The Best Assisted Living Communities in Harrison County, WV

"Harmony at White Oaks is a newer facility. I would love to have my mom there because it's brand new and very spacious. The staff was just as sweet as rain. I've even been contacted by their coordinator hoping to get my mom there. They have a dementia support group that I'm planning on going to next Wednesday afternoon, and they've been very inviting, and very helpful. I saw the dining room in passing with the tour. They have church services through our church. They offer a live stream program. They have invited us to bring my mom up and play bingo on Saturday, but we haven't made it that far yet. I think my mom would like that just for the socialization aspect and everything."

"I've moved into Elison Independent & Assisted Living of Maplewood. It has nice open outdoors, and you can walk around. It has beautiful landscaping and so forth. The staff is extremely friendly, polite, knowledgeable, and understanding. To sum it up, it's the closest to heaven you're going to get. I have major issues that they help me with here. The food is excellent. Our apartment has been painted and a new carpet put down, it's extremely clean, and it has new appliances. They have church service, a lot of the older people play bingo, and they have special physical exercise activities, Bible study, everything."

"Manchin Assisted Living seemed to be alright. It just had an odor to the place that I didn't care for, and it was more like a nursing home. The rooms were pretty nice though and every room had its own nice private bathroom. The staff was very nice too and very knowledgeable, and the dining area looked clean."

"The nurse and the owner of Sisters Elder Care LLC went to where my husband was to interview him, talk with him, and talk with the people that had been caring for him, which I thought was very good. That's the first time that's ever happened, to have them go to the place and look at him before they accept him. So, I was impressed with that and then when he was to move in, they had everything ready for him. It was all done. There are so many things that I like about this placement so far. One is there is somebody with my husband at night, awake and watching, in case anyone needs anything or gets upset. The first couple of nights, he didn't sleep there, which he had in the other home, and was up all night. They went in and they sat with him and talked with him until he went back to sleep. Then they started trying to figure out how to help him with that, and finally, we figured out with him what was keeping him awake, and once that was corrected, he started sleeping through the night within 2 or 3 days. They were just very attentive. They have individual bedrooms. So that's one person in a bedroom. They have a maximum of eight people there. I was very impressed with the staff they had there. I like the setting. It's a very cheerful, happy, and pleasant place. They pay a lot of attention to the residents. They have made a big difference in him in only a couple of weeks. They do a lot of individual attention and they also have an open plan for the main area so that they can watch on big television, play games, or go there and watch what they're doing. Like if they're cooking for dinner or so forth. They can go over and look. They just have so many things. They have healthy snacks that the residents can get themselves if they want it. They try to help people. They've already helped my husband who was not reading, was not doing anything, and was not talking to anybody. Now, they have everything ready for him. He's reading the paper again. He's working on puzzles. He's playing checkers with one of the people that's there. There's a variety of things for them to do daily. They're close to Bridgeport, within driving distance and also to Fairmont. So, within three to twenty miles, those towns are located. Each person has a bedroom and it is decorated as to whatever that person is interested in. It has a TV in the room, a desk that they put in for my husband to use his computer, and a window in the room that they can look out to. It's pretty well planned for that person. You can bring anything you want to decorate the room. They have a nurse on call who can be there within three minutes no matter what time of the day. They've already brought my husband's sugar to normal. So, their food is healthy. There are little snacks all around the room that the residents can help themselves with that are healthy snacks like yogurt or fresh fruit and different things. They have very balanced meals. He eats everything that's on his plate."

"Serenity Hope was a very country setting, and it's a very small place with only eight residents, which was what I liked about it. The people who owned it were very, very friendly and very efficient. The rooms were kind of small, but they're private and it's a nice little place. They have three covered porches and the residents seemed to be very satisfied with what they fed them."

"The staff at Pleasant Acres Christian Haven was nice. I liked that they seem to know what they were doing. The rooms and furniture were pretty good. They looked clean and neat. Although it's not quite as nice as some of the others and it looks more like a nursing home, it's organized and they have some activities to do. It was not real big. There are just about 12 or 14 rooms. They have an outdoor seating area, but nothing much extra."