Community Care Center Stuart, IA

Be sure to keep a close watch on anyone you care about who resides the care center. The care depends on who you are.

My Dad's been a resident for 8 months, he tells me each visit that the staff genuinely care about his well being. I visit him mostly on the weekends and see it for myself, in the one or two hours I'm there, several folks stop in and bring him drinks or just to check on him. I've spoken with the nursing staff about his medications etc. and they are helpful and respectful, explaining to me the different medications, etc. When my dad arrived he wasn't eating, they worked with him, got him to eat regular meals and fix him what he wants, like crispy bacon. It's not easy leaving a loved one in a nursing home, but it makes it easier when you believe he's being taken care of like you would hope. He's made friends, feels like he is a celebrity, is genuinely happy. He talks about the importance of exercise which he tells me is available to him daily. The rooms are clean, some are doubles some are singles, some are fairly small and some are larger for an extra charge, all are maintained well and clean. My Dad's prognosis of dimensia is not going to improve, there will be a day when he no longer will be able to communicate with me, it's comforting to know when that time gets here, he's in capable hands that I trust. I truly trust the folks running and working in this establishment.

Community Care Center is the only one among the ones we visited that we liked right away, and we are really happy. Whenever I walk in there, I know it's the right place. The staff is really nice, and Mom likes them too. Mom never complains about the food. We haven't come across anything that we didn't like about it. They do a lot of exercises for Mom for rehab. They have a big garden with nice benches and garden boxes for them to plant in. They could also feed the birds out there and play kickball in a circle sitting down.