Golden Years Assisted Living

Nikole

My mother has been in Golden Years Assisted Living for two months now. It is a very nice, well-appointed community. It's not overly decorated, like furnishings and stuff. It's very comfortable. It used to be a home that was converted into an assisted living facility. As soon as you walk in, there is an office to one side and there's a kitchen to the other, and then it opens up into a very large common room, which serves as the dining room, and the television/living room area. On each side, to the left and the right, there are single rooms on one on each end, and then a companion room on each side. It can accommodate six residents. If you keep on going, it's got two doorways that open out to a very large outdoor yard. It leads to a screened area before you go out into the yard, and essentially, it's a mini farm. They have chickens and turkeys out there, and it's very nontraditional. So it's very, very nice, and everything is provided for one monthly price. My mother is in a shared room because the shared room prices work for us, and she's very happy with her roommate. They also keep in touch with us. Because it's such a small facility, they have a very limited number of residents. They can provide hands-on and keep close contact with family members. My mother unfortunately choked one time and the employees were very on the ball. They were quick and they attended to her immediately. They're awesome. I've talked to my mom about what they've cooked, and everything is very traditional, home-cooked kind of Southern style. I've never actually seen the meal myself, but my mother is very pleased. She has always been picky, but just about everything that they've fed her, she's cleaned her plates. I also love the facility itself because no matter where they are in the building, they can always see all the residents. There are bathrooms located at each end of the facility, too. It's a very well-thought-out floor plan. For the most part, the residents have free roam of the facility and can come and go to the screened-in room or the gazebo as they please. They've got free access to whatever is there. They got puzzles and a TV. Each room has a television, and they can either watch something or they can play music and stuff so that they can relax and kick back and whatnot. They don't have a schedule of organized activities, but they do play bingo. It is just enough.