Grace Assisted Living at Nampa

I visited Grace Assisted Living. The rooms were fine, clean, and nice. We looked at the dining room, and it was fine. It was lunch time, and there were a lot of people there. We only talked to a couple of people. They were fine and nice. I would recommend it. However, my mom was not ready to move into that little apartment.

I put my dad in Grace Assisted Living at Nampa. The administrator is great, caring, and very willing to work with you. But I'm not very impressed right now. My father has doctor's orders to be on a low carb diet, and they're not putting him on that. Also they say they only have one room left, and I found out they have 4 or 5 left. The biggest thing that I was upset about is when they did an intake evaluation, they looked at his legs and his behind to make sure he didn't have any sores, and they took him from a level 1 to a level 3. So currently right now, I'm having a couple of issues that I had to bring up with them. They need to improve on their communication with the family and listen to doctor's orders; that would be my biggest thing. The staff seemed okay. But the nurses' station is setup on the other side of the building where there are no residents. When a person uses their nurses' call button, the nurses have to literally walk to get to the person. They have one station and it's not close to the patients.

My visit to Grace Assisted Living was very good. The staff was extremely good with their accommodations. I only saw one room, and it appeared that the person occupying it had everything she needed in there. It was very well kept. Their dining room was very large and clean, too. The stuff they had was very clean. I visited there after-hours, and they were still willing to tour anybody. They were very helpful. There were people around to assist the residents, and a staff member around to assist the visitors. There were also several groups playing games and doing other activities. The place really had a friendly environment.

As far as the cost in comparison Grace Assisted Living is competitive. I thought their assessment was a little high for the needs because I brought in my own caregiver, but that is something that I need to deal with. The room and dining room were great. The dining room was well laid out; I think it’s good. I liked it very much and that probably would have been my first choice had they accommodated the interview with my mom a little bit better. She probably would have gone to Grace.