Montereau

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We paid the deposit, packed my belongings, drove to the facility and were ready to move in. They placed us in a guest apartment when we arrived. The person at the front desk was very surly; the visitors toilet was not functioning; the shower in the guest apt was broken with used towels with toothpaste, etc for our use. Carpeting through out facility was very old. At five in the morning we awoke, said this is not for us, and left. The good news is that our deposit was promptly returned. This place has a very good reputation but our experience was very bad. We thank our lucky stars we didn't move in. We really had decided on a continuing care facility because of our ages, but this one was not for us.

Chuck

Montereau is a retirement assisted living facility. You buy in to the facility and the cost of that ranges from about $350,000 up to $600,000, or $6,000 to $7,000 a month, but you're talking about a place with marble everywhere and granite countertops. It's like you're on a cruise every day.

Chris

My mother stayed at Montereau for her rehab. It's a high-end retirement facility with a rehab wing on it. No negative comments on the staff and the services. It's all positive. They're very helpful and caring. The food was outstanding and the dining area was communal. There were long tables where everybody sits or they will bring your food to your room. The food was excellent. They have multiple activities like outings, singing, art classes, and all sorts of stuff.

Mercedes764235

I visited Montereau, and I liked it. But money is the problem with this place because it is very expensive. Everything would have to be a 5, but affording it is the next issue. The dining area was nice. They had a chef cooking every meal and doing the whole thing, and you don’t have to be there at certain times to eat any meal; it’s more like your leisure time. It is probably a couple of miles from the mall in each direction, and it’s very close to St. Francis Hospital. They had more paying activities, which depended on what you are able to do. It seemed like the people there may have been more active and more able to go on trips and cruises and that type of thing. They didn’t have as many activities on site as some of the others, but they had like walking trails.

Melissa005225

My mother is in Montereau, and they let me put her sister there in the room with her. The place is wonderful and looks like a fancy upscale hotel, with wallpaper, carpets, chest of drawers, and a recliner. They have an Alzheimer's unit, a skilled unit, assisted living, and residential unit. They have three restaurants in the facility: burger restaurant, big buffet, and a steak house. They have apartments that people can buy or rent and live in. It is nice and has a huge spread of daily activities and devotional time every day. They have church services during the week and arts and crafts every day. They have people come play the piano. They are well staffed, which impresses me.

Daughter143352528

My mom broke her hip and was in Montereau. It’s a huge retirement home with assisted living, skilled nursing, and all kinds of care. They have thousands of residents. It was an excellent place, extremely high end, and very nice, but only the very wealthy can go there. You get massages included in your stay. It had a full salon and a bank. It’s like a 5-star hotel and very clean with linen table cloths and china for dinner. The staff was very nice, really good, and very attentive. I didn’t get any bad feelings about anybody there.

Nick4

I visited Montereau. They had very good food, and the dining area was restaurant-style. The building was fairly new and seemed well constructed. The atmosphere was excellent. It's located on a fairly large campus with some houses where people lived. The staff put in a lot of work on me. They had a full schedule of activities and had everything there, but it’s a very expensive place.

Vicky14

Montereau was -- I believe -- one of the first ones that we went to, and it was $1,700 for a month or something like that. It was just way overpriced. It did have a nice eating area. It was probably more like a four or five-star place. Very friendly staff, very efficient. I think as the saying goes, "You get what you pay for." They were studio apartments, and they were $1700 a month, but they furnish all three meals, and they had a nurse on site. They have their medical staff on site. Their dining room was probably close to an A-1 from what I saw. There was a salad bar and different things for them to eat or kind of a menu type. I was impressed by the cleanliness of it, and it was a little more upscale. They had a bus that they could get on and go out to a museum or something like that. They took them around. They had a game room type of thing where they take them down to play bingo or some kind of game or dominoes. And then, they have senior get-togethers and stuff like that. They also have a van that would take them to town or shopping. Of course, that was all extra.

Sara13

Montereau is a good location. It’s less than a mile away from the hospital. When I stepped in, I felt like I was on a resort vacation to somewhere else. The staff is professional, courteous, and very responsive. They’re very dedicated and helpful. They have multiple dining rooms, and each one is phenomenal. They take care that the special diets are met. The apartments are like staying in a resort. They have one-bedroom, studios, and two-bedroom apartments. They have a swimming pool and a bar. They have movies, activities all the time, and they have lunch once a week outside the facility, which has transportation provided. They go on events and outings. They have a yoga and a Pilate’s room. The staff is very dedicated to making sure the living conditions are of high quality, and everything about the facility is presentable.

Caring70337250

I went to Montereau the Saturday of Labor Day weekend and took a little bit of a tour. It is in the other side of 71st Street in a very wooded area. They've been up for 10 years. It's very nice, very clean and very well kept. They have four restaurants. They have a spa and a wonderful fitness area. They have a chapel for all faiths. They have a wide variety of activities from painting to games, bridge and billiards. I want to go live there, it's a great place. There are many senior adult couples who live there that one of the spouses is in the Alzheimer memory care place while the other one could enjoy the independent living and I think it would give my father a measure of support. My father's wife has pretty advanced stage of Alzheimer's and he would be in independent living area where she would be in the more highly structured memory care.

Brenda13

My sister lived at Montereau and it was a very nice place. I liked that they had locked doors as their security system. There was a nurse 24/7 and a clerk. The dining room was gorgeous and they brought their own things in their rooms except cookware. The list of activities for the day were posted on a board, they took trips to the mall or grocery store. It seemed like the residents were happy there and I would recommend this place to others who needed that kind of assistance.