My mother has moved into American House Keene. She's doing good. It's a beautiful location and it is nice. All the people that I've met so far are excellent. Their main goal was to support the residents there. What I like about it is they have so many daily activities for all the residents. They got their indoor theater, a salon, a little art area, and bingo and my mom loves bingo, so she enjoys it. It's cool. They have a library there that people can use. The activities and what they provide are just plain excellent. I don't have to worry about mom one bit. The nurses are taking care of her. All the people that work at that facility have one goal in mind and that's to make them, like my mom, very happy and so forth.
When I first walked into that place, it just blew my mind away. It's excellent. It was a blessing. It happened they had an opening come up and I was able to get mom in there. It was awesome. They give them a monthly magazine published and in that magazine, they have the whole month of activities and they do, as a rule, probably a minimum of five activities a day. In the morning, they have their breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30. From there, they go into their little exercise at 9:30. At 10:30, they have a coffee hour. It's just plain awesome. From there, they go to lunch. Then they usually have some type of other activities, either cornhole or balloon volleyball. They have shuffleboards. They usually have two movies, one matinee, and then they have one later on in the evening. It runs for about an hour and a half.
They got a beautiful place and everything is there. Mom can get her hair done or she can get a manicure and a massage. It's unreal. They have a bus and they go to the nearest shopping centers and if she needs to go to a doctor, they take her right to the doctor and no problem. Everything is cared for. Everything is provided for her. I can't say enough about it. Everybody that I spoke with was so polite and kind, and they got one goal in mind, to take care of the residents.
She likes to do karaoke and she loves country western music and she's got her own machine, so they're going to set that up. Everybody wants her to get that because everybody's looking forward to singing. Mom has coordinated with the activity advisor and everything is cool. Mom loves it. I've met the chef. They have some awesome food. My brother and I ate six or seven meals from breakfast, lunch, and dinner and it's good.
It's beautiful. It's an old mill that they converted over and they kept the theme throughout, throughout the windows, the same size, so the add-on was the same theme and everything else. It's nice. They keep everybody going and it's good. The whole purpose of having assisted living is to keep them occupied far as I'm concerned. For what they're doing, providing and offering, as far as I know, it's the best deal in the area for your money. The best bang for your buck, really, as far as I'm concerned.
Provider Response
Rick, your kind compliments mean the world to our team at American House! It is our pleasure to serve our residents and their families each and every day. Thank you for sharing your experience with us!