Nursing Home Communities in Fairfield, IL

"My grandfather was a resident at Mt Vernon Countryside Manor. He was very afraid to go into the nursing home but after about a week of being there, he was praising the staff.The nursing home did not have that urine smell that is usually present as soon as you walk in the door. Instead it smelled like cleaning supplies. That was my first pleasant surprise. Another surprise when I turned from the lobby down a hallway. There were no laundry carts, trash cans, nothing in the hallway except an occasional chair. That was very nice. I have been places where there were so many things in the hallway, you couldn't walk a straight line. The room was extremely clean. There were two people in the room and everything was put away and there was even a shelf attached to the wall that flowers and photos could be without taking up lower space. The nursing staff were all very friendly and came right away when the button was pressed. Accompanying my grandfather to the cafeteria was nice and many of the staff spoke to us as we passed. They were not too busy to stop briefly. The food smelled very good and must have been since my grandfather ate everything he was offered and was able to have a second helping of vegetables and desert.All-in-all, I believe my grandfather's stay was as pleasant as one could be. "

"My mom has been at long-term care at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital. It was a part of the hospital that they just made into a long-term care, but we think the CEO's starting to close, 'cause why would you go increase a rate? She was paying like $5,800 and some, to almost $7,300 a month, and that's a huge amount. It's a private pay, that's what they call it, and they're good. You get a little better care than some of the other nursing homes here, so that's why we put her in there when she first had a stroke during heart surgery. She doesn't even really know names of food or anything, and if you ask her what she has for supper, or dinner, she has no clue what you're talking about. I had some issues with a couple of the CNAs. They were just picking the crap out of her trying to aggravate her. It must've been not too bad, but we've had the same issues over the workers in there. She is mad in any way, her personality changed when she had the stroke. I hate it, plus they said they'd given her her share and they didn't do it then, and she smells. That made me mad too. That's the sad part with this COVID, you have no clue what's going on in these places. It's changed several times who has worked in there. Some of them are great, and then others are not so good. It is hospital food, it is OK. They changed the diet up there, so it wouldn't be as good anymore. It's not fancy up there, it's just like an old hospital, a part of a hospital where they stuck these people in the old rooms. Mom's room is tiny. The rooms are all in different sizes, they're caught up, and some of them they put two people in. Mom doesn't have a shared bathroom, but one did. That's one reason we left her in there too. We didn't want her to have a shared bathroom because she still can go to the bathroom on her own, but her room is awful. It's gone downhill up there. It used to be where you wanted your loved ones because they got a little extra special care there, but not anymore."

"Staff and administrators at Burgin Manor are genuinely caring and show compassion for their residents. My experience with this facility has been very positive, and I know my friend feels the same about his choice of home. Staff strive to empower the individuals that live at the facility and do their best to make there lives as normal as possible. Independence of residents is facilitated by staff and administrators, and they honestly want to provide the best life possible for residents. "