TigerPlace Independent Living

Win Grace

UPDATE Feb. 11, 2019: As of 1/1/19, the rent at Tiger Place has gone up more than twice the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and almost 3 times the Consumer Product Index for the Midwest since it opened in 2004!! There was no response by Americare to proposals and letters regarding the rapid rent rise from the residents in 2017. They still raised the rent by 3% in 2018 and now 4% in 2019! The staff is still great, although there has been a LOT of turnover, so one wonders about the pay rate. It is still a nice place to live, but this rapid rent rise may be unsustainable for some residents, and one wonders why they keep doing this with quite a few empty apartments. (Facts: As of 1/1/19, the rent has risen 84.8% since it opened in 2004. During this same period the Social Security COLA has gone up only 36.72% and the Consumer Product Index for the Midwest has only gone up 31.71%. ) My 2017 statements still ring true: The elders who live at Tiger Place in most cases have no choice but to stay as the rent has been raised astronomically. In most cases, they have sold their homes, have found friends and community there, and are not able due to ill health to move. At its best, Americare has taken advantage of elders at an extremely vulnerable point in their lives. At its worst, Americare is guilty of elder abuse. They clearly don't care. Please note that the average (Feb. 2019) of 3.9 stars out of 5 is inaccurate since there is one 5-star review that has nothing to do with TP and one 4-star review that is clearly meant for a daycare. P.S. I have no idea who the Americare marketing person who responded to this review in 2017. They were not Tiger Place staff people, and although they said they "looked forward to speaking with me" they never contacted me. From 2017: The Tiger Place staff deserves 5 stars! The facility is very nice. A real sense of community exists there. The parent company Americare however deserves NO stars and here is why: Since Tiger Place opened in 2004 the rent has been raised by a cumulative 72.5%!!! During this same period the Consumer Price Index for Midwest Urban cities the size of Columbia has risen only 28% and the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment has risen by only 30%. Instead of an approximate 30% increase for the years 2004-17 consistent with both the Consumer Price Index and the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment, Americare has more than doubled that percentage increase to over 72%. By 2017, this represents a Cumulative Increase more than 140% higher than the Nominal Increase justified by the Consumer Price Index or the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment. Meanwhile, Tiger Place has the additional free advertising of the grants written with the University of Missouri nursing school. What has Americare done with these obscene profits? I sincerely doubt that staff pay has gone up during this period by 72.5%! I know of excellent wait staff who left due to low pay.

Vicki Hartwig

Very upbeat, warm, welcoming atmosphere. My mother loves living there. She has friends and is involved in most activities.

Kitty Richards

Professional, friendly, warm, caring!

Matt Payne

Top of the line place! Amazing staff, food, activities, and care.