Nursing Home Communities in Thornton, CO

"My wife has been taken care of very well by knowledgeable friendly and helpful staff"

"Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a good place. The nurses are very friendly and nice and has been really willing to work with us as far as the various care that my dad needs. He gets hospice care as well as the regular nursing care. The staff has been very friendly, very helpful, and keeps me up-to-date. He is in a shared room, but they have private rooms. They have activities for the residents like church services, a Black Jack game, and bingo. The staff is really good. He hasn't complained about the food. The layout isn't great because it's hard for him to get into the bathroom in a wheelchair, but otherwise the rooms are about normal in regards to other facilities that I've looked at size wise."

"My sister needed to be transferred, so I had her moved to Woodridge Terrace. The place was situated in a bad part of town. I did not like the nursing staff since they would never answer the phone. It would just keep ringing. She was in a very small room with a window way up high with blue drapes that kept out all of the light. It looked like a very old place, like a VA hospital. The food was good, though. "

"The staff is both professional and caring. I was encouraged and supported by their work and words constantly. This agency is the best. The staff is so proactive they practically have you admitted before you arrive and discharged before you leave. no horrible waiting. PT and OT meet the client where they are and work from there instead of pushing their agenda on the client. Beds and rooms are clean, professional, and more of a sense of a community than a facility. The food is incredibly delicious. Better than home and restuarants. I did my best and recooperated well here and 90% of that was due to the attitude and assistance of staff. "

"Life Care Center of Westminster provides rehabilitation services that can't be beat. Caring therapists took time to ensure my mom had everything that she needed. The nursing staff were caring and attentive, and when we thought we had a problem with how long my mom would have before leaving; administrators responded quickly, and resolved our issues immediately. Everybody was so helpful and friendly, they all knew my and my families names and said hello every time they saw us. I couldn't ask for a better place for mom. "

"It's a lovely facility. It's very beautifully decorated. Everything, like the furniture, is very lovely visually when you walk in. The people are very pleasant and welcoming. The food was good, I've eaten there twice. The apartment that I have on hold is lovely, very nice. They provide all of the services. "

"My husband was at PowerBack Rehabilitation Lafayette. Every time we were there the nurses were good, even when he was rebelling, and they usually came in right away. It's a new building with a nice lobby. However, one staff member -- who was kind of a supervisor -- was not comforting when the patients were released. When the therapy plateaued, they told me that they would move him to a nursing home. When we complained about the location being too far (because I don't drive), she said that it's the only place that would take Medicaid. After considering it and the negative feedback from a friend about that nursing home, we told them we didn't want to move my husband there. Then she told me we better figure out where we want to put him or they would put him the car and we could just take him home. She was a real sharp-mouthed woman. They don't give you any comfort. They called a meeting with the director, the Medicaid lady, and the social worker, and none of them were comforting. They said that they were waiving the second month fee because everything had been done wrong with my husband. From day one the primary physician and everyone all the way down the line did everything wrong with him. The lady following up on the Medicaid was cold and the upper management was all very rude. He had a private room there that was bigger than what he has now. The nurses and aides were nice, but not the upper management. Overall, between the building and nurses, it was good, it was humane, and the physical therapy was good. My husband complained at the end that when he called them they wouldn't come, and he fell twice while he waited. The place itself was nice, clean, and new. They gave the residents ground food which didn't have any flavor."

"Colorado Lutheran Home is an excellent facility. It's very clean and everything was good. They also spoke highly about dignity and respect. The only thing why we didn't choose this facility is that it didn't work closely with Kaiser and that's mom's insurance. "

"My friend moved to Arbor View Nursing Home. It's an excellent place. He likes the staff and he likes the food, and they seem to be very caring. It's an older facility, but he's in a private room and he has his bathroom. It has a nice TV, but the building itself is a little shabby. Some people do go out of their rooms into the common spaces, and they're nice. What I like is that they have a very large birdcage where white birds are flying around, sometimes I'd put my friend in his wheelchair down there, and he likes to look at the birds."

"The care at Arvada Care and Rehabilitation Center was adequate, but my wife didn't care for the food. The place was clean and adequate. They have adequate activities considering the condition of their residents."

"I needed a Nursing Home for my 92 yr old Mother. I did not know of any in my area. Brighton Care Center is really just like home for my Mom. I recommend them for rehabilitation and/or long term care. The staff is very friendly and attentive. "

"Denver North Care Facility is an awesome place. The Staff is so nice and courteous, always! They have numerous outings for their patients; and their food is healthy and so delicious, it's unbelievable!!!! My nephew LOVES it there!!! "

"My husband is in Balfour Retirement Community. He first went there for nursing care and then he transitioned over to assisted living. He's got some form of Parkinson's, still undiagnosed, and he's got depression. Several of the places turned him down because of his depression, which shocked me. Balfour was the best match for him. A lot of it was due to his diet. He is gluten- free, dairy-free, and low-sodium because of his kidney disease. A lot of these places didn't have a menu that would work for him. That was one of the deciding factors besides the fact that they said yes, but they said they would only accept him if he went first into nursing care because they felt like he had so many needs and they wanted to be able to help him there. It turned out that actually, my husband had been getting stronger in rehab. He was in rehab for a month and within less than a week after he got to Balfour, we had a care conference, and it was unanimous that he should go to assisted living. He's in a studio, which is one of the smaller units, but that was fine. It's also what we could afford. They have a lot of activities except for right now, they have a breakout of COVID, so there are no activities now. There was entertainment in the form of singing and music almost every single day, probably six out of seven days. If you're somebody who likes cards, puzzles, bingo, and games like that, they're offered daily. They have things like flower arranging and gardening-type stuff, and they have walks outside. They are very heavy into activities and it makes sense because their community fee is $7500, which blew me away. The nice thing for me is if I go to Balfour in the future, that same fee will cover me. We would not have to pay again for me to come there. I'm happy he's there. There's a lot of nursing, but he's at a point right now where he needs almost no services. I think they bathe him and that's about the only service that they give him. He's on a very limited menu, so for him, it's rough. He has four entrees and very quickly that gets boring, but they try. One time, the head dietitian got the chef to make a special apple crisp that was gluten and dairy free and it was like hallelujah. They have one big problem and that is they have a single elevator in the assisted living area and that elevator broke for two days. My husband had these treatments daily that he had to get to. I called the nurses and I said, "You have to help me, but we got to get him down the stairs" and they did and they got him back up and the next day it was still broken, so they got him back down. By the time we got back from the treatment, the elevator was working. To me, anybody who has a single elevator and no backup system, that's not good. It's very expensive compared to other places. The units are tiny, which is fine for my husband, but there were some places I saw that were like double the size literally for less money."

"My mother was at Sandalwood. She passed while she was there. Basically, my mother quit eating, quit drinking, had high blood pressure, and all sorts of other extenuating circumstances. Basically, she had a lot going on with her. They did their job and did exactly what they should have done. They gave her whatever pain meds she needed. They tried their best, but my mother was 79 and had been going downhill for several years. My mother spent a total of about 30 days at Sandalwood Manor. I tried the food, and it was fine. She was on a very restricted diet. One of the symptoms of stage six dementia is that they forget how to eat and how to swallow. They had to actually sit with her and tell her to take a bite and swallow the bite, clear them out, and then take another bite. It's to that extent; that's the level of care my mother was at. The staff members were all very good, very nice, and gentle. There was just the one nurse that I did not like. I know you can't break out one nurse, but I just didn't like the way she physically handled my mother. My mother was 5 foot 2 and weighed 195 pounds, so she was literally too much for one person to handle. It was an older facility, but it was spotless, kept up, and very clean. It was a little pricey for what it was. However, they had the highest staff per patient ratio of any of them. In the nurses station (while she was in rehab), there were always four nurses sitting there."