White Pine Senior Living of White Bear Lake

ReviewerFY#0114b

I'm in White Pine Senior Living of White Bear Lake right now. It's been taken over by Prelude. After living on the second floor, I moved down to the first floor, which is a bigger room, so I liked it, because from that point the view is better. The common areas on the first floor are being painted and they paint the upstairs too, so it's going to look prettier. The reason I moved was they wanted everybody who was in assisted living on the first floor and everybody who was in memory care on the second floor. Presently, there are more people in memory care. For a while there were only seven of them, so it was here on the first floor, but now they have 11, I guess, so they had them move. Our activities director is trying to get us into more things besides bingo and card games. Today, we were told, was a rubber ducky day, and so we had rubber duckies on our dessert at lunch. We also played cornhole with rubber ducks which is kind of creative. I hear that the other Prelude activity directors are coming over later this afternoon to play. We've had a lot of staff turnover, but when Prelude took over the caregivers now have to meet certain training, and it seems that more of them are staying longer. It's not a somebody new every day kind of thing anymore. The regular cook is wonderful, but the weekend one is not good, although I think he's improving a little. Our housekeeper does a great job. I couldn't afford to be here without the waiver from the county, but I would say the value for the money is pretty good.

Hanna

I am living at White Pine and it's good. It's small and they have memory care on the first floor and assisted living on the second floor. They have some activities with an activities director, but there aren't a lot. The staff is not very big, but they've got a really good nursing system and the house manager is terrific. The room is large with a living room and bedroom.

Caring110560250

The coordinator at White Pine (White Bear) that worked with me and gave me the tour was very helpful. I felt that the facility was smaller, which I liked. It had a much more homey feeling. It seemed like they had a lot of activities. The rooms were spacious enough for my parents to feel comfortable. They had a doctor on staff and an RN. I liked the facility very much and felt that it would be a good fit for my parents. They had activities like crafts, cards, music, entertainment, college show and they have a nice piano. The ladies do knitting, crocheting, artwork and different things. The room that I was interested for my parents was a 1-bedroom unit that had a quite large living room and a bedroom with a closet, which for them would probably work out well because I would probably put one in each room with the bed, chair and TV set up. They had a microwave in a small kitchenette. I guess it was spacious and roomy enough for both of them. I did not eat there, but I saw the dining room and it was very nice. It looked like they had a good menu and lots of choices. It was very secure, clean, and the safety was good. I would recommend it to others.