The Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Walsh County, ND

"We toured Good Samaritan Society - Park River. The independent living part was super nice. They could get their meals there, and they could also go join with the nursing home for activities. They do activities in the nursing home area, so it's kind of different there. They had bingo, card games, movies, and church services. The staff who gave us the tour was very, very nice, and very congenial. She showed us whatever there was to see there. We saw the dining room and the kitchen. They had a menu, but you couldn't order certain things. If you had a special diet, they fixed that. They had a garden. People could go out and sit in the front garden. It's like a covered veranda porch, and then they had a big garden out there with flowers and shrubs. The people in the independent place can have a little garden in their own area. You bring your own furniture. Some have kitchens, some are smaller, and some are larger that have two bedrooms. Most of them are one bedroom, and they are the smaller ones. But the bigger ones have kitchenettes in them, so you could do your own cooking or you could eat there, whichever you prefer."

"My grandparents were both in this nursing home. My grandpa was there because he was dying of cancer, and my grandma had dementia. The times that I was there for visits, the staff seemed friendly and welcoming when we first got there, but then we didn't really see them again. The staff seemed kind of detached from my grandparents, not checking often to see if they needed anything. this bothered me especially for my grandpa, as he was bedridden and unable to do anything for himself. He withered away to nothing in the short time he was there. He never had anything bad to say about the staff, just rolled his eye. I think he was at the point in his life where he didn't want to say anything negative about anyone. "