Nursing Home Communities in El Dorado, KS

"Marjorie's Home is a house versus a facility, so you walk in and you kind of feel like you've walked in to Grandma's house. It's not new nor fancy, and it doesn't have any bells and whistles. It is just Grandma's house, and it even smells like Grandma's house, but it doesn't smell like a nursing home. It is a small facility with 6 bedrooms, so there are only 6 clients who can live there. The 2 nurses who worked the day shift are very knowledgeable, made me feel very comfortable, and when I asked questions like "Would my mom be able to bake cookies if she wanted?" they were like "Of course she could!" If she wants to garden, she can go garden, and they would prefer her not wandering down the street by herself, but she won't be locked in a ward. She would have more one-on-one time. I feel like the ladies here would interact with my mom so we could be more present longer. "

"My mother was in Regent Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare for rehab, after leaving the hospital. It's top of the line, but it's expensive. The staff was very good. It's a very nice, and well laid-out facility. It's spotless, it's one of the cleanest places I've seen. She seemed to like the food. It was a very nice room. It was a large room, she had a private room. It's got a nice TV in there, the whole bed. It was real. They've got some therapy-type exercise equipment that people can use to kind of help build back muscles and stuff like that. They cater to the upper echelon. So it is fairly expensive."

"My mom has been at catholic care for six months, She first went to the meadows, when she arrived all she wanted to do was die. She is 95. She didn't, want to eat, get dressed etc, what a change in barely one week. The staff is wonderful. After a month she transferred to memory care because she was too high functioning for the meadows. She is doing great. She goes to mass each morning and is kept busy all day. She loves the staff and they are so good with her. And believe me she can be difficult. Her meds have been adjusted several times and she is such better spirits. We love this place. The staff is so easy to deal with."

"We visited Larksfield Place Assisted Living. They have two different large fields here in town, assisted living and independent living. They're all the same company, but they're two different locations. It's not very old, it's new, it's very luxurious, and it's very nice. It had large rooms, was spacious, and had very nice accommodation. It feels like you're in a French villa. The staff was awesome. The room I saw was more like a 1-bedroom apartment. The dining area was also very nice. I'm excited that my mom was able to get in there. She was on a waiting list and they just actually called me this morning saying that the room would be available next week. They've got a lot more activities than my mom wants to do. They do exercise, do Bible study, go on trips, and they go out to eat. They keep them busy with games and they also have a movie theater. They have a little bit of everything."

"Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital was extremely clean, probably the cleanest place I've ever been. They changed the beds every day. I didn't have one nurse that wasn't friendly. Every one of them were good and friendly, and I barely pressed the button. They were there and were very good about helping me with anything I needed. The rehab place was crazy amazing. It's huge and it's got this OT room that's like a city, and people can practice going to Walmart and to a restaurant, and it looks just like the real places. They have food on the shelves like Walmart would set it up. It's so cool. They had a car that you could practice getting in and out of. They had all kinds of computer stuff you could work on in there. There's so much different stuff in their main room that I had never seen before that I worked on. They kept moving, and they only have 40 beds there, but they were busy. They also had outpatient rehab. Every one of the therapists helped me. They helped me with everything. They were so good. Different doctors came in every single day. The rooms were bigger than the other places, and very nice. I get out of the bed and they would have it changed. They were so good at that, and making sure I had showers, and helped me with that. The food was way better. It had more fruits and vegetables that you could pick from every day. It just seemed like it was a way better menu. I want to tell people to go over there and check their menu out. They had fresh fruit they could get every day. They had like five or six different vegetables you could get, different potatoes, things like that."

"Excellent facility. Staff are very friendly and always willing to help when needed. Overall great care provided to my family member."

"Best thing about this facility is that it is small and in a country setting. If you are a local and need this level of care, it is here for you. This is especially important to family members that want to be able to visit regularly. The nursing home is a part of the larger owned Lakepoint family of nursing and long term care providers. I would say this is a decent, solid choice, but nothing remarkable comes to mind. "

"Rooms are small. Very often understaffed. No teamwork among staff, which results often in residents being overlooked or neglected. Very high staff turnover. Some staff have very poor attitudes. Management more interested in lining pockets by filling beds than providing quality care. Food terrible. Menu limited and quality poor. Residents offered no outings other than doctor appointments. "

"When my husband was in the hospital, for some reason, he stopped walking. So he was sent to Life Care Center for rehabilitation. The people there are all great. The food is okay, he liked it. Their activities include bingo, movies, and they have people come into the facility to play the piano and guitar. They're all very caring people. "

"My father was there in 2012. He had both legs removed below the knee. They rehabbed him and showed him how to transfer his self. He liked it, and so did I. You never want to end up in a nursing home but some of us have no choice. It was in the area that I live, And my dad lives with me now. He goes back and visit staff that are still there."

"Would definitely not be my first choice if options are available. This nursing home is located at corner of Oliver and 13th St. in Northeast Wichita. This is an older campus and looks more like an institutional facility. Very little in the way of ambiance. The rooms have a cold feel to them and the grounds are pretty much cement and driveway. Traffic is busy in this area as the university is nearby and these two streets are main arteriesin the city . However, it is easy to get here. Social service department is very active and helpful for those needing to tap into Medicaid or other support services. Food is pretty good. Be sure to check the public survery. "

"I have no complaints about Medicalodge. They're all great and caring people. They really care about the patients as well as their families. "

"My wife is in Derby Health & Rehab. They're an excellent facility. It is relatively new and it is a community-type thing. They have assisted living and independent living, and they even have a dialysis center on campus. There are four buildings that are all connected for rehab and long-term care and their facilities are very nice. Their rooms are a pretty good size. There's plenty of room to have four or five chairs in there. Last Monday was my wife's birthday and they have a conference room and we had 26 people there. They allowed us to bring in the cake and the whole thing. She had a great birthday here. The staff is all very friendly. They work very hard to make your life comfortable while you're here. Everybody has cranky moments, but for the most part, they are willing participants and take care of your needs. I was here for 33 days this year after I had a DKA and they did everything they could to help me out. Their therapists are excellent. They will do everything they can to gently drive you to get better. I had to learn how to walk and how to be a one-legged man for a while. I went home with the confidence that I could take care of myself without any problem. They take care of my wife. We've been looking for a place now for a week and have not succeeded in finding a place to get out of here. Just because we were supposed to have left a week ago doesn't mean that they aren't still taking care of my wife in an excellent fashion. It's a great place to be. They don't have any openings for long-term care right now. In the meantime, we're here waiting to find someplace and they're still taking care of her. They're not doing any physical therapy right now. They've got an excellent staff. I have not met anyone on staff who wasn't a real helper for the patients. I had eaten their meals. They could stand to improve there a little bit. They serve good food, but sometimes not. Some of their combinations are at least not to my palate. You get an ample amount of food. You can get service in your room or at the common table. It is very expensive though. This place is probably comparable to most facilities that have skilled nursing. They have activities every day. They have bingo at least three times a week. They play dominoes and cards, and they have little ice cream socials and a lot of different activities. No matter who you are, you can probably find something that is to your interest. They make sure that you have an opportunity to be involved in activities."

"Kansas Masonic was close to my home, and the rooms at the memory and assisted living were fancy, nice and roomy, with a bed, a bathroom, and a kitchenette. They had a big dining room, and they built the floors to look like a house so when you walked in, the rooms were in a so-called house, but it was a façade of a house when you walked in the door. The people were also great in explaining things to us."