and they help her all day. I'd move in myself in a minute if I could. She is in a room with two beds in it (because there are two people). It's got a nice TV, and a hospital bed (which is good), so she can get up. She also has a recliner next to her bed, a bureau, and a closet. It has nice windows so you can see the birds feeding and everything outside. They have activities almost every day. They have singers that come in, big round bouncy balls that they play the drums on to get their activity going, and a nice outside porch. The sun hits it well all day in nice weather.

I checked out both assisted living and nursing home at Villa Crest. It was very nice and very clean. The rooms looked nice and big and included a kitchen. They had a restaurant for them to go eat at. However, when my father becomes dependent on Medicaid, they had no assisted living beds to qualify for that. They would have moved him to the nursing home side no matter what his abilities were at that point. He doesn't have much money, so he would have been moved there before he was ready to be moved. The staff was excellent.