My mother moved into Carriage Inn Katy a week ago. The people there are wonderful. They have been extremely caring and extremely patient in normal day-to-day activities as well as in the service that they're providing. Everyone has been wonderful. Rebecca, who we dealt with at the very beginning, all the way to Frances, who we talk to every day, are extremely helpful. Mom has a studio apartment. It flows from the kitchenette to the living room to the bedroom area. There's not a door between any of those three rooms, but it does flow. They have about seven activities a day. I jokingly called it a cruise ship that doesn't leave the land. They have mind-capturing activities like puzzles, word search, jigsaw puzzles, and crossword puzzles. There's a lot of interaction between the residents. They also have people come in and play music. One day last week, they had someone come in for poetry. They also play bingo. I've been there when Mother has dined several times and the food is very attractive. It smells good. I had pumpkin pie yesterday that was very, very good. They also have pecan pie that looks very tempting. Everything looks very good and very clean. When you walk in, you're greeted with a clean smell.

Carriage Inn - Katy is clean and nice, and it did not smell bad. Some of the staff there are very good. My friend has very good staff right now who try to do everything they can to help her. They are very patient with her. The place is very good, and the food is good. Her room is very big and spacious. It has a living area, a bed, and then a kitchenette. She's happy there. They take her down every day where she plays some games

We visited both the assisted living and memory care at Carriage Inn-Katy. It is one of my favorites, because the location is very convenient for me. The staff was very friendly and everything was well-maintained. The price was very reasonable compared to the others. It wasn't too fancy of a place, but it was very nice. They had an option of a menu and then the residents could order from that, like an a la carte from a few options, which I thought was nice. One thing that was also very good about them was, compared to other places that I've been to, they didn't have a fixed schedule to eat. It could vary. So, they could choose what time they wanted to eat. They also have bingo, a happy hour, and live music. I could see that the residents were enjoying that. Sounds like they had a good chance of socializing. The rooms were very nice and well taken care of. It's not brand new, but everything was very, very nice. The assisted living was actually pet-friendly.

We went here. They were next in line for my mother. The staff was very personable, very knowledgeable, and they were very courteous. It was very clean. It's a huge place, and a lot bigger than it looked like from the front. The size of the rooms was comparable to the other place, but they didn't have one that was empty at that time. We got to see a split room where there were two people. Both the people had their own bedroom, but they had a common area. They were finishing up, and doing whatever they needed to do to get it ready. Basically, they had a common area for each of the main buildings, they also had where you could have a home apartment with a garage and everything else. We didn't go into those rooms, but it looked pretty clean, and the yards were kept up.

It is our first choice because it's one story, and has lots of outside sitting area and things like that. I think it's a really good community, and has a really roomy unit that has a lot of emphasis in getting the people outside to get sunshine and first floor. Being in one floor, they can get to communal areas with the covered hallways to get them out of the rain. The director has a very practical and straight-forward approach in trying to get them independent, and at the same time, giving them the help they needed. We went by the dining area, what I saw was that the people seem to really enjoy that they were doing restaurant dining. They interacted with the waitresses and staff instead of going through dining lines, they take their orders and hand them a menu. They seem to really make their meals an experience. I didn't eat any of it but it looked appealing; it was presented nicely, and they had a selection of desserts that looked very appetizing. From what I can see, everybody looked happy, and they were eating with more gusto than I expected. It's not the newest nor the most luxurious but I just thought that the way everything was laid out; everything else with the big units, and everything centered around the exterior sitting areas. The service people that I met looked very tidy, and had matching uniforms on.

It was a little bit bigger than what my mom wanted. She would have had to walk more than she cared for. They had a lot of little incidental charges that would add up after a while. The staff was very friendly, knowledgeable, and seemed very caring. The rooms they showed me were small, but the bathrooms were too far away from where the bed would be. The floor plans were not to my mother's liking. They had a beauty shop and a full calendar of activities.