Seasons at Pine Creek

Susan

The tour with Seasons at Pine Creek was wonderful. The individual who showed us around was Debbie, and she's quite familiar with it. Seasons is privately owned by a local family. One of the members was on site each day to just come and see it. It's very, very clean. They have updated units, and they're beautiful. The 2-bedroom was just very tastefully decorated. It is independent living, but there are different services that are offered. They can also hire someone that is actually employed by seasons, if they need some assistance with something or if they need transportation to a doctor's appointment. They have a beautiful library and different meeting rooms. It's very elegant. The apartments each have a private patio. Each one has a red button in the room that if the resident does not push it by 10 o'clock at night (that is kind of the signal that everyone is kind of tucked in and OK), then they will come to your room just to make sure that you are OK and doing fine. They have carports or garages. They also have storage for when you move in and you still have a few belongings that you're not quite ready to part with. It's very reasonable: $25 for a carport and $50 for the garage. It's also located on the far west side of Springfield, so almost out and in a good part of town. I can say that since I live up here. It is close to a couple of nice medical facilities. They just seemed very accommodating, and I don't think that it's going to take very long to move in. They have an expedited list that's for those individuals who know they're ready to come. Also, the cost is extremely reasonable. It varies from maybe $1,800 to $2,000 and that includes all utilities except for phone and cable. They have somebody that's an individual that works for them that goes and takes orders from anybody who wants food from a cafeteria (which is a really popular place with older people up here), and they will bring food in for an order. The only negative that I have found is that you sign a 1-year lease. You don't have to pay more for a second person, and that's a good thing. It's my understanding that if one of them passes and the remaining one has to go to assisted living, you are still responsible for the remainder of the year's lease. That would be about the only negative, but it's still less expensive than most of the others. They gave me a packet for both of the rooms we saw. I guess they're identical and pretty much the same price, but there are 4 or 5 different floor plans; some of them are more about the bathrooms being more handicapped-friendly and really large. They've got the linen closets on the other sides. It's quite sufficient for two people. They have a nice dining room. In the kitchen, they have this little counter that you could put a little cup, a little short stool under them, or it is perfect for putting a wheelchair under if you have somebody in a wheelchair. They do not provide meals. They are independent living, so you have a full kitchen (which is nice). Unless somebody needs meals, they don't provide them. I know with older people, sometimes one big meal a day is sufficient. They can always order their food though. You can order up from Wal-Mart and some other places. They have pharmacy delivery; if not, somebody from Seasons will make sure that the prescriptions are picked up.

Robert

I once was at Seasons at Pine Creek. Their apartments had more space than where I am now, but they didn't offer amenities, like food and bus transportation. I quit driving, so I need those amenities now. The place was very nice. Everyone had their own patio on the ground floor. You could have a washer and dryer in your apartment. It was very impressive.