The Best Nursing Home Communities in Elkhart County, IN

"I was checking into possible assisted living for my 89-year-old father. He needs help with meds and financials but is basically able to care for himself. He still likes his freedom to go about daily chores. Greenleaf has nice apartments large enough to be comfortable, with the added comfort of me knowing he's getting good food, the right meds, and being able to be around others for conversation. He's not ready yet, but Greenleaf will definitely be a possibility. "

"My father in law goes to Woodland Manor for respite care. He loves it there. The staff is friendly. It is not a fancy facility but the care he receives is excellent. They treat the patients like family and strive to make them feel at home. "

"East Lake Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a very nice facility. My wife is getting good service over there. She can't stand and she can't walk, so she doesn't get involved in any of the activities, but they have a nice activities group and they take the residents to various places. They're bringing her down to see my place and to have lunch here. I eat lunch with her and the food is very good."

"My mother is now in rehab at Greencroft Healthcare. So far, they're very caring. It has a family-like atmosphere. The staff has been excellent working with her. We're just extremely happy all the way around. They have a lot of things, but she does not do any of those right now. I can see that they are available for use like games and puzzles and they have books and colored pencils to do adult coloring, and they have reading. They have a multitude of things that she can do, but she's not been able to do that yet. They have a beauty shop and I know that my mom has used it and has been very happy with that. We've been very, very pleased with the caring atmosphere. They treat her like she's their grandmother. It's very clean there. Their staff is very diligent about keeping the areas picked up. I would give them high marks for that. I feel like all of those facilities are way overpriced, but they are very comparable and we had to find a place that accepted a Medicare waiver and they do. We're very pleased to have such a quality place of care and we're pleased with the financial end of it also. I have never had the food, but my mom likes it. She had to move from independent care to 24-hour nursing care."

"My father-in-law was at Miller's Merry Manor. They had people that were very caring. They had either an Amish or Mennonite cook. The food was very good. The rooms were clean, but they were having to use a lot of help from different agencies. There wasn't always continuity of care between people. For the elderly to have people change every week as they start to get used to someone and it takes time to get used to your patient, that would be the big thing. They want to do a good job and they try. They want to do good care. It's a Christian small facility. It might be very appropriate for someone else. They're good people. It's in the country; it just wasn't the right facility for him. Then there were a few things, and that's where he went septic twice. They're lovely Christian people. They are caring people. They do respond to problems. The social workers were very good with him trying to do what he needed for them. There were lots of pluses. If we had to put him back there for whatever reason, we would consider them again, but it felt more like we needed to keep a closer eye down there. Their personal long-term staff was good. It's a Christian caring place. They did beautiful decorations. It's an older facility, but it's kept very clean and maintained. It's an older building. They have pretty grounds. They did a nice job. They decorated and they had flowers and plants. They had sidewalks that people could walk around, or you could take somebody out in a wheelchair. It's a rural area, so some people really like that. The food was not the same as the chef at the other facility, but it was home cooking Amish-Mennonite, good solid food."

"We did find dad a facility and he is at Courtyard Healthcare. It's a great facility. He was familiar with the place because he volunteered there for about 10 years. He knew all of the staff there so it was like moving one home to another and that went very well. He also likes the food there. The care has been very good. They are really conscientious about the care of their residents and they keep me informed on any kind of changes that he thinks that has come up. They give me a call right away no matter what time – day or night. They have an activity director and we have known here for a long time. They have activities published in each room. "

"I toured Waterford Crossing. The difference with them is that you buy a duplex, and when you leave, you sell it. Whereas the others, you kind of buy in, but you don't get your money back if you have to move, so that's a big difference. It was more out in the country. Everything seemed nice, friendly, and clean. The staff who toured me around was very nice. It was more like a little village with little houses and stuff that you bought into. It's like a little community and everybody has yards and stuff."

"Sprenger is a friendly environment with caring staff. Therapy does an outstanding job getting people back home safely. "

"This is an excellent nursing home, I have worked here as a volunteer and planning to get an actually paid job. So it highly recommend it. "

"My husband was at Creekside Village for a while. The staff was very nice. The rooms were very nice. There're shared units with a shared bathroom, but it's separate where you don't have to be in contact with your roommate. I like them a lot. The food was very good. And the building was very nice and very clean. The care was very good."

"Impressed! Recently I had to tour facilities for my mom. Hardest decision I’ve ever been tasked with. Belltower is something special. The admission s Director Bud, was amazing. I met everyone from nurses, nursing assistants, cooks, housekeepers, the young man who leads the activities and the administrator. The building is.beautiful, so much different than others I have toured. "

"The staff appears to be over-worked and underpaid. Residents are vulnerable to having to contend with room-mates who can be noisy and disruptive, and offered no recourse. "

"St. Paul's was nice, bright, and clean. The library was wonderful. Everybody was very friendly. We saw the dining room and the laundry areas. We saw the studio and that was too small for our situation. The one-bedroom seemed more suited to what we were looking for."

"The facility we looked at was Ironwood Health Rehab, and we were very pleased. It’s very clean, caring, and efficient. The workers were very nice, friendly, and helpful, and they took very good care of my dad. They had a rehab room, outdoor courtyards, and recreational activities. However, it’s an older facility and needs modern updating. "