Memory Care Communities in Manchester, IA

"We toured Pinicon Senior Living. I liked the fact that the people were out gathering together. There was an activity in the cafeteria. It was a church service type of activity. It was just good to see that the people were there. They looked like they were happy and enjoying themselves. When I walked in, I was just very happy to see that. We were welcomed very nicely by the woman giving us the tour. It was very clean. Outside, it looked like they were getting ready to have some activities for the people, like their planting boxes. Inside, everything was neat. I noticed that the carpet was a little bit unconnected in places. It wasn't that way throughout, but it looked near the front, they needed to do something with that, but everything was very nice. The rooms and the halls, I was impressed."

Welcome to Good Neighbor Society! Located on the beautiful east side of Manchester, IA, peace and tranquility are a part of the fabric of Good Neighbor Society. In our communities and neighborhoods, we offer nursing services 24 hours a day to provide you and your family with peace of mind, both day and night.We provide transportation for local trips ranging from family outings to medical appointments. We are centrally located between Dubuque, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, and Waterloo, IA, so you can continue your treatment with the specialist who is familiar with your medical needs. Together, our services cultivate relationships, maximize independence and promote overall well-being. We are proud to provide compassionate Christian care to those we serve and we invite you to stop in, meet our team, tour our buildings and observe our outstanding services. At Good Neighbor Society our conviction is for people to be valued, loved, and cared for unconditionally. We are committed to enhancing the lives of the people we serve from Delaware County and surrounding areas. Our campus offers, a rejuvenating rehabilitation to home program, a tranquil independent living neighborhood, an assisted living community, a state of the art memory care neighborhood, a stimulating long term care community, and a quiet, comforting hospice neighborhood. To learn more about this provider’s license and review other available state reports, please visit: Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals Health Facility Database

"We liked them because they were very caring, it was very clean, and they've got wonderful food, good activities, and nice apartments. They would take mom to the doctor, they would take her to Wal-Mart, would have groups come in and play music, and they had exercise and cards. The staff was caring, interested, and helpful."

"I like everything about Accura HealthCare of Cascade. Everybody has been so helpful in answering questions. Mom has 12 children and we're all spread out, and they are so open that anybody can call anytime to get information about her. We've all been invited over to have a sit-down meeting once a month so that they could give updates in the care of mom. So, it's just been nice. The staff is knowledgeable and caring. They are kind people helping us out with her and she's talked to us on the phone several times. They are more than happy to talk to us when we call or go by. They answer questions and do anything that they thought mom needed. They have activities like bowling and games, and they just had a big Cinco de Mayo party. Somebody also brought May baskets to all the rooms for May day. So, they do a lot of things and they're going above and beyond."

"Dad is in River Bend Retirement Community. When you went into the memory unit itself, each of the individual rooms, they put different siding on them to make it look like they're a different house. Everyone's house looks different from the outside, or their room looks different from the outside. The common area in the middle had 30 foot ceilings in them. They were painted blue and white to look like clouds. So, the whole place was just open and bright. They had their different seating area. There was a kind of stone fireplace that kind of went up through the middle. And I'm saying fireplace loosely because I can't believe they'd actually have a fireplace on that, in the memory unit part thing, it's just the looks of it. So it just made it look homey. They had couches and stuff sitting around that area. They had a different section where they could go into, in my view, a big walk-in closet with the couch in there. And there were pictures of the animals on the walls and stuff like that. And they said they use that when somebody is getting agitated or something. As far as one lady, for example at 3:00, she always had to worry about getting her kids on the bus. And so then they'd take her in there and then they'd distract her by talking about the animals. And like, "I lived on a farm. Did you live on a farm? Did you have any pets," that type of thing, and that seemed to get the lady past that. And just very helpful, very knowledgeable."

"Arlington Place of Oelwein had a very nice setup. It's roomier than the other place, but their hallways were shorter. It seemed more spacious yet more compact. It's not so spread out. Their studio apartments were nice. There was a little kitchenette, no stove or anything, but they had a refrigerator, microwave, and countertop. The staff was very nice and very welcoming. You can have a hairstylist come in whenever. They have their own salon there and physical therapy onsite. What I liked about it is there's a walking trail right out the front door pretty much, and if I wanted to go pick Mom up and take her for a walk, they had a nice paved trail to go on."