Nursing Home Communities in Solomons, MD

"My father is in Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, receiving skilled nursing care. It's a veteran's facility, although they don't take VA benefits, which is a little strange. It's also why we need to get him out of there. Other than that, I've found the staff to be wonderful. The facility is also clean and beautiful, and has lots of activities for the residents. The cleanliness is perfect. You could eat off the floors. They have outdoor spaces with a garden. They have, I guess you could call them aquariums, except they're not all water. They have live turtles and those kinds of things for the residents to look at. They have a nice dining room, and my father says that the food is okay. They have activities in the main hall, like live music and that kind of thing. They have movies and bingo, too. They're also very anchored with the veterans' social clubs in the area. The VFW and The American Legion will come and get them from time to time and host off-site dinners for them, so it's a lovely facility. As a veteran's home, they're requiring Medicare Part D and supplemental drug coverage, which doesn't make sense to me. It's like a state-run facility versus a veterans home. However, in terms of pricing, the full price at some of the other facilities in Maryland that I looked at was running from $8,000 to $10,000 a month. Here, it's just about $5,500 to $5,600, so the pricing is good, but their requirements are a little bit weird. We chose this place because of the social aspects of it for my father. I thought he would be happiest around other veterans, although he's not taken to being a very social creature. I also think that he favors more female companionship, but there aren't a lot of female companions there. They're mostly male veterans, which I thought would appeal to him, but it's not as appealing as he thought, or as I thought."

"I chose Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods for my wife because it was available, which was the big thing. They have nursing care that is required by Medicare. My wife likes it there, and that's the best thing. They're very friendly, very helpful. The only problem is (and you'll find this to be true in many nursing homes) a lot of clothes are lost in the laundry, so I chose to do her laundry myself. That's the only issue that I have. Also, they all seem to be overworked because that's how they make their money. They have no single rooms. They're all double rooms. They each have an armoire and a chest of drawers. There's only one chair and one TV in the room. The staff are very good. For activities, they have little programs every morning. Like today, they took my wife for lunch out in the town. The cost is very high. I could not afford it if I didn't get Medicare."

"My mom is in Signature Healthcare at Mallard Bay doing rehab after a knee surgery. We're not able to visit yet. They're doing fine. I talked to my mom almost every day. There are issues with everything that happens, but nothing major. She seems to be fine there. She has good aides that help her get up and use the bathroom. She seems happy there now."

"Westmoreland Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is pleasant. They took my aunt from the hospital to their nursing facility. They have a friendly staff. It is a well-kept place. They have easy check-in and check- out procedures. The dining facility is clean. The living area is also clean, nice, and kept. The activity center is nice. Everything about the place is warming. She is in a shared room. It is clean. You get two rooms separated by a curtain, so it's got a normal institutional look. They have a reading area, a TV, a movie selection of DVDs that you can look at, books that you can read, magazines, and those types of things."

"I went to tour Sagepoint Senior Living. I saw the patients, and they looked happy. The staff was really friendly, and it was very clean. I like that it was clean. The rooms were standard. I like them because they have more modern beds. The young lady who toured me around was very friendly."

"food was very good, rooms were clean, staff treated me very well"