Ann Pearl Nursing Facility

Caring987456321

Ann Pearl caters to Alzheimer’s disease. Actually, it’s just a bunch of rooms. But it’s a pretty nice room; everybody has a private room. And they even have a common cafeteria; that’s about what they have. The staff was OK. There’s not much they can do if a person has Alzheimer’s. They give a lot of care to the patients.

RoseJK

This nursing facility has been in the community for over 50 years and was an "old" school typical nursing facility. Back in the 80's my great grandmother was there as a resident after she fell and broke her hip. She never did walk again which is why we had to send her there. She'd be zoned out sitting out in their main activity area which is used as a multipurpose area in a gerichair. Fast forward to the 2000's and it is pretty much the same place. Now there is an adult day health program as well as a nursing home activity program. Very old school with mainly large group activities due to the set up of the place. The building hasn't changed much at all and looks the same as it did over 20 years ago. Being that there is dementia care, the place is really noisy with music and TV and large group activities going on at the same time. Pretty disturbing to me and I can't imagine how a demented person must feel with all of that. The floors are pretty dingy looking and the general environment is not very therapeutic looking at all. The staff are pretty nice and caring for the most part. The residents look generally clean and well cared for. It does get pretty smelly there sometimes at the after mealtimes. My other grandma went there after falling and not being able to walk again. She had dementia and loved the fact that she didn't have to walk and wasn't alone. Her caregivers were great as they had been there for nearly 20 years. As management made changes, those old timers left and the care changed. I have seen a lot of turnover there which is not a good sign of consistent care. If you can look past the environment, it is pretty decent and okay. Definitely not a place that looks therapeutic though.