Pine Ridge Family Type Home for Adults

Debra

I toured the Pine Ridge Family Type Home for Adults. It just seems small for the inside and you can't put too many people in there because it would be crowded. We sat in her dining room and we were talking and it's a house. So that's how the whole place is. It's very comforting because it's a home. They made it very homey and comforting. It's better than going to a nursing home. The owner was very nice. I didn't get to talk to her about the activities because, like almost immediately, I could see that it wasn't for my mom. She was in a wheelchair and also, I told her that eventually my mom was going to run out of money and she was going to go on Medicaid, and she said they don't take Medicaid. The facility looked very clean.

Gerard

Pine Ridge Family Type Home for Adults had indoor and outdoor activities. It's not really what they call a secure facility for memory care. The patients can go outside, sit, and do stuff. It's a nice place. There's nothing bad that I could see about it. But we're particularly looking for a level of care for dementia. The rooms were neat and spacious. They have their own bathrooms. Some of them are single rooms, and some of them are double rooms. They have cable and a phone in their room. They have a nice common area where people can go. They had different activities going on every day for the seniors. The food smells good. The staff members were very helpful. They were straightforward and honest.

Kimberly

I went to look at the Pine Ridge Family Type Home for Adults. The woman who runs it is very nice. It's very small and very much like a family home. The rooms are very basic. The woman who runs it lives there. There is some outdoor space for sitting outside. The meals are included.

Barbara

Pine Ridge Family Type Home for Adults was a private house, which was nice, but it made me nervous the way the staff triple-locked the front door. I understand people with dementia or Alzheimer's can leave and whatnot, but it just made me feel very uncomfortable with the way she just had the keys on her all the time and locked and bolted the door. There were three women there and they were sitting in a big living room area with the TV on. No interaction, no talking, just sitting there. No socialization, no anything, no games, nothing to activate their minds and keep their minds going and sharp. It was nice, but there was nothing for them to do, but zombie out and watch TV. The place was clean, but it wasn't a family-type thing or an atmosphere where they socialize and sit down and talk and do things. Plus, the price was between $4500 and $6000 a month, which is a hard nut to crack. Other places were much nicer that were cheaper than that. They had 24-hour care because the woman lives there, so she's always there. They had a doctor on call 24/7, which was ideal. They had a hairdresser that comes in. They deal with the VA, which is good. The woman who toured us owns the residence, and she was very nice and informative.

Harmonious

When I showed up at the house, Carmen demanded that I use the "other" door. After being in the house, there was no function for using one door or the other. It was simply a matter of control. The dormitories were very small. Carmen told me that SHE likes the residents to spend most of their day in the common living room. I felt very uncomfortable. I felt like the owner was very controlling. I didn't pay too much attention to other details - I just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Mary

Pine Ridge Family Type Home for Adults was a house with four women sitting around watching TV. Afternoon activities and things like that don't usually happen. The staff said that they don't do them because the women that are there don't want to, which would mean that if my mother went there, she wouldn't participate in any of them either. They don't do anything outside the home. There was only one person there, and that was the lady I spoke to. I didn't get much other than to sit and talk with her for a couple of minutes. The facility seemed well taken care of. It's a house, so it has a dining room and a kitchen.