Independent Living Communities in Iowa City, Iowa

"I helped my friend move into Walden Place. From what I saw, it was fine. It was a nice place. It was very clean, and the people were very nice and welcoming. The facility is easy to get around in, too...."

"Oaknoll Retirement Residence is a very pleasant and nice place. The setting is really nice. There are several dining rooms and a number of activities. They have a theater and a pool. The studio room in my price range, was small and I would have to br..."

"We reviewed facilities very carefully for our mother, including asking the RNs (friends of ours) who do nursing home quality assurance. They told us which facilities to avoid, and gave us the top 2 to look at. We chose Legacy after 3 family members..."

"Regency Heights Apartments was great and nice. The place was friendly and looked really inviting. It was a little more than what we could afford at the time though. The place is beautiful and I would love to have been able to move into it right now. ..."

"My sister-in-law is staying at Keystone Place at Forevergreen. It was a bit quiet for me. The apartments were very nice and neat. They have plenty of activities and programs. My sister-in-law can still go out with people. It's great. They have a nice..."

"I toured Cottage Grove Place. They were very kind. They showed me their exercise room, which is wonderful for them. They showed me their dining room, and then they also had an ala carte room. If there's something on the menu that they don't want, the..."

"My parents moved to The Keystones of Cedar Rapids. Everything was very nice. It's a place I would choose for myself if I needed to be somewhere. Everyone's very friendly. It's clean. They have a lot of arts and crafts type stuff and like some singing..."

"My husband is now at Brown Deer Place and he seems to be doing fine. The people are very nice and very friendly. My husband seems very content. They keep the residents pretty busy; they have a lot of activities for them. My husband seems to love thei..."

"We looked at Atrium Village. It was a two-story facility, and it was fairly new. The staff was great. They had studio and two-bedroom apartments, but none of them were really big. We didn't look at the activities too much, and I didn't see a whole lo..."

"Most of the other places that I looked at were small living rooms or a combination of living room/bedroom with a kitchenette, but Keystone Place (Keystone Place at Blairs Ferry) has a nice-sized living room with a sunroom and an actual porch out fron..."

"My mom moved into The Gardens of Cedar Rapids. It's ten minutes from my house and from my grandchildren, and that was a big thing. If she would have to go into assisted living, she does not need to move from the apartment that she's in, and that was ..."

"Of all the places I've visited, this one's immaculately clean. It's just marvelously clean! I would have to say that the staff there was the friendliest and nicest I've ever met in all the places I've been! I like what they have to offer, that if you..."

"Cedar River Bluffs Senior Apartments have fairly new apartments. It is nice. We have a great view of the Cedar River. The people here are our age and active. The office staff have been very helpful in getting us get settled in. We cook our own meals,..."

"I write regarding memory care at Grand Living. My wife was in the care center two years and I have been in independent living for eight months.Two units of memory care are provided and my wife was a resident in Lavender, a unit for women. She had ..."

"I toured Pleasantview Home a few weeks ago, and then today I took my parents through; they toured one of the independent living units. I think it's excellent. It's got a long waiting list. My neighbors who live behind me have moved in over there, a..."

"My mother will be moving into Boyson Heights. The place is lovely and the staff is very helpful. The residents seem very happy. We're pretty happy with it. The list of activities that they have every day looks very nice...."

"I went to look at Summit Pointe. They had an exercise place and underground parking. The rooms were very nice. It was nice that you had a choice of whether it was a small apartment or a larger apartment. The cost here is higher, but it's quite an exq..."

"My aunt moved to Garnett Place Retirement Community and it is a wonderful place. It was completely redone and it is well staffed. They are very caring and well qualified. The residents are very happy, too, and well taken care of. The amenities are wo..."

"We've decided to go with The Views Senior Living of Cedar Rapids. It's very clean, the people are friendly, and my mom needs a room on the first floor and this is the first place we found with that. We only talked with the guy that took us around, he..."

"We know many people at Meth-Wick. They gave us a tour of two of their places in the assisted living, and we enjoyed them. However, we are so far down on the waiting list, it will be a couple of years before we go in there. They have a variety of very..."