Independent Living in Waco, Texas

ReviewerGD040221A

I'm not real happy with Lakeshore Estates. There's a huge turnover in the staff. They're having trouble keeping people. They have bingo, pachinko, beanbag baseball, and balloon volleyball. There's no intellectual stimulation that I can see here. The food is better than it used to be because they hired a new chef. I like my apartment a lot. They have a beauty shop. There's not a lot amenity-wise. They used to have an exercise room, but they have taken that out. There is a bus, but we don't go to many places because of the pandemic. There are lots of available opportunities for concerts and so forth here, but they never arranged for those. The food is kind of hard to rate because we've got a new chef, and it used to be a 1. The meals are slow here. With the pandemic, we've been kept in our rooms. For those of us who get the meals delivered to our rooms, sometimes it's like 1:30 before we get lunch. This week, they had three activities, but there's not anything there that I'm really excited to go down for.

LP

Lakeshore Estates was lovely. We saw a two-bedroom with two baths and a nice living area, kitchenette, and a beautiful deck. It's everything we want. The staff also showed me the one-bedroom. What I saw was really nice, and we need a two-bedroom. It was very lovely; that's why I want to go there so bad.

Dianne

My father fell in love with Lakeshore Estates. It's very homey and very welcoming. His only complaint is rather than having a buffet, they have to wait to be served, which may take 45 minutes for him to get his meal. Otherwise, he's very happy there. Everybody is very nice and very helpful. He had a closet door that needed repair that they fixed right away. Any type of maintenance has been taken care of, and he's very pleased with it at this time. He has played their balloon volleyball, and he's the reigning bowling champion. They have a pool table, a movie theater, domino and card games. It's laid out very conveniently. It's not a long distance to the dining area or any of the participation areas.

Linda

Stilwell Retirement is really wonderful and feels like a real community. The staff members were very accommodating and it seems like a wonderful place to live. I like that the place didn't look very medical. The manager turned me over to Darci and Darci was excellent, and she took me through the whole place. I ate a meal there in the dining room and it was excellent. They have menus you can choose from ahead of time, and they also have several alternatives to accommodate your taste. They're a little bit low on activities, but I think that's because those people are independent so they come and go on their own. The apartment I saw looks good inside. They're also doing remodeling on the rooms as the people vacate.

Johnny

My mother is in Brookdale Lake Brazos. The staff is very caring. The facility is a little older and doesn't have a lot of modern facilities, but it's still a very good place. They have daily exercise and daily activities, they go shopping once a week, and they eat out once a week. The food is fine. The rooms are pretty spacious and they're slowly being updated.