Melody Manor is more of a homey setting. It has a Victorian look to it, more like a home than like a motel or anything like that. Some of them have that motel-type look, but with this one, you got the old woodworking, winding staircase, and just a lot of detail in the old house restoration or whatever how they kept it. It's really pretty, but we didn't like it because of the stairs with my mom having blindness. It was good. They had nice rooms and a nice dining hall. They had people that would walk their residents up and down the stairs. They said they had a stairlift and all that, too, but I just wanted her to be able to come and go and be a little more mobile by herself. We talked with the owner-manager who is the only one we saw. We didn't see any of the other workers or anything. We saw some of the residents in the TV room, a few were scattered in their rooms and stuff. We didn't mingle along with anybody, and we went to her office. It's a fantastic facility. It was one of the ones I was considering. Its location is a quaint and quiet setback by the river. It's a very nice location. It's not busy, traffic-wise. It's close to a few eateries, and if you were mobile, you could walk or catch the bus because it comes right down through there. They have access to the bus and all that.

Melody Manor is actually two joined houses that's been converted into a home for seniors. My mother’s been there for two months now. They are a caring staff and the residents just love them. Friday morning I went to look at the place and everything was so nice. There was homemade bread cooling on the counter in the kitchen. It was beautifully decorated for Christmas, and now it’s decorated for Valentine’s Day. The menus are good, and the place is clean and smells good. It really has a beautiful, homey atmosphere, and the caretakers are fantastic. However, it’s an hour away from me, and the price is an issue because my mother does not have very much money. It’s just a very nice atmosphere, and I don’t know that I would want to move her since they take good care of their residents. If she has any difficulty, they make sure she’s OK, and they have a doctor come in once a week. It’s just an ideal place for her. The people are so nice, including the residents and the staff. There are multiple rooms with singles, doubles, and some with four beds. There are bathrooms either attached to the rooms or just across the hall from the rooms, and they have showers where people can go in and sit down, take the hand nozzle and wash themselves off or they will help the residents. The staff is just amazing, and the residents love them.