Fairfield Nursing Center

My friend was a resident of this nursing home and moved her to assisted living. I had to say that they are understaffed because they really don’t have the time to spend with the patients. They just don’t seem to have the time for it, so you don’t have someone visiting you to do that. I’m not a fan of nursing homes. The room was clean, and it didn’t smell when you come in; that wasn’t the problem. The problem is they were just understaffed, and a lot of times they think that they are crying just to be wanting some attention but that’s not always the case. They put them in the wheelchair, and when you are sitting there for two and three hours and not moving it’s just like when you are home. They need to be moved or somebody reposition you so that can get that blood circulate again; that was the experience I kept seeing there. For the ones that could, they did have activity room where they could roll themselves around, talk to each other, play cards, and watch TV.

I visited Fairfield when I was looking for a place for my mom. Fairfield once started off as terrible, but they changed management, and they really topped it up. Not only did they do a great cosmetic turnover, but everything that I saw was great; the food and the people who worked there, and it was clean and didn't smell of urine. It was nice. I talked to some of the residents to see how they liked it, and they were pretty good about it. It was a complete transformation from what it used to be.