The Country Home Memory Care

ReviewerFC080123B

My husband is at The Country Home Memory Care. It's a combination of memory care and assisted living. He's there for assisted living. We chose it because it was more reasonable. It's an older place. It's not a new place like all of these fancy places. It's been there for quite a while and it's always been some type of a group home facility. It's like a house. The staff is very nice. One of the things that's good is that there's always somebody close by. People are not spread out. On the one hand, there's not a ton of room, but on the other hand, somebody is always looking after them. The food is fine. They have bingo and entertainment. They have a big front porch so that people can go outside when it's nice, which my husband likes to do. They have a very pleasant dining room. They keep it decorated for different seasons. He gets rehab several times a week and he's getting stronger. He's improving there. Online it talks about it being memory care, but they have both memory care and assisted living and he is not in memory care. They're much more responsive than the rehab facility he was in before. They don't publish a menu or something, so you can't walk away with a menu. The only problem that we've had is with the air-conditioning. The air-conditioning has needed work while we're there, but the facility is clean. Certain parts of the building are a little worn and if you're in an older part of the building, the air-conditioning doesn't seem to work quite as well, but they're working on it.

Robert Wags

My mom has been at the Country Home for several years. The staff at the Country Home (and the other residents) have given my mom a new lease on life. When she entered the CH, her every day was a living nightmare. She woke up every day upset, anxious, and suffering from delusions that her (deceased) parents were in trouble and needed help or that my (decreased) father was holding her captive. For the first month or so, she suffered from similar delusions, but with the dedicated help of the staff at the Country Home, she slowing but surely became happy again. She became part of the community at the Country Home. She made friends and the caring staff helped her to find joy in her life. She still suffers from dementia. She still has delusions that lead her to believe things that are not true. However now, on most days, the delusions are about good things like her parents being alive and her wanting to throw an anniversary party for them. On the days when the delusions are bad, the staff help steer her back to a better place. She is almost always happy when we come to see her, which we do a couple of times a week since live close by. I will be forever indebted to the staff (and the other residents) for making it possible for my mom to happy life during this difficult stage of her life.

Provider Response

Marilyn

The Country Home Memory Care was very nice, and it's strictly memory care. I was a preschool teacher, and it reminded me of a preschool. They're like little kids, and it was very comfortable and light for them. What I liked a lot is that the gardens were nice, the facility was nice and the people were well-cared for. The staff all seemed very nice and everybody knew the patients. It's a small facility, not like where mom is at now where there's a lot of people. They were playing games when I was there, it's very cute. There are a lot of bedrooms.

Provider Response

E.B.

We chose Country Home Memory Care for my husband because they are specifically geared toward dementia and Alzheimer's. They are small; they only have around thirty-five beds. I thought that the residents might get more individualized attention and not get lost in a system of a nursing home that has two or three hundred people. They are very friendly and very helpful, and they answer any questions I have. I can call the administrator any time, day or night, and even weekends. When I went to visit him, they were having a pizza party at 6:30 p.m., so I know they do activities. My initial walk-throughs were very positive. The place is clean, well kept, and secure.

Susan

My dad moved into The Country Home Memory Care a couple of days ago. I haven't been able to go there yet, but so far, the administrator has been wonderful about keeping us posted on how he's doing every day, and we will be able to visit him starting next week. He seems to be adjusting and liking it. I've seen the outside. It was very well kept, and it looked very homey. It's a very small place; it looks more like a home than a big facility. I feel very comfortable that he's there and that he's being taken care of. They have a TV room, they currently also get together as a group in the morning, and they do a little bit of exercise, conversation, playing games, and apparently they have picnics outside in nice weather and things like that. They have special days where they have special meals. It's very well-priced compared to other places.

Attallah

My father is happy at The Country Home Memory Care. The rooms are very nice, it's not cluttered, and I think there are only 30-something residents there. The rooms are always clean, I go at different times, and my father is always clean when I'm there. The staff is very nice, very helpful, accommodating, the director is effective, very involved, and very hands on. I know my father doesn't like to participate, but he tells me that they do activities with him. The few times I was there the food looked relatively good. I think that the living atmosphere there is good; I think it's exceptional. I haven't tasted the food, but I've been there when he's eating lunch and dinner and the food looks fine. The facilities are nice.