Bruceville Terrace-d/p Snf of Methodist Hosp

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Though small in size, upon visiting one is constantly reminded that Bruceville Terrace is part of a much larger hospital campus. Despite staff attempts to create a home for their patients - including daily activities and a teenaged volunteer staff - the smell is overwhelmingly of antiseptic and industrially-cooled air, the rooms dominated not by personal affects but the large, standard-issue hospital bed. This, however, is most likely a result of the unusually high percentage of hospice and end-of-life care at this facility; one thing most certain is that it is not a result of the nursing staff. Nurses here seem capable and caring, and are well-acquainted with both the details of patient's charts, and the idiosyncrasies of their characters. More than most other facilities I've visited, it seemed that the nurses have truly formed caring relationships with their patients, and the population here seems to reflect that - happy, engaged, and energetic to a warming degree.