Olive City Care Home

ReviewerFY#0819

So far, Olive City Care Home has been very good. My mom is well taken care of and the staff is friendly and helpful. She is having a little trouble adjusting to the fact that the people there are worse off than her. She fell and hit her head, so she was having a lot of difficulty, but now she's kind of snapping out of it. She's been independent, so she's having a hard time adjusting to assisted living. They offered to take her to church services every week. They have picnics and birthday parties there too. They really try hard to keep the residents entertained. They have karaoke nights and they do puzzles and games. When it gets nicer and the smoke goes away, they have gardening and stuff. They have quite a bit to offer. It's just that she's a little bit more independent. We just thought she needed more assistance now because of her head injury, but it's starting to get better. She's anxious to come back and move into her apartment again. No complaints about the food. They always seem to have snacks for them and everything. It all seems to be working very well. The place looks like it's kept up and everything seems to be in working order. It's a small facility, a house that they renovated from all the rooms to the bathrooms and stuff. It's an older home, but it's well-built and well-maintained. We looked around and it was a good deal for the money. My problem is I think assisted living is way overpriced anyway for the people that need it. There should be some kind of help. My mom is 98, so she's outlived all her funds and financing. She's not in the position where she actually can afford to live there.