Meadows of Karlstad

Diane

My mother is now in the nursing home of the Meadows of Karlstad. She had to go from the hospital to acute care in the nursing home. And then on Thursday, she will be moving into her actual apartment at the Meadows. We visited there. She liked the atmosphere. She liked her apartment. It was very welcoming, she felt at home there. Also, her original hometown is up north, close to that place. So she felt that would be where she would probably see most of her old friends, and we have family members living up there as well. So that was probably the biggest reason why she chose that. We haven't had that very much experience with the staff, but so far they've been very, very good, very helpful. The facility is very nice. There's a little courtyard just as you come in, there are a couple of tables out there, there's some lawn chairs. My mother wanted to have a view of the parking lot so she could see what was going on. Otherwise, it's a view of the field outside. It's kind of on the edge of town.

Art1

I feel as if the facility does not have the staff that it takes to run the care center. The nurses never seemed like they really wanted to be at their job. The actual facility could use some updating. The positive side is that this is a small care center so my grandparents didn't seem like a number.