Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center at Bridgewater

jskline1

Simply put, if you're not at least 70 years old, and weigh more than 200 pounds, stay away. They're not equipped. My wife, who has gained weight over the years, is not getting the treatment she needs. She can't stand on her own at all, needs help getting to the bathroom. She was at Hunterdon Medical Center for 5 days prior to arriving at Bridgeway. At the hospital, they had a device that was able to lift her out of bed from a sitting position, enabled her to stand on this device, and then wheeled to the bathroom so she can use the facility. Bridgeway has a similar device, but looks like it was made 20 years ago. Picture a hammock attached to a crane. Had to be pretty humiliating. Staff is friendly and courteous, but not enough of them. My wife waited and waited for help to use the bathroom, a bit too long. Trying to get her to another facility.

overtheriver

No place will EVER be perfect. Having seen quite a few nursing homes over the years, this Bridgeway facility has been, by far, the best I have encountered. This facility is nicely laid out and decorated - and CLEAN. Nursing homes typically have "that smell". Not here. Some odors cannot be avoided, but, they are temporary; and the air in the building is not too dry or humid either. The temperature is comfortable as well. My mother resides here, and I have been very pleased with her care. ANY time there is the slightest issue with her health, the nursing department contacts me immediately. I have had some relatively minor issues with staff. I contacted the head nurse on the station, and she rectified the problem immediately. My mother is well, happy, and comfortable, and this is of most importance to me.

anonymous159

My father stayed in both the rehab and long term care side. The rehab side is not so bad. The aides there are friendly and very helpful and nice. The nursing home side though is another story. I've heard this is one of the better places, and if this is true, I can't imagine how absolutely awful other long term care places are. The staff can either be very helpful or totally ignore you. Other family members and myself had an issue with one nurse on separate occasions - she had a huge chip on her shoulder and bad attitude. The food on the long-term care side was disgusting and they never changed out the side dishes - it was the same day after day. The main dishes were also very small - tablespoon size. They leave their residents with little to nothing to do. They have some small classes once in a while (I've seen them sitting around in a circle batting a balloon and that was it) but when I left in the evening they would line up the patients all around the nursing station to sit there and do nothing. Honestly I thought they would take care of my father's medical needs - but all they do is dispense medication. They'll call an ambulance if a patient is in obvious medical distress but there is no other medical on-site. They only shower the patients once a week. Do not pay this place $10-11k a month for this. My friend paid a live-in $1k/week for 5 days a week and her and her sister would take turns on weekends; her mother lived until 98 and she was able to stay in her home of 60+ years

Yellow1

My father spent a couple of weeks in rehab at Bridgeway. It was definitely a nicer, much newer, clean facility. The staff was very friendly and quicker to respond when you’re pressing the call button. We contemplated keeping him at Bridgeway, but he wasn’t necessarily happy there, and it cost about $6,000 a month more than where he is now. Since he was in rehab and just came out of hip surgery, they did have better physical therapy. I saw quite a few of his meals and thought they looked very good.

Kathleen23

We finally placed my dad in Bridgeway. It’s a two-year-old facility, and it’s clean. The food that he gets is prepared by a professional chef. They have a nutritionist, and my mom can get a menu with everything that he had to eat. They’re so detail oriented. An alarm alerts them if he is outside of his bed. They’re just amazing, so I have nothing but wonderful things to say about their program.

Angel Spirit

My father in law, who suffered with alzheimers disease, was a resident at Bridgeway for about three years, until his passing away 10 months ago. The nursing staff, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, treated him like he was their top patient! In fact, they treated ALL their patients with respect and dignity and care. For a nursing facility, they were/are by far, outstanding!