Nursing Home Communities in Mount Vernon, IL

"My husband is at Nature Trail Health Care Center. I think it's a wonderful place. It's nice. It's clean. Everybody is extremely friendly. They're very helpful and very caring. I would recommend it to anyone. There are two persons in a room. And if you need anything, they're right there to help you. Like if my husband has to be taken out of his chair and put in his wheelchair, they'll use the lift that lifts him up and sits him in his chair, and then they put him right back in when he needs to be changed or if he needs a shower or anything. They're right on top of that. They take my husband into therapy, and they try to get him to do a thing with his feet, just like riding a bicycle but he is sitting in this wheelchair, and he is pedaling on this thing that's on the floor. They had a party at Christmas time. They had a party at Thanksgiving time. And at Christmas time, everybody got a great big bag with all kinds of Christmas presents. They're caring. If they have a question or anything, they call me on the phone. And they keep me posted on everything. The staff members are all so friendly. The food looks nutritious. My husband has a problem with eating because there are certain foods that he doesn't like, but I think what they feed him is very good. It's just his tastebud. Physically, the facility is very kept and very clean. You walk in the door, and you don't smell pee or anything else. They're always cleaning. However, I don't think my husband takes part in too many activities. He kind of stays to himself except when it comes to time to eat. He also has a couple of three people that sit at the same table with him that he likes. Regarding value for money, it's pretty much the same as it was at the other place."

"I have a family member who is at the nursing home of Mount Vernon Health Care Center. The facility is understaffed. The building smells most of the time. My family member can't get up on his own. He has trouble walking and they don't change him like they're supposed to. He has accidents and has to sit on his wet pants all day. His room is OK. He's supposed to be sharing with somebody, but so far, they haven't gotten anybody in there. They just sit and watch television or sit in the dining room, and then walk around and stand at the nurse's station talking to the nurses. So, they have no activities. I haven't been there too much when they are serving food, but I take a lot of his food over there to him because he can't eat what they serve. They could improve by getting more staff and helping their patients more. They could give them some activities to do, and try to get them to associate with other patients instead of just talking to the staff all the time."

"Great Facility with Great Caring Staff members. Have a wonderful therapy department as well."

"This facility is above average in food,meeting needs reasonable time very attentive"

"I'm in a nursing home called Centralia Manor. The experience was very good, but the food was debatable. Because it's a big nursing home, by the time it got to my area, sometimes it was cold. Other than that, they came when you turn your light on, and they gave you showers when you needed to get one. When things get squared away, and instead of going into assisted living or anything like that, I've considered going into a nursing home if they're pet friendly. I have a cat and an old dog, but I do know that they have them, so that would be one of my options. I liked some of the staff, and some of them I didn't, but I think that's normal in any situation. They acted like they cared about the people and that it wasn't just a job. The facility was clean. They worked all the time keeping the floors clean. It didn't have an odor like some of the nursing homes. They were very, very good about keeping things clean like the bathrooms, the floors, and everything. Food was simple and it wasn't fancy. They had a salad that I ordered all the time in the evening and the cooks noticed that I ordered it all the time, so one evening, when I got my meal, I have a big bowl of that particular salad, which I thought was very nice that the cooks paid attention to what the patient was eating."

"I had family members who stayed at Fireside House of Centralia. They have a good rehab there. The grounds are fair. The patients can go outside and walk around and they don't have to worry about cars or anything. The rooms are clean. They have a pretty good staff. If you have a patient in the nursing home, you can go in and have parties and they help with the food and stuff. They encourage people to go in and do that. Their service is good. If the patients can't walk, they help them to and from the bathroom and they also get them dressed. If they're having trouble eating, they feed them. They just take care of them better. They have games, they bring people in to play music, and they have entertainment. They just get to do more things. The food is good. People seem to like it."