The Springs at St. Andrew's Village

Rosa

My husband is at The Springs at St. Andrews Village. He's in their long-term care/skilled nursing area. He needs a lot of help to do everything, and it was just not one thing. The layout of the place was pretty decent. My husband says the food is OK. It's a skilled nursing facility and you got people running around all day long. It's here, there, and everywhere. Some people are trying to get well to go back to their apartment that's next door. It's in and out, but I had to put my husband in a private room because he doesn't mix well with others. I was concerned because of COVID, and he had not had his booster yet. They had someone that had tested positive so they are doing screenings there, which I'm OK with, but I wanted him in a private room. When you have a shared room, which I witnessed myself, which I did not particularly care for, you've got two people in a room and then you got families coming in to visit with different people in the same room, and that just frightened me. I put him in a private room, so he's not mixing with everybody else because he's not going to move anyway, because he can't. He's very, very weak. He's in the bed all day long and everything is done for him in the bed. As far as the way the place looked, it could use an upgrade, but it's passable. I don't care much for the carpet that's in there. When you are in a skilled nursing facility, they're there to try to help your loved one and that's what they focus on. I have not looked at their rooms over in the other part. I had my ex-boss' mother when St. Andrew's Village first opened. She moved her mom from her home into one of the places over there, and she gave it rave reviews, but I have not been in the area for the apartments. I think they have one and two bedrooms over there. Skilled nursing is a separate building altogether. Location-wise, it was perfect for me. It was easier for me to keep him there. They're understaffed like every place you go. You got sometimes one nurse work in two wings. I've had problems with them administering my husband's meds. Sometimes they have a problem with getting the meds to him on time, but they do a decent job. I have to rely on them to do it for him because I can't do it. I haven't seen anyone complain about the food. I don't know if they cook for both sides or if that's just one side that cooks just for the nursing home or whatever. I have to take into consideration the fact that they're short-staffed like everyplace else when it comes to that type of unit. The structure is OK. It's a place where people go to recuperate. One of the members of my church husband was at The Springs and she likes it. Comparing their pricing for the skilled nursing area to some of the other facilities, it's about average.