The Best Nursing Home Communities in Kern County, CA

"My father-in-law was in Kern River Transitional Care before he passed away. They were very good. They took excellent care of my father-in-law and answered any questions we had. They made it a lot easier with what was going on. It's very nice, very well kept, and clean. They have a very caring staff. His food looked very good. I know they had a physical therapy area. They had an area for the people that could exercise on their own, in the exercise room. They had a little beauty shop. They had an area where they go and play games with my father-in-law."

"My wife is at Healthsouth Bakersfield right now. They're very good, and they're there every 15 to 20 minutes. They take her to the restroom, and they take her blood pressure every hour. They administer her insulin and all her medication morning and night. They also feed her well. The people are very friendly and professional. I am lucky to have her, to be honest. The doctor comes in twice a day to check on her, and the nurses call him if there's something amiss, so it's a good quality place. "

"I love Rosewood. When I first moved in, my husband was deathly ill. I just couldn't take care of him at home anymore. I was very appreciative of living here. We could get exercise and get all kinds of help. I didn't have to cook anymore, which was absolutely awesome. It lightened my load extremely well. I love the apartment. My husband is deceased now, but he was very happy here. Rosewood has all kinds of activities. They have the swimming pool and exercises every morning. There is yoga and regular exercises run by our physical therapists. Rosewood is a three-tier residence. We have independent living, assisted living, and full care. I had physical therapy here as well. We have movies, travelogues, and parties here. They also help us with our computers, phone, or whatever. We have a store we can go and buy stuff, so we don't have to leave to buy necessities. The pandemic has just done horrible things to our staff, and we are not full right now. Sometimes, if we don't have enough staff in our dining room, we do grab-and-go. If there's enough staff, we can go in the dining room again. It's really been very difficult. Overall, our staff is very good. This is a buy-in, and it's a nonprofit. If I ran out of money, they're still gonna take care of me the rest of my life."

"My brother is at Arvin Post Acute. The place is clean and has physical therapists and occupational therapists right there at the center. He also likes the food. However, we really had a rocky start with the staff. He was hospitalized twice in the first week he was there. They were not on top of his needs for his diabetes, and part of it, I believe, is the nursing staff, and part of it is probably the doctor's response. It just took a few weeks to get the nurses to understand what his needs were and to accommodate them. It kind of feels like there was a lack of experience with the nursing staff. My brother can at least advocate for himself, although sometimes he can't. I am not sure about how they navigate when a patient can't advocate for themselves and state what their needs are. It's just kind of concerning that we probably need more hands on deck there. I don't know the experience extent of the staff, but it kind of felt like it was more of a training ground. The nursing station is centrally located, so all of the hallways are right there. I like that they have physical therapy on-site. They also provide my brother with transportation for his dialysis, which is only just two minutes away from the facility. We've had some problems with that one time when he had to wait about two hours for his ride to get back to the nursing home. One time, one of the nurses also had to wheel him there in his wheelchair because there was no transportation, so that's kind of iffy. We can't really depend on it 100%."

"Ive be n a physical rehabilitation patient for almost two weeks and want to say I found the nursing staff here very kind and caring..really nice I am also impressed with the physical and the habilitation people who are consideratw and kind Thw food although sometines spare time s usually very good I recommend this facility."