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Bickford of Oswego

3712 Grove, Oswego, IL 60543

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7.0
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Bickford of Oswego

We began our quest into senior living because of our love for our beloved mother, Mary Bickford, whose needs became too great for us to manage.  As we researched senior living options, we were shocked at our findings.  The options offered too much or too little none met her needs and nothing felt like home.  Since we couldn't find what we wanted, we decided to create what we needed.  Our main desire was to create a place that helped her achieve an equivalent peace and happiness that she had earlier in her life.

We understand that selecting a senior living community for your loved one is one of the toughest decisions that you will ever face. We will work with you to ensure that the transition is as easy and comfortable as possible. Whether your loved one is at home, in the hospital or even in another state, we can work with your hospital, insurance company, and doctor to make your difficult decision easier on you and your family.  Aging can be difficult but we've also seen the beauty in aging.  Our mother's happiness inspired us.  We created Bickford for her and now we're devoted to serving yours. ...

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Bickford of Oswego

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7 out of 10
Review Score16 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
3.7
Cleanliness
3.4
Friendliness
3.4
Care Services
3.3
Staff
4.3
Meals & Dining
3.7
Activities
3.5
Value for Cost
3.2

A Place for Mom has scored Bickford of Oswego with 7 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 1 review in the last 2 years. Over all time, Bickford of Oswego has 16 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 3.7 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 10/25/25

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Julie F

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 25, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Best thing place to live.

Wonderful place to live. Small community makes it feel cozy and welcoming. Home cooked meals. Staff is excellent and care is outstanding. Very attentive to my mother’s needs. I would recommend Bickford for anyone looking for there forever home!

Tom

Memory Care

Family/friend

March 14, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
1.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

mixed review

After two parents living at Bickford for many many years, I have to say the care staff has generally been wonderful Naturally there are alway as few bad apples but they are usually addressed. On the other hand, their billing department is horrible! coming up on 90 days to be refunded? It takes a day for payments to be deposited. Call upon call goes nowhere which indicated they don't care at corporate. Not to sound petty, but after years and years of on time payments of hundreds of thousands our refund due is nearly $[removed]. You read right, hundreds and hundreds of thousands. It's expensive!

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

February 16, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
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My Tour Experience at Bickford of Oswego

Good community, price was more than expected.

Dennis

Memory Care

Toured community

February 4, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

tour review

Our family had an in person tour and we really liked this community but it was just a little to far away from us and we wanted to be close by incase of emergencies .

anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

July 10, 2021

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
1.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0

Looks nice but not interested in a community/buy in fee. The location was also the furthest from my home.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

June 21, 2021

4.0 out of 5 stars
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My review of Bickford of Oswego

Our family had a virtual tour with this community and it was really nice, it had a good set up. However we just thought the person who gave our family the virtual tour was a little to pushy, but the facility was still very nice.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

January 12, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Caring and compassionate staff members!

We absolutely love it there, and everyone is so nice. Our loved is very happy there. The rooms are very nice, they offer three different types of rooms with different prices associated with them. Our loved one is now in the largest of the three. The people there are all wonderful, we are never afraid to talk to them if something comes up. They work really hard to take care of the people who lived there, i do not think you can find a staff as nice as they are.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

April 2, 2019

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Where mom would be happy, I feel This is the right place. Family managed, well established, friendly, staff was smiling and happy, benefits were more than I could have imagined. [Name removed] was super, she took the time to find out about my mom, and her likes and special interests. She compiled an entire page! This was so important to me. She said, I cannot offer you placement at the moment until we send a nurse to assess her first! SOLD Plus [name removed] called to learn my views about what I thought of Bickford, on Tues! She even called my sister in Washington, to tell her about Bickford.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

April 2, 2015

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

5 STAR PLACE

Congratulations to the Director for being named Director of the Year in 2015. A wonderful place and they have the best staff you could ever as for. 5 STARS TO BICKFORD

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

June 28, 2014

0.5 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
0.5
Friendliness
0.5
Value for Cost
0.5
Care Services
0.5
Activities
0.5

Bickford is a BAD and AWFUL place for your loved one

Jennifer, salesperson, very deceitful and will say anything to make a sale. My mom was put in a shared room with a mean, angry and rude woman who had been kicked out of another facility. Before we moved in, I was introduced to the roommate who was nice, but on move in day we're given someone else. The nursing staff witnessed the roommates bad behavior and assured me they would speak to Jennifer about moving my mom. Jennifer would not listen to my family or her own staff and we had to stay in this room until I could find a new home for my mom. Originally, Jennifer promised me that if the roommate situation didn't work we'd be given a new room; however, when we had problems Jennifer said there was a 10 person waiting list and offered no solution other than leaving. I was promised a full refund, but as of today I'm still receiving bills from Bickford. My mom was also missing some of her medications as the staff hadn't ordered all of her medications from there pharmacy prior to our arrival. For several days my mom wasn't getting all of her medications. I feared for my mom's health while we were there and I wouldn't recommend this AWFUL place to anyone.

Mary

Memory Care

Toured community

August 23, 2013

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.5
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
1.0

Way Too Expensive

It was more expensive. The reason that my mother didn't go there was becasue they have a $5000 community fee or buy-in and their rate was about $7000 a month.

A Place For Mom Customer

Memory Care

Toured community

December 30, 2012

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

Had a good tour here. Nice place, go...

Had a good tour here. Nice place, good feel.

A Place For Mom Customer

Memory Care

Toured community

December 26, 2012

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Facility is very impressive, everyone...

Facility is very impressive, everyone smiled and said hello. Only concern is the community fee, seems excessive and it is doubtful insur. would reimburse. But overall very poitive impression

A Place For Mom Customer

Memory Care

Toured community

December 24, 2012

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0

We had a tour of both memory and assi...

We had a tour of both memory and assisted living care.

A Place For Mom Customer

Memory Care

Toured community

December 23, 2012

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0

Max. of 50 people in assisted living....

Max. of 50 people in assisted living. Cable and phone not included. Promote common area utilization. available most days until 7-8pm for tours

A Place For Mom Customer

Memory Care

Toured community

December 18, 2012

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0

friendly, clean, small. did not care ...

friendly, clean, small. did not care for layout felt like alot of small offices, did not care for community fee & only half refund.

Bickford of Oswego

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