Riverside Senior Life at Bourbonnais

Colleen

My in-laws are residents of Riverside Senior Life at Bourbonnais. We had some issues with things being promised like changing once they were in there. The staff was much more attentive. It's cleaner. It's a smaller place, and they take more individualized care of them. They have physical therapy there as well. They have a computer thing, although my in-laws are not able to do that, and they have a hair salon there. They have some musical things that my in-laws enjoyed. They took them on a bus and brought them to see a singer, and they enjoyed that. It seems like they have that fairly frequently. My father-in-law chose Riverside Senior Life at Bourbonnais. He liked it the minute he walked in. He liked the atmosphere.

Alan

My mother is currently staying in Riverside Senior Life at Bourbonnais. We chose it because it was close to where my brother and sisters are; that's the main reason. They were very helpful with getting her in there and taking care of her. The food is very good, and the help is really nice. It seems she's met a few ladies, and they're getting along with her very well. They're very caring, and I'm very pleased with them. They play bingo, take them out to restaurants, and take them shopping if they are able to go. They have two or three different cafeterias and different choices of what to eat. They are very clean and nice. My mother is going downhill a little bit with her memory and stuff, and they've really worked with her and are trying to help her.

John

I almost placed my dad at Riverside Senior Life at Bourbonnais. It's a beautiful community with great people. The tour was fantastic. I love the layout of the building, I love the rooms, they have vaulted ceilings and the first floor looks out outside on a nice view. The problem is that the memory care portion of the building seems too institutionalized, it seemed like you're in a hospital. And that was the deal breaker for me. The staff was awesome and the girl we talked to was fantastic, she was absolutely topnotch and very professional. I saw 2-room units but they also have other options. This place is maybe 6 years old and new is important because the newer they are, the nicer they are. Everyone is nice on the assisted living side but when you need memory care, you have to move over as opposed to where he is now where he can still stay in his unit.

Anna231782

We chose Riverside for my mother because it is the only place that was built and designed by a hospital, so they have the full continuum of care. They have a very different approach to their care. For one, the social worker is right on the premises; she is in the memory care unit. They have an internist, a neurologist, and an optometrist that comes in once a week, and they will soon have dental. As your loved one declines, they also have a nursing home. So if she needs to, she can be moved to the skilled nursing. If she becomes aggressive, they also have a senior behavior health unit right at the hospital. Their price is competitive or cheaper than a lot of the facilities that I went to, and their place is absolutely gorgeous. I happened to mention that my mother likes grits with her meals, and they didn’t even know what grits were, but the next time I went there, that day they had went out and bought a box of grits. So that is the kind of place that they are. They listen to everything that you say about what your mom wants or likes. They are very caring and highly skilled, and they are all trained in memory care. They go beyond just the regular custodial taking care of them because they really know what people like.

Visitor44

I visited Riverside Senior Living. The woman that was in charge of showing the rooms showed me around and showed me one of the rooms. The room was like a studio apartment. There was a living area and it was separated from the bedroom area with a little door that you could go through. There was a bathroom and a small kitchen area. I went around their dining area. They served four meals a day. I would recommend them.

Ralph17

Riverside Senior Life at Bourbonnais is a very nice facility, but it's not going to work for me because they don’t accept Medicaid; it’s all private pay. It’s a new facility and the rooms were very nice. They have a nice, gourmet restaurant in there. They made a very good impression on me during my first visit.