Magnolia Place Assisted Living and Memory Care Rogers, AR

My mother-in-law will be moving into Magnolia Place Assisted Living and Memory Care. It's very clean and well taken care of. The staff there is very friendly and helpful. I think all the amenities that she needs are there for her because it specializes in Alzheimer's patients. The dining area was a nice area. It's not real big, but it's nice and it looked really clean. They offer all kinds of activities there like arts and crafts. They have a special room where they can go in and sit in there and enjoy the relaxation. It's a nice room. You don't have to wear masks or anything when you go in there and you don't have to go through a computer to draw your information down. You just have to sign a signing sheet and a couple of questions and they take your temperature. They were more economical than the other place as far as how much it costs. We were impressed as soon as we went there.

We did go and see Magnolia Place Assisted Living and Memory Care. It was an in-person tour. Respite care was what we were looking for my mother-in-law. She does have dementia, but all we were looking for was for her to have some supervised care for like a mini vacation. There wasn't anybody that wasn't being attended to. They have no corners where anybody can hide and be forgotten. It was very homey. It was kind of like going to grandma's house. They have different hallways for the rooms and stuff and each one is themed, so you know where you are, and all the other ones we visited, all the hallways look alike. I like that you weren't getting lost. They've got a really nice activity schedule. They want to keep everybody engaged there. Everything can be seen, and it's all open and airy and there are a lot of windows. They've got an open activity area where you can go in and read or do puzzles or whatever. There is a community area for TV and whatnot. It's really neat. It's not like institutional, where there's like a whole bunch of chairs in front of the TV. It was the neatest place that I've seen yet. The staff members were awesome. It was amazing. They have personalized stuff. It was homey and friendly.

My mom is in Magnolia Place Assisted Living and Memory Care. I chose that place because of the way I saw the residents; they are really happy. These people deal with horrible diseases, and yet the way they're interacting, they're happy. The place is very lit up -- it was light, not dark and somber -- and that is what attracted me to that place. My mom's case is really difficult, so I am just really observing; maybe it is not the right place, but right now I am just watching. The staff is great; they're doing all they can. They don't allow dining in. You just go in the room, you visit in the room, they walk you to the room, and when you're done with the visit, they walk you back out. Another thing that attracted me to that place is they keep the residents really engaged in activities, and they understand the aging process. They have activities from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and that is something that attracted me there. They have a nurse on site at all times -- an RN -- and that attracted me to them, too.

We toured Magnolia Place Assisted Living and Memory Care. We really liked it a lot. None of the patients were in their rooms when we visited. They were all out either doing activities or sitting with others, which is I want. I do not want my dad to stay in his room all the time. The director there knew everybody's name, and it was obvious that they actually talk to the patients. If it had not been for his health crisis, we would not be looking at another place. My mother still drives, and she wanted a place where she can go and visit. This met all of our needs. They were wonderful and I love them. We were looking at a two occupancy. I like that they were not side by side. Although they shared a bathroom, they have a very distinct place that was theirs. Several others are not like that. This allows them to have their own territory so to speak and feel like it is their home. It was a place that specializes in Alzheimer's, and he is in the latter stages of Alzheimer's. He is 87 and has been very, very healthy, but the timing just was not good. They have a lot of organized activities there, and you knew what was going on. It was very clean. I like that the staff interacted with the management, which was cool because it was all like a family-like atmosphere. The girls cleaning said hello to the director that we were walking around with, and she said hello to them. That kind of thing that makes it seemed less chaotic, I guess. There were big, large halls so that it was not crowded. A large crowd stresses my father out. Each hallway was distinct, so they can identify the military hallway versus the other hallways. One of the hallways is probably like women's fashion and stuff. Everything of that facility was focused on the patient and that is the key thing to takeaway. They were focused on the patient. Also, they did not have any Covid cases at all.