Heath Village

My relative was a patient there for several years in the nursing unit. During his stay there, many of the CNA's and Nurses performed marginally at best. There were some excellent and caring employees but they were few. The administration is far more concerned with how "Pretty" the grounds look than the care and comfort of their residents. My relative had to move out to another facility to get proper consideration and respect. Highly advise against utilizing this facility as it is very expensive with cost increases every year and poor resident care.

It was very nice. They have different restaurants with upscale dining. They’ve got two more places that you can go and eat. The food in the dining hall that’s associated with the village was good. When we have eaten in the café, we only had salad, and it was good.

Heath Village is just not conducive, I don’t think, for my mother. They have more hotel room living where she would be in just a bed and that would be it. I wasn’t that thrilled for her at Health Village. If you had the money, it’s a nice place. It’s almost like a country club if you’re doing independent. My monther needs care, so independent is not where we could put her. I really hadn’t talked to them much, but the prices were about the same. I have to worry about what happens if she lives beyond her money, so I keep that in mind. We know people there who are very happy, because we belong to a senior group, and they think it’s phenomenal. They had different restaurants that you could go to, so the food is probably 5 stars. And as far as the facilities are concerned, I would rate it as 4 stars if you need nursing care. The people that live there think that the staff is actually phenomenal and when we went to visit with my mother, they could not have been nicer. We’re heading up there at the end of this month to take a look again and see what else is available. The activities are something that they don’t have much of, and most of the women and the guys that we know are independent so we really don’t know that much about their activities. It’s a nice community if you’re active. It’s reasonable, but I don’t know about the Medicaid aspect and that’s something why we’re going up there to find out.

Heath Village is a little more expensive, but there is a lot more going on there. It is also bigger. A friend who has been there over a year seems content with it.