Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber

As the owner a large homecare provider in Columbus, I want to share my experience over the past 8-years with the Westminster staff as we serviced residents in the facility. Especially, Amanda Bailey, more recently. She is always kind and helpful when I refer clients to their rehab, assisted living, memory care, or independent living areas. Tours, video calls, or timely information is only a call away. My referrals tell me they are treated with respect and treated with care and patience as they navigate what is the best avenue to care for their loved one. I couldn't recommend them as a facility, or Amanda, more highly having had my clients move in long term and many others who have had all their questions answered in a timely, professional manner. David Burgess Owner Caring Senior Service Columbus

We are very happy at the Westminster Thurber Retirement Community. We've been impressed with the staff, facilities, & residents from our initial visit on. The longer term residents have shared how much they enjoy living here. It is a vital place with a wide variety of activities & ways to become involved. The facility is progressive & residents are supported in initiating programs they feel strongly about, such as the recent initiative to compost our garbage. They are in the process of developing an onsite daycare for the children of the staff which will be an enrichment for both the residents & the children. They provide ways for the residents to remain active in the community & bring the community into the facility so that everyone can enjoy things they may not otherwise be able to participate in. The dining room food is quite good & meeting people there is a very convenient to socialize & get to know other residents. Our apt is lovely & it looks out over the Goodale Park & a large dog park is located next to the complex. The location in the city is great: close to downtown, the Arena District, the Short North, Grandview, & the newly constructed CVS & Lucky's Market. All-in-all, we are very happy & we regularly recommend Westminster to anyone who is looking for a life-care retirement community!

Westminster-Thurber is a great place to be a resident. We have been here since the opening of a new building, called Goodale Landing. We moved in early 2016. We like the community and we enjoy the company of other residents in the community. We appreciate the efforts of the management and staff (in alphabetical order -- in the activities, administration, culinary, housekeeping, maintenance, medical, security, social services and spiritual areas) very much. The people who work here are dedicated, friendly and professional. Their common goal is to make the life of all residents better and more meaningful. As a result, Westminster-Thurber is an award-winning community. We are residents of the so-called "independent living" area. A few years ago both of us were temporary residents in the rehabilitation ("rehab") area of the community. Each one of us stayed there after surgery for a limited time, 1 and 2 weeks, respectively. We had nothing but positive experiences there in terms of nurses' care and attention, food, medical care and therapy, physical as well as occupational. Before we moved to Westminster-Thurber in 2016, we visited other independent retirement communities in Central Ohio. Westminster-Thurber was the place that we preferred over the other communities. It was the closest to our expectations. We are glad and satisfied here, since all our expectations have been met. We suggest that anybody who wants to live in a retirement community should go through a similar visitation and inspection phase before making a decision.