The Best Assisted Living Communities in Kanawha County, WV

"Sweetbriar is all good, and I'm very satisfied with the care my friend gets. I'm very satisfied with everybody so far, from the administration down to the nursing assistants and housekeeping. They keep very close tabs on my friend. They come and tell him it's time for lunch or supper, or bingo or exercise classes. They don't forget anybody, and pay attention to what's going on and go the extra mile with the residents. The food looks good."

"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. "

"The staff was phenomenal. Not only did they make it feel like a home for my aunt, they allowed her to help them in day to day tasks in order to keep her mind busy. The facilities were well kept, and I highly recommend this place to others. "

"Dream Home is only about six miles from my house, and it is much cheaper where my husband was before. He is only been out there for about three weeks now, but so far I am very pleased with the way the staff acts and how they take good care of him. They are very friendly. He is in a semi-private room, and it is really nice. It has a refrigerator, television, telephone, and everything he needs right there. They only have about ten patients, they keep them after lunch, and they play cards. Then they have ministers come in and have services. The activities are fine, but my husband is unable to participate. It is very clean, and I like it because it is close to me. I am still able to drive, so I can still go out there to see him. I got it mainly because it is close to home. Everything is good but for improvement they don't have a doctor that comes in once a month and stuff like that. It is not like a nursing home that has all the nurses and nursing aides all the way around. This is just an assisted living home, but for assisted living, it is great. The nurses are always there, and they won't even let me as much as take him to the bathroom. They do everything for him. "

"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. "

"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 father, Virgil D., was a resident at this facility. It was a very emotional and scary ordeal for me to turn my Father over into someone else's care. From day one I felt at ease. The facility is very clean and nicely decorated. My father has passed away, but the relationships I built with the caregivers has lasted beyond his stay at the facility. As difficult as it was to have my father admitted to a facility, I know it was the right thing for his safety, and I know he couldnt have been in better hands. "

"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 mother is here. We really liked it, and the experience so far has been wonderful. The staff is all super friendly and helpful. The facility is very clean. They have lots of activities for the residents. They do bingo, arts and crafts, they do special get-togethers, they provide snacks and coffee sessions, they do outings, and they have spa day where they do manis and pedis for both females and males. They have a theater, exercise classes, chair Zumba, and chair exercises. One of the big things for us is they have a physical therapy department right here onsite, which Mom has taken advantage of, and has helped her immensely. She's in a studio, which is perfect for her. It has a full refrigerator, microwave, sink, and a studio area. It has a huge walk-in shower with a built-in shower bench and plenty of room in the bathroom to maneuver because she's mainly in a wheelchair right now. It's a good size. I had a roast beef sandwich, which was amazing and very tender. They also have a little cafe that the residents can order at anytime of the day. They can have sandwiches or hamburgers and that type of thing."

"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. "

"The rooms are clean, you always see staff working in the hallways cleaning floors and wiping things down. The staff was very friendly, they were actively trying to make my grandmother's stay more personal. I would definitely recommend it to anyone."

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