Edmonds Landing Retirement Community

Right when we walked into this community we knew this was the perfect place for our loved one. Everybody there is friendly, very helpful and they give our loved one way more attention than the previous community she was at. Our loved one is eating all the meals so we have to assume that she is happy with the meals. She is still adjusting but we do know they have a lot of activities for the residents, and she does enjoy going to the happy hour every Friday. Also the location is much closer to our family which makes it much easier for us to visit 2-3 times a week.

The staff all the way through, from top to bottom, is so kind and so caring. They have taken an active interest in my loved one as a person and in her assimilation into the community. From a resident perspective, they've worked really hard to ensure that there are lots of opportunities for my loved one to meet other residents, hampered only by Covid and the lockdown quarantining that has had to take place. And that's due to the governor's restrictions, that's not on Edmonds Landing. In the last few months, activities have picked up. They've offering crafts, bingo, parties, either drink of the week or month, I'm not sure which one it is. The facilities are just spotless. They're very, very clean. The staff that comes in and does the vacuuming / dusting / changing the linens, have done a great job. The food is good. When my loved one first arrived, she thought it was great. But after several months, it's still good overall, it's just not her home cooking. It's been odd to experience moving into assisted living during quarantine. I just think the whole situation has created a complicated dynamic. And we're looking forward to her getting to have the full experience we wanted for her going forward. The only thing that has been challenging is communication. They communicate very well with the residents, but my loved one has some memory issues. So it's been hard for me to understand what's going on at the community because my loved one has not been able to be as effective at communicating with me. And they don't really have a method in place to keep the families in the loop, although they do send out periodic text messages. So when my loved one has an issue, it's been difficult for me to know who to talk to about it and how to follow up with it. I would like to see just a little bit more communication with the families.

Overall, our experience with Edmonds Landing has been extremely good. The staff are very communicative about everything. The marketing director and the nurse are extremely accessible and they return our calls and emails within the same day. It is in close proximity to our house and my mother in law is happy because she could stay in the downtown Edmond area.