Angel Core Home of Care at Parkmont

Christopher

Angel Core Home of Care at Parkmont is very different from the other facilities I have visited because it is a home with a small group of people. They currently have five folks, which is a mix of managed memory care and assisted living, and a staff of six. The whole staff are geriatric nursing assistants, which was nice. While it's only the owner and six GNAs for seven days a week, that is still seven staff people, including her, to five residents at any given moment, so it very much felt like there was a very strong and close relationship between the staff and the residents, which was nice. It did not have an institutional feel. It was in a house, and during my visit, we sat in the kitchen. The other rooms in the house had been repurposed for the residents. They have bedrooms, but the focus is on the larger space. They don't have the means to accommodate on-site the kind of activities that an institutional space can do, where there are big public areas where you can bring people in to do group events, but they supplement that need by being able to bring the residents to a daytime elder care program. They try to get the residents to spend a certain number of hours a day in another place where they can get that range of activities. When they're within the house again, it's a little different approach. It feels very much like roommates who have people caring for them rather than being in an institutional setting. It's a little less polished but also extremely like if you wanted to be in something a little more comfy, and you wanted your loved one to be able to go out of the space to get those social activities through another facility. That's very much how they're designed, so it's very different from an institutional setting. It's a house managed by a smaller staff of people with less division of labor. If you're looking for the deluxe sort of hotel experience of a bigger facility, you wouldn't be happy with them. But I like it, and the woman who runs the place and her staff were wonderful. We had a lovely conversation, and she was far and away my favorite person to talk to from all of the facilities I went to visit. Her level of commitment to the care of the people there and her commitment to providing a place that was genuinely comfortable for the five folks who were there really came through. It's more of a feeling that you get from the people and the way these people relate in the space, which was, to me, their strong point. If you like that smaller setting and are more dollar-conscious, they are significantly less expensive than everybody else. It probably shows up in the facility itself, but it didn't feel like it showed up in the level of care your loved one was gonna get.

Rodger

I went to Angel Core Home of Care. The common area was nice-sized and nicely furnished. The dining area was of pretty good size. The kitchen doesn't make much difference because she wouldn't be cooking. It had nice new flooring and the bedrooms were of good size for somebody who needs that and doesn't need all the dressers and bureaus. So, they were nice-sized and nicely furnished. It was a short tour just because it was a single house with a few bedrooms, but she was very forthcoming and very pleasant to work with and I sat there afterward and talked to her for 10 or 15 minutes about what I was looking for and what we needed. And, she said if I had any kind of problems or questions, to call her and she could give me some input on the three other places in the area.

Eartha

I like the environment at Angel Core Home of Care. The place was nice. The people seemed to be happy. I like the place. I wanted to try to see if I could get my loved one in there. I like the space in the rooms. The rooms are very nice and spacious. The staff members were very friendly. The owner was nice, friendly, and very informative, too. I don't have any complaints. At both times I went, it looked like they had ordered food out. I thought the facility was nice. It felt like a home being in it because it was a house converted into an assisted living place. It had a nice homey feel to it. The rooms were very nice and comfortable. It looked like they had a nice living room space and a space where people could sit outside.

Pat02

My husband was at Angel Core Home of Care for respite. I think he was the most difficult person that they weren't expecting. He'd never been away from me. So, there were things that he did that were not in their best interests, but I like the location and I like the people. I also like the service that they provide and most of all, I like the cost. He was in the memory care there.

Lisa

Angel Core Home of Care is just a small house, so they only had like six people in it. It is a house with six bedrooms. The person who gave us the tour, Angela, was very friendly and very informative. They had clients in the rooms, and the clients let us come in and see the room. They had a couch with a TV, but none of the clients were watching TV there. They were all in their rooms watching TV by themselves. I didn't see anybody interact. Their rooms were nice. I saw the menu, but I didn't try the food. It was a normal menu. The dining area was kind of like the common area, so the dining room and living room were pretty much open. They have activities like morning yoga and outings to go to the store or wherever. They have two different showers. If you want a small community, then this would be a good fit. The only drawback is that a lot of bedrooms are on the second floor. They have a chairlift, so people that need it can go up the steps. It is a clean facility. I think the one thing that they could improve on is the food choices. It just didn't seem like they gave a variety of choices to eat. They give snacks, too.

Dorothy

I liked the fact that Angel Core Home of Care is small and that they only have five residents. Each person would have their own room, so there won't be any shared rooms. All three meals a day are provided. They even have a refrigerator for little snacks and a TV in their rooms. So, I was quite impressed with that. It's been kept clean. The community room was spacious and they had two sets of dining room tables which would be appropriate for five people. There's a stairlift for those who live on the second level. There's a great big yard outside and a porch area. Everything is fenced-in, so no one can wander off. They go out two days a week to an adult daycare center where they would mingle with other people and do activities. You're not forced to go, but if they would like to go, it's available. The lady asked me what my brother liked at the moment, and I said that he was interested in bowling, and they were hoping to restart that program. The people I met there (the person who was cooking the meals and the owner) were very friendly and very knowledgeable about the questions that I would ask.