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Bickford of Crystal Lake

Assisted Living & Memory Care

3.8

97 reviews

Phone:
815-859-9637

717 McHenry Ave,
Crystal Lake, IL 60014

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Your loved one deserves to live the best life possible

Watch your loved one thrive in an environment that feels like home

Navigating the aging journey is difficult.

We understand what’s at stake here: it’s not just someone, it’s your loved one.

Meanwhile, it’s on you to make the difficult decisions.

There's a Higher Path for our seniors

The Senior's Journey

There are two paths that seniors take as they age: the lower path and the higher path

Senior care today is reactive, expensive, and siloed. It’s a sick-care system, not a health-care system (designed to keep seniors healthy). Most of us have accepted this status quo because it feels too big and complex to change. Not us. We’re taking the road less traveled and championing a higher standard of senior care.

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Our family of caregivers will do whatever it takes to care for your loved one

Meet Crystal Lake's Leadership Team

Julie Johnsey

Executive Director
Lisa Watkins

Family Advocate

To better understand the love that drives us, watch our Caregiver’s Manifesto

Services at Crystal Lake

Assisted Living

Personalized help with the activities of daily life, such as meals, grooming, and medication management.

Memory Care

An intimate, engaging environment designed specifically for seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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Happenings

If you think there’s not much going on in a senior living community, you’ve never been to Bickford.

Rhonda Johnson

May 14, 2024

Rhonda & Kim in our activity department hosted a baby shower for our wonderful Occupational Therapist from Fox Rehab Maricela! She is our litle miracle worker and one of the most kindest people you would ever meet. Baby boy is going to be very lucky to have such a amazing women he would call Mama! Congratulations Maricela we can't wait to meet your little bundle of joy!

Rhonda Johnson

May 13, 2024

I am sure you heard of hot potato....well our residents played a new version with Julie our Executive Director called hot ball! They had so much fun it was like excerising with alot of laughing!

Rhonda Johnson

May 13, 2024

Well I think we all decided this is one of our favorite places! Our residents really enjoyed our lunch outing at Eggvile in Cary. The food was not only delicious but plentiful and the service was excellent! It was a great experience and we are definately going back real soon!

Rhonda Johnson

May 10, 2024

Can you say cuteness overload? We sure can! Meet Zoey and Mazey our new visitors that Lisa is fostering from Reach Rescue. The residents definitely benefit from Lisa’s big heart as she always shares her fosters with her Bickford family. There’s no such thing as too much attention and love and these cuties are getting their share!

Rhonda Johnson

May 10, 2024

With a little help from our Bickford family we created a poster showing how much we appreciate our nurses here at Bickford. Our residents are truly blessed to have such a wonderful team of nurses and caregivers to oversee their care and their daily needs with such compassion and love in their heart. We are proud to say we have the best nurses here at Bickford. We want to say thank you for always showing that your heart is truly in your career and in your Bickford family.

Rhonda Johnson

May 9, 2024

How exciting! Our first tulip sighting in our courtyard! Spring is here!!

Rhonda Johnson

May 9, 2024

The residents sure had a good laugh playing ball tag the BFM! Lisa our Family advocate planned and lead this fun activity for her Bickford family. Great idea Lisa sure was a big "hit"!

Rhonda Johnson

May 9, 2024

Looks like we all have disco fever thankx to our director Julie! Julie lead a fun disco chair dancing activity that our resident really enjoyed. Dancing to the Bee Gees brought back many memories for all!

Rhonda Johnson

May 8, 2024

Rhonda Johnson

May 8, 2024

Bob and Rosemarie are enjoying the sunshine in our courtyard. We are so happy to see spring is in the air. We are looking forward to more beautiful days ahead.

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We value transparency. We get feedback every month. Here’s what’s really going on at Bickford of Crystal Lake.

3.8

overall score based on 97 reviews

May 1, 2024

Helping patients & family with convenience of health care. Working angle of in house eye exams!
Apr 1, 2024

I do appreciate all your help and support, just a bit concerned that maybe you're understaffed....
Mar 1, 2024

Very friendly staff. Always in contact. Keeping my Aunt safe!
Mar 1, 2024

More staff now, Always clean, decorated nicely, Lots of activities, staff really cares!
Feb 1, 2024

My aunt is safe, well fed and very comfortable. She believes Bickford is a miracle | I appreciate all of you! Thank you!!
Feb 1, 2024

Overall very happy, just wish someone would have thought to get (name removed) x-rays sooner seeing that she was in pain for a week back in December. You certainly made up for it by not charging her for the time she was in rehab