It's Monday at Sycamore Reserve Senior Community. It's a beautiful day in a very nice place…read more Our home can be considered a Resort Lifestyle. For Barbara McNamara and me it is more a Retreat Lifestyle. We have time to read, write, and reflect. There are several retired ministers living here, a retired Firefighter Chaplain, two fine pianists. There are others with a wealth of life experience, including success in professions and business. We enjoy conversations with people who have lived exceptional lives. We have exercise classes, a heated salt-water pool, Chair Yoga, healthy food, a weekly Bible Study, and on-site Sunday Worship Services. We also enjoy Happy Hour on Friday, we just had a 500 Race Party and are planning a KY Derby Party. There are times and places for discussion and reflection. Living here helps us with the organization and integration of our lifetimes of experience and learning. So is Sycamore Reserve a Resort or Retreat? The bottom line: The management and staff here provide us with great choices each day to live the life that works for us that day. We love having choices.

I am a weekly visitor at Sycamore Reserve. Not only is it an absolutely beautiful and homey-feeling…read moreplace, but the owners all have active rolls in the day to day operation. They drop in for lunch there, asking residents how things are going. The staff participates with residents in doing art projects, community outreach, and exercise. The result is a very 'dedicated to resident' feel -- and residents who are engaged and happy where they live. I get that feeling every week with every visit. This place is truly remarkable!

When my grandfather arrived at the memory care wing of Meadow Brook, the staff updated me by email…read morethat he was happily pushing people in wheelchairs because he was doing so well. This was easy for me to believe, because he had done so well during his month at Greenfield Healthcare Center once released from a couple weeks at Community Hospital North due to an infection. But it was downhill from there--more than likely due to the facility's near-complete lack of memory care activities, its emphasis on apartment-style living that increases isolation, and its use of benzodiazepines/pharmacological restraint in general (something I questioned in particular that they refused to respond to unlike other facilities I asked). As my dad put it from what he saw multiple times in the memory care wing's (beautiful) day room: "They were all zombies who couldn't even hold their heads up." My grandfather fell 12 times (that we know of) in his month and a half at Meadow Brook. He developed acute encephalopathy, a subdural hematoma, at least one UTI and was sent to a psychiatric hospital to get his "meds figured out." Yet, he kept going because he had always loved life and had hope. Unfortunately, that hope was unfounded. His first POA refused to move him to another facility--even when Meadow Brook eventually urged her to do so once the Department of Health and Adult Protective Service opened investigations--and Meadow Brook never contacted his successor POAs when moving him was a matter of life or death (he, in fact, died last Sunday) and, therefore, superseded HIPAA regulations. After my grandfather's final fall at Meadow Brook, he was taken to the hospital yet again. It was one fall too many. The bright spot of this post is that I convinced his POA to release him to Allisonville Meadows down the street. Skilled nurses and hospice workers in Allisonville Meadows' memory care unit showed him the utmost respect and dignity during his final week and a half of life. If you're thinking of sending your loved one to Meadow Brook for memory care, please don't. Or at least educate yourself based on complaint records with the State and also tour the facility morning, noon and night at unplanned times. I gave Meadow Brook two stars only because I have no experience with its assisted living portion, which is where all the amenities are. Here is my grandfather's obituary. He was a wonderful man. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/robert-meadows-obituary?id=53976750 Sources: Indiana State Department of Health report: https://www.in.gov/health/reports/QAMIS/ltccr/cr013163.htm Synopsis of Meadow Brook's initial plan for "transitional" memory care: https://seniorcare.levinassociates.com/2014/06/19/spectrum-opens-meadow-brook-senior-living-fishers-indiana/

We visited this place to see exactly how they live up to the restaurant style meals that are…read morepromised in the brochure. We arrived at lunch and the dining room looked absolutely beautiful. The food smelled good and was artfully presented. We had great hopes for this assisted living community based upon what we had seen. However we were told by a sister spectrum community (Enclave @ Saxony) that the Meadowbrook community was not working according to the Spectrum corporate guidelines with respect to special diets. Our worry was that in the event that the current chef left, we would be left Spectrum corporate view on special diets which is not acceptable for us. (See our review on the Enclave at Saxony) This community gets four stars for their focus on meeting their customers needs. Should they be required to move to the Spectrum corporate policy I would change this to one star. Investigate your choices very carefully.

My mother-in-law is a current resident of Independence Village of Fishers South. From the moment we…read moremoved her into the facility until now, my wife and I feel that she is well cared for in a compassionate, caring, and clean facility. My wife stops in frequently at random times on different days and everyone is welcoming. Although in declining health, my mother-in-law is surrounded by a supportive staff in a vibrant community. My mother-in-law said she has "friends" in a safe environment with an established routine. Specific staff members do activities with the residents at the stage each resident is in health wise and mobility wise. The maintenance folks are working behind the scenes, but their handiwork is evident. Transactions on the business side are handled promptly and professionally.

The service was good but my grandpa died. Also the food was pretty good I got a chicken Alfredo and…read moreit was one of the best ones I've had in a few years. 2 stars.

I cannot say enough about this facility, or as we call it, The Country Club. I have had numerous…read moreloved ones in assisted living homes all around the north side of Indy, Carmel, Westfield, and Fishers. This place is a gem - the kindest, warmest, safest, most delicious food, cleanest, attentive, and beautiful. The staff is off the charts great and they think of everything. My mom is a current resident and is so happy that she often asks if she can stay there forever. This is remarkable as she was begging to leave her last two assisted living homes. I cannot think of a single negative except for maybe driving thru traffic at the Fashion Mall to get there.

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My husband was scheduled to move there and at the 11th hour they called and said they couldn't take…read morehim. Why? Their response "We can't tell you." Excuse me? You can't tell me? I have every right to know why! At first, when visiting there we all liked it, but this is wrong. In my book it is discrimination and I will tell everyone to not go there.

assisted living folks are wonderful. food is good, if we need anything they are on it right away…read moreand lots of things to do if someone wants to. the people are wonderful. 7 months ther and loving it.

The employees at this establishment have no consideration for the residents needs. Many residents…read morehave expressed their displeasure with the quality of the food, the attitudes of the staff, and the overall performance of the staff being incredibly lackluster and generally unimpressive and disappointing. I myself have visited this business on multiple occasions and have found the entirety of the business lacking in quality as well as the basic services necessary for the running a successful enterprise of this type. Even as I write this review while visiting my relative I am talking with another woman who said and I quote "The quality of this food breaks my heart!". If I who am here very rarely can see the poor quality of this establishment then I pity those who spend many of their days here in this sham of a residential center.

My sister became a resident at Wickshire I June of this year. I wa so impressed with how welcoming…read morewickshire was. ALL staff went above and beyond introducing themselves and making my sister feel special. Lunch was scrumptious too. It was very clean and everyone was so professional. Highly recommend this Assisted Living Qarters.

When my 88-year-old mother's doctor finally recommended she enter assisted living, we only had…read morethree business days to make her move happen. Julie Pine, at Westminster Village North, is a miracle worker! My Mom loves her new apartment with a spectacular courtyard view. I am impressed at how clean and well-maintained the facility is. As a frequent business traveler, I stay in name-brand hotels whose staff could take a lesson in customer service from Westminster's friendly and kind staff. In a world where we often expect and accept C- services, I grade Westminster an A! I rest easy knowing my Mom is well cared for and happily embracing her newest life chapter.

I wrote a bad review about Westminster North FIVE YEARS ago after my Mother passed because of their…read moreHORRENDOUS treatment they gave my Mother and four hours ago they replied. It absolutely shows their concern is as pathetic as their service. What a joke

My mom lives at Bloom at German Church. She has been here for 3 years. She loves it and I love it…read morefor her! Everyone is attentive to mom's needs. For that I am grateful. I, too, love helping as much as I can. Bloom is my second family. I highly recommend Bloom at German Church for anyone seeking Assisted Living. A great Staff that will end up being your friends.