Northridge Gracious Retirement

Colleen

During my visit to Northridge Gracious Retirement Living, I was shown some apartments. They were doing an open house before Christmas. I was not given a tour by the community sales rep, Kelsey, but she directed me to someone. I think he's on staff or he may be a resident, but I got a good tour. They had all kinds of areas where you can get together. They have a big library and a big theater. They had several different elevators to get you to different places. It's quite big. The newsletter said that they were going to have a New Year's party. They have been in the packet; I got a calendar of all of the activities. They have about eight or nine things every day going on. They have an exercise room, a theater, and a chapel, I like it very much. The thing was, I have just contacted them again by email asking for pricing, transportation, and whether they had first-floor rooms with an outside entrance for my puppy. I have a dog and I don't like to get her around other dogs, she stresses out. So, it's kind of important that I be able to get her in and out a door without going through the whole facility to get there. I didn't get answers about that yet. Kelsey was busy greeting people and directing people. So, she was kind of at the front, and not able to talk to anybody, really a lot. So that's why I've gone back and asked more questions.

Provider Response

LSZ

My mom had a nice one bedroom with a balcony on the second floor. Loads of closet space for her clothing, shoes, coats, holiday decor, filing cabinet etc. The staff is great especially the activities director. She programs something for everyone from trips to museums (in non Covid times) to bean bag baseball. My mom enjoyed Karaoke and all the musicians that came to entertain. She also loved getting her hair and nails done in house. Her "cleaning girl" that came in once a week, cleaned, changed sheets and brought clean towels and mom really appreciated that. The food was also really good and there are options. I would recommend Northridge to any senior who wants to have independence but also a built in community.

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Carolyn

We visited Northridge Gracious Retirement Living. It was unique. They have live-in managers. The manager and his wife live there, as well as the assistant manager and his wife, and because of that it had a real homey feeling. But it was more like an apartment complex and did not provide any medical assistance or anything like that. You could get it through them, but it was an add on, it was quite a bit more. The apartment was gorgeous, big and sunny, with high ceilings. We got to see everything. There was a window in the COVID where we were allowed to tour. They had a lot of activities. We were there three times and every time we were there there was always something going on. There were high school kids that worked there for some residents and they played games. Once when were there, they were doing a county fair and they had a cornhole. They have a big atrium in the middle where all these activities happen. It was very nice. I would live in there. The lady that took us around made sure we met people, like the cleaning people, the staff, the cooks, and they were all very nice. If my brother would need his medications supervised, then that is an outside company. They have an office there and they have staff in there, so I would have to deal with them and not with Northridge. They have a courtyard, and an outside area with a firepit.

G.G.

I'm very disappointed with Northridge Gracious Retirement Living's apartments because they didn't have full kitchens. All they had were microwaves, little under-the-counter refrigerators, and a little bit of counter space. There wasn't even a stovetop in there at all. So basically, you're forced to eat the food in their dining room. The food was good. We had a friend living there and we ate lunch with her a couple of times, so I have nothing against the food, but my husband likes to cook his own breakfast. They had a community room that you can go to if you want to cook your own meals, but my husband wants to do it in the morning while he is still in his pajamas, so we can't go down to the community room if he's still in his pajamas. The people were very nice and welcoming, and it looked like they had a lot of activities. Their library and movie theater were very nice. The only disappointing thing about the place was the high cost, and that the room had no kitchen even though it's independent living.

Anonymous 111

Northridge is probably one of the nicest independent living facilities I have visited. Super clean..always smells nice , always looks festive and the staff sof helpful and nice. The people that live there you can tell just love where they live and they are so proud to call that place their home. I'm looking forward to having my mom move in there.

Anne780118

My tour at Northridge Gracious Retirement Living was good and nice. The facility was clean, nice, and had wide hallways. The prices seem to be more economical, the rooms were a little larger for the money, and the food's really good. They activities are really good too -- like movies, Bingo and scheduled tours out to stores.

RGE

Northridge Gracious Retirement Living is very elegant and brand-new. Unfortunately, my mom did not want to move in there because of the cost of the rooms, and they are individual rooms and not apartments. They're not self-sufficient for someone like her. They have the main dining room, where everybody comes down to eat, which was more like an assisted living/nursing home-type situation. My mom is still quite independent, and she doesn't want to get in to what would be considered more of a social setting. If you can't come down to dinner, service is provided to bring dinner to you. That left us to believe that there is no personal cooking facility. The dining room was very elegant, very open, and it's right there inside. There's a huge foyer as you first walk in that had a big seating area, and you can see the dining room off to the side. Plus, Fishers Area is the higher end of town.

Tracy16

Northridge was absolutely wonderful. It’s literally around the corner from my house. It worked in every single way for us. The one thing I didn’t like about it is that it didn’t have an in-room washer or dryer, although it had a community laundry area of four washing machines and four dryers. It’s just wasn’t very convenient.

Anonymous77636450

Northridge Gracious just happened to be what we need. They had shuffleboard, Wii's, indoor areas, a big kitchen where the family can come in and cook by themselves or make a family meal, and an eating area separate from the dining room. One thing my mom liked was the free soft serve ice-cream 24 hours a day. We only looked at the two-bedroom, two-bath apartment, and it was very big and had much storage area -- more closet space. They had places to do crafts or play Bingo and cards, and there was a workout room and a chapel there. I just loved the place.

Anonymous101588450

Northridge was a new facility, and it was absolutely beautiful. It was definitely more of a retirement or an independent living community. If you do not need the assistance, it is phenomenal. It was gorgeous. The staff was very nice. The food was very good. I was very impressed. The rooms and apartments were very nice. They had wide hallways and wide doors. The dining room was great, and it was very open.