Assisted Living Communities in Charleston,

"My aunt was in Sweetbriar in 2019. It was wonderful. The atmosphere is fantastic. It's a beautiful place. The rooms are big, it's very, very nice. It's just very much further for us to visit. And I know my aunt was very happy there, as happy as one could be. I think their care was very good. The dining area was beautiful, it's a very nice room. We did not eat there at any time, though. I know that they had music fairly often, from what I understand. I know that some of the residents even had sewing machines, their own sewing machines in their rooms, and that type of thing. But I don't know what activities were organized. Overall, I think she and her family were very satisfied. It was very bright and clean and neat, but I did not see a garden. I think there was a courtyard outback, but we were never there."

"This facility is like most others of its ilk. High cost for low quality. The nursing staff of this and all nursing/post hospital care facilities are very much under-educated. The "nursing staff" are really just LPNs-9 month trained individuals with limited education. An LPN is a person who has gone to a technical school to learn HOW to do something but not why or what. LPNs have been entrusted to jobs that other healthcare staff are forced to have degrees for. The respiratory therapy services are practically non-exhistent, the therapist shows up in high heels, mini skirts, covered in cologne while she spends here time at the nurses desk socializing and telling tales of her "drinking" escapades. She is quite baldy in her speech. IF she shows up in your room it is to do nothing or to share infection. The doctors rarely show, patients are at the mercy of limited educated PAs. The staff have no quelms about telling you how wrong you are or just basically treating you like you do not exist. A call light is an indication for staff to run the other way. One of 20 people on the floor may have sympathy enough to answer a call light. LPNs have been turned loose to give medications, work with artificial airways, suction people, etc. I would never put a family member in any of these horrid facilities. I was there to visit a friend, his family is trying desperately to get him out. Many in the facilities are practically held hostage by the healthcare system and insurances. "

"I just can not describe the wonderful and loving care this place offers. They make you feel welcome and part of their family. My aunt just loves it here. The devotion of care that the staff gives to each resident is simply amazing. Thank you for the personal care of my loved one. "

"The staff are very nice and seem to take really good care of the residents. The residents really seem to love the facility and the staff.There were residents that were bed ridden and I did not see any bedsores. The residents said they played games and that the food was good. While I was there the staff was ready to help the residents in anyway possible one gentleman wanted a drink every few minutes and there was always a staff member ready to give him some more to drink. One lady seemed to possibly have dementia and she was also bed ridden I talked with her for a long time and several times staff members came in to check on her and talked to her when she insisted that she was 18, asked if her dress was pretty and that her pillow was a piano they smiled and told her that she played beautiful and she looked beautiful. If I had to put a family member in a nursing home this would be the one I choose and I would rest assured they were well taken care of and that the staff was qualified and attentive. "

"This facility helped alot when my grandma was bedfast. So helpful and kind!"

"Dream home cares about their resident, it is small place, they have RN/LPN in their shift every day, very cheap, owned locally, welling to work with the family especially about money,, food is very good, the place is very cleaned I recommend it for any body looking for a good home. "

"I stayed at Cedar Ridge. It was an absolute joke. That place needs to be put out of business. Please don't recommend anybody go there. It's filthy. They do an evaluation emotionally, mentally, physically. I'm thinking I'm going to a place that has an emphasis on physical therapy. While that's got a certain level of impact, I soon found out that they are more of a nursing home and many of these people are at an end-of-life situation. They belong in a nursing home, but either I should have been in another place or they should've been in another place. You have, especially women, going about their personal business there with baby strollers pushing Barbie dolls around the facility. Then you have a person like me passing them up in the hallway, which I'm there for physical therapy. I'm not at end-of-life. I'm not even close to it. I'm trying to get my body back in shape again after surgery. I go to physical therapy and the main thing I'm trying to work on is my left leg. I go to physical therapy, at least the first day, and then I get a phone call saying that I've been asked to leave. I called for a meeting and they said that the reason I've been asked to leave was because I could walk 300 feet with no problem. Yes, I was walking 300 feet with a walker, but it was like I'm walking 300 feet with the feeling of having a bullet in my left hip. I just came out of surgery and they're telling me I'm OK, that I can go home. I said, just because I walk down the hall 300 feet using a walker doesn't mean I'm OK. I'm not OK. I gave that physical therapy lady an earful. I told her, "I disagree with your assessment." I put in an appeal so I could stay longer. It was rejected because of the insurance company, because of the way this lady filled out that report. It was flat out wrong. They told me to leave. I let them know I've got special dietary needs because I'm a cancer survivor. The first time I had breakfast, it was like a bunch of eggs with some cheese on it and a piece of bread. That was it. There's nothing else. There's no coffee. There's no orange juice. I wanted a normal breakfast, then I would have to ask for it. The cooks there were nice enough to come to my room and say, "You tell us what you want, we'll be more than happy to make it." The first time they tried, it got lost. Breakfast got lost. One out of six or seven times I asked for this nice breakfast, I received it once. The other times, the food was just terrible. If I were a supervisor over the whole place, I'd make huge changes. There was one lady in particular who was really good. The rest of the staff was one star."

"My sister-in-law has moved into Angel's Touch Care Home. We chose this place because of recommendations. Overall, it's excellent. I like the care given to her, the food, and all the personal attention she gets. The staff was excellent. The facility is very nice. It's clean and decorated nicely as if you're living at home. They will take them out and do different trips, like a field trip, but the patients that are there right now are bedfast, so they don't go anywhere. They have a family room that has a large screen TV with lift chairs that they can go into and mingle with if they want to. But it's a maximum of three patients in this personal care home."

"My wife has moved into English Meadows Teays Valley. We like it. They have a very caring staff. They take good care of her. The service is very good. The place is clean and it looks good. They have good food. They have a good nursing staff. They have different things. If you have a doctor's appointment, they have a bus. They will take you in a wheelchair wherever you need to go. They have a beauty shop. She gets her hair done on Mondays. They have tons of activities. They have a good food variety. Dining is spacious, clean, and very good."

"My husband is in Braley Care Homes right now. The staff is very helpful. They are friendly, and they take very good care of him. The rooms are just like two regular bedrooms, but very comfortable. The food is great. It is home cooked. The dining room is fine and big. They have activities like balloon toss, and they have group activities Mondays through Fridays for the residents. They have an activities director. I like that it is a dementia-Alzheimer's unit, and it is like a home. The residents are free to go into their bedroom, or they can just walk around out in the living area. They are not expected to stay in their rooms all the time. "

"I recently spent several weeks in Genesis HealthCare Teays Valley Center after suffering a broken femur caused by a fall. I can unequivocally say that my treatment and care far exceeded expectations. A superb staff and therapists awaited me. They were attentive to my every need and encouraged me at every turn. When I made my first steps with a walker as my therapist guided me down the hallway, I was greeted by the staff with comments of "You go girl" and "Look at you go!". I felt as if I had just qualified for the Olympics! This kind of encouragement was invaluable. Thank you Genesis!"

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"This is a great facility. I recommend it to everyone needing a caring community of qualified personnel."