Elkhart Place

My mother is in Elkhart Place. They're good people. It's a caring community. It's small. One of the nicest things about them is they only have 29 residents and so it has got a smaller feel to it. It's also one floor. That's nice. My mother has dementia, so the fact that it's smaller is good. There's a corporation that owns them, but they don't accept the Medicaid waiver. That's really the only reason why I'm looking elsewhere, because I'm basically paying them $3,000 a month. With that being said, I can do the Medicaid waiver and it fits right into her Social Security and she'll have money left over. It kinda works better. However, they're great people. They do a good job. They care. It has a kinda smaller feel to it; everybody knows each other. It's a very good place. It's very clean and very nice. They have a lot of activities for the people. It's just nice because everybody has a relationship. Even the staff has wonderful relationships with the people. There are a lot of activities. They do different things. This is pre-COVID. They would bring bands in, it was music from the 1950s and 1940s, but they were live bands and they brought them in. They have activities with exercise. They have volleyball where they blow up a balloon and they are out in the activity area and they hit it all over the place. Just lots of fun things like that. They have a game room with puzzles and games. There's bible studies and there's some book clubs. It's got a lot of things going on like that. It's a good place.

My siblings moved into Elkhart Place. It's very satisfactory, the workers are very nice, they're getting excellent care; they like it a lot. It's very clean, very nice, the people are all friendly, and all the residents seem very happy. The price is excellent, it was one of the least expensive places I've found that was really nice. They have exercise classes, and special events where people come in and entertain them. They have a family night once a month where family members can go have dinner in the evening with everybody, and they have entertainment that comes in. They offer bingo, and other games, and they have a beautiful center garden where the people can go out and enjoy the garden. They can even plant some things if they want to. They keep them entertained, and they have a list of schedules every day starting at 9:00 a.m. that last until after the dinner hour. The residents get three meals a day plus snacks. The staff care is excellent, all of the nurses and all of the helpers are exceedingly friendly, nice, and they make sure they visit the residents throughout the day and take care of any problems they might have. They clean the rooms once a week, give them showers twice a week, and do laundry for them once a week. I'm very happy.

Elkhart was very nice, the staff member that showed me around was very nice, and everybody was helpful. However, the room was all-in-one, the bedroom and everything was there also. Otherwise, it was very good. The staff was very caring and very knowledgeable.

Beardsley House is a small facility, and it looks like they would have very individualized care, but it's not the type of care that my husband was looking for. The rooms are more of a studio type apartment.

Beardsley House is a little smaller with few residents and activities. Dad would be really bored there. The apartments and staff were really nice and conducting stretching exercises while I was there.

Management is poor and not professional. CNAs are always short staffed and forced to work later than scheduled . This place is not what it was even a year ago!

We have been very disappointed in the decline of care that my dad is getting since we moved him into Beardsly House. The wait time on the call buttons is to long and one weekend they didn't work at all and the administrator would not come in to reset them. There has been a big turn over in help since the new administrator has started so to me that seems to be a problem.

My mother has been living at Beardsley House and has loved the friendly family atmosphere and the delicious home-style cooking. That is until several months ago a new administrator started. He has cut back in staff and call lights take a long time to get answered. He hired new cooks and the food is so bad that often my mother does not eat her food. They have instant mashed potatoes every other day....burnt toasted cheese sandwiches....often the food is overdone and dry. We have problems getting the apartment cleaned on a weekly basis. Over the last few months we have been so disappointed to watch the facility go from a 5 star to a 1 star. .