Nursing Home Communities in Elberton, GA

"My mom’s room in Spring Valley is really small. There’s usually 2 people to a room, but they only have one chair for visitors. They have their wheelchairs and all kinds of things cluttered inside the room which makes it even smaller. When two people go to visit, one person has to stand up because there’s not enough room. The portions are very small. All their meat is grounded, and it usually comes out pretty cold. They have a TV room, but aside from that, there aren’t any other activities. There are 2 nurses on each shift, and the rest are aides. Honestly, I have heard vulgar language, and they try to pass their duties off to each other and argue about whose duty it is to do what there."

"My husband moved into the Nancy Hart Nursing Center. They're very friendly, and it's close to home. I've just gotten to know them all. They're very helpful. They call me if they need to tell me anything. His room is about the right size for a private room. They seem to be keeping it clean. They're under construction now. They're redoing many of the rooms, and his room was the first one finished. They were in the process of updating them because it's an old building. They have an activity person who does activities for them, but my husband is not able to go down to the dining hall or the activities. I know they were playing bingo because I heard them."

"My father is in Heardmont Nursing Home. It's excellent. The staff helped me with his placement, following the proper paperwork for his Medicaid, and going over his medications and his care plan, and whenever I need to get in touch with someone they stay in constant contact with me. It's a smaller facility. It only has 60 beds for residents, and they have 24/7 round-the-clock care. They have a garden and gardening activities. Right now, they're not allowing visitors from the outside because of the restrictions on COVID, but if you have a family member, you can go and talk to them through the glass. It's very affordable."

"To us, Exalted Health was a great experience. It was a great atmosphere and everybody seemed to be pleasant. They built my dad back up. He couldn't already walk when he went in the door. Mentally and physically, he was having complications and he came out doing really well. The staff was real good to him. If anything were to happen out of the ordinary, they were real prompt to call the nurse and let us know about anything. It was a facility that had a monitoring system that if a door was open, an alarm would go off. Dad was down there on three different occasions and he's doing great from outdoing really good each time. He said if he had to go back anywhere, that's where he would want to go. He was very satisfied there. "

"My dad is at Hart Care Center. The facility has been very accommodating and works with Daddy well. It is just that my father has dementia and it is steadily progressing quickly, but as far as the care there, we've been very satisfied. His room is nice. He is next to the window. He has a roommate. We're very pleased with it. My dad is restricted in his swallowing, so they have him on pureed food, which seems to be going well. His weight has stabilized and they're giving him supplements and stuff along with the pureed diet. He is tolerating that diet well. We haven't had any issues with the staff, too. Everything is fine. It's going well. They're doing great with my dad right now. They offer several things for activities, like arts and crafts, bingo, and just multiple puzzles, but my dad is not able to participate."

"Steer clear of Hartwell. I have documented medication errors and medical conditions that went untreated brought to the attention of Administrator, Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing. When these issues were supposedly investigated, things were covered up or left off the report in their favor. The floor nurses are programmed to be robots just to pass meds. and follow doctors orders. Management including shift nursing supervisors didn’t even know what was going on. Their was no accountability, staff could pretty much do what they wanted and get away with it. On several occasions, my loved one wanted to go to bed early because of not feeling well and was told they couldn’t until after supper! The only positive thing I could say is there were a few caring CNA’s who worked there but no longer are that did a great job."