Arella on Jones Active Senior Community

We have been here at Arella on Jones for two years now. The thing I like the most is the fact that it's very new and very plush. We have our own washer and dryer. We have a very nice apartment. The only thing I do not like, which I think is very important, is that we're on the second floor. We should have gotten to the first floor, and we didn't. The power has been out several times and we have lost elevator usage several times. My husband is walking with a cane; he's going to be 88 years old. We were without power for four days. And I know that everybody in town just about was without power, and I don't know why the elevator goes down so much, and that's a negative here. And I think they're working on it. They do not have a restaurant, so we have to go out, which is fine now. But five years from now, it might not be because of the age we are. We would like to have something that has more capability of lunch and breakfast or something like that, and they don't have that here. They tried two restaurants and those didn't work. Nevertheless, if you have any kind of problem, immediately they take care of it. There's lots of activities going on. They have a beautiful pool in the back. It's a beautiful facility. There are card games going on all the time, there's bingo on Wednesday nights, and we have a Bible study one day a week. There are several things going on every day. It's a beautiful facility. They take very good care of it. They have beautiful rooms, and they're very well decorated. We have a two-bedroom and two-bath right now. The staff here is young. Some of the facilities that are 55 and plus have somebody there all the time and we don't. They leave on the weekends. We don't have parking lot security, or some type of security, because we have had a couple of cars that have been broken into.

My parents have moved into Arella on Jones. Working with the staff there was excellent. They answered all of our questions. They provided three different tours because we went with different family members at different times. Everything was taken care of. Moving day went extremely smoothly. We were given a window to move in, and that worked great. No problem with our truck. Everything was ready. Everything has just been as smooth as possible so far. Their accommodations are excellent. We actually found better accommodations for about the same price as other facilities. The monthly rent was about the same that other places were with fewer accommodations. They have multiple workout facilities, a library, multiple game rooms, multiple pools, and multiple public spaces just to relax and hang out, read a book, or talk to people. They call it luxury senior living, and that's very accurate. I know there's a calendar. I haven't really seen it. I know they have coffee time once a week. They have yoga. It's a newer place, and they don't have things every day because they don't have enough residents yet. They just opened in March of this year. It's been open for two months, so they don't have a lot of people yet. Even without guided activities, there's a game room, a movie room, another game room, and a craft room. You can go do activities. It's all there. There are some guided activities. I just didn't have time to look at the calendar, but there's plenty to do.