Nursing Home Communities in Bay City, MI

"Mom is here. They have friendly people, and Mom seems to be getting good care. I like that they are keeping me updated on how she is doing. We haven’t had any problems. The facility is very clean. It's very good."

"My sister was at Covenant. I would not recommend it to anybody. The rooms were fine, but the care was horrible. I saw the dining room, and it was very nice. They had bingo and music. They were very understaffed. "

"McBrite Manor has everything available that my mother-in-law wanted, except very long hallways on an incline. My husband and I liked it because there were little groups of people that were in little sections of the hallways just talking and conversing and having a good time. For my mother-in-law, it seemed like a long way away to eat for a 93-year-old using a walker. She was just overwhelmed with the hallways. The staff was wonderful and very nice. During the visit, there were little groups of people by themselves playing cards and having social time with a man playing a guitar; there were quite a few people in that room enjoying the music. There was a little area with library books and things to read. I thought it was kind of old-fashioned and warm and cozy. The only thing my husband and I thought could be better was that it could be a little brighter because it seemed dark. It wasn't bright and sunny everywhere. It looked clean. Everybody seemed happy and really friendly, and they said hello. The room was fine. "

"My mother is in Healthsource-Saginaw, and that's where she is going to be until the end of her life. She has been there since the end of January. We liked it because the staff is friendly. It's a nice place, airy, clean, and well taken care of. The buildings themselves are only seven years old or so. The food is good. She does not complain too much. She has a decent sized room with a chest, drawers, and some of her own things in there. She got a private bathroom and shower, but she needs assistance with that. I've seen other nursing homes, and this is a pretty decent one. "

"Saginaw Geriatrics Home is a nursing home and assisted living. It was clean and very nice. They had activities and good food and she was there for a certain amount of time. She liked it there but her family took her out of there. The staff was very caring and very helpful and she seemed very content. The rooms are not really big. Their assisted living was quite small for two people. "

"My mother is in St. Francis Home and it's probably the best one she has ever been with. It is always clean. They are so good with her and very helpful. She cannot really walk anymore, but they walk her a little bit. They have all kinds of activities and they have Mass so she goes to church right there. I can't say anything bad about it. When they go down to lunch or breakfast, they come in and clean that room every day. "

"My mother was sent to Avista from Covenant Hospital as it was the only place available to take of her and her needs and had a room. I was very skeptical as many people only rate this place by the location. Turns out, I will argue with anyone that ever tells me this place is not a good place to place your family member. How would they know anyway? They've never had anyone here!! My mom had a brain tumor and the beginnings of dementia. The brain doctors were optimistic that the radiation may help shrink the tumor that was so far imbedded that they couldn't take it out and that rehab would help. (turns out God had different plans) That first night when she arrived at Avista, after 10pm, when the ambulance transported her there, I met everyone at that time of night, I was impressed. I visited her 5 days a week. Each day the workers impressed me more and more. The girls at the front desk work their butts off and are SO SO SO friendly and they know each and every patient and know how to communicate with them. There were days I waited for my mom to get ready for a visit so as I waited, the more days I was there, the patients would come up to me in either their wheelchairs or walk up to me to chat. (I took care of her for months at home and it does take about 20 to 30 minutes to even take them to the bathroom!) People are in wheelchairs sometimes by the back corridor wall when you go in but I found out, to them it's like sitting on their porch, getting out of their room, interacting to the best of their ability with others. They would smile and wave at me and some would race up to chat with me. I fell in love with them. (I will truly miss the patients also). I got calls all the time from nurses, CNA's the social worker, the nutritionist and other people I don't know their titles with updates all the time. I mean, I would be going there after I got out of work anyway that day, but they always called with questions or updates. My mom was on a pureed diet and once I ate some of this shredded mexican chicken thing and mashed potato side and it was fabulous! She always had fresh ice water and yogurt, pudding, etc. I seen the menus and dang! It sounded fantastic. I seen some of the patients dishes in the dining room and it looked great. My mother did pass away there as I watched. I got so many calls that morning and went there early that afternoon to be there. A lady that works there in the office that I would talk to about things with my mom, stayed with me for over an hour that afternoon after I was there a couple hours. When my mom was slowly and quietly passing, she asked if I wanted to be alone with her and my insides screamed, "NO! PLEASE STAY", yet I said aloud, "Oh no, that's ok, you can stay". I will be forever grateful for her! I know she has tons of paperwork to do and yet she stayed! Who does that???? Throughout my mothers 2 month stay there I have paid attention to every person there, worker and patient. The patients are happy. The workers CARE! The workers work long long hours and have to go home and handle their own lives and families and possible personal family problems like everyone does, yet not only has every single person that works there that took such incredible care of my mom and all the other patients, they also took care of ME! They cared about me also! The first month my mom was there and she was much more cognitive, I would always ask her how people are treating her. She would go on about how nice everyone is and how they treated her SO good! The afternoon she passed away as I waited for the funeral home person to pick her up, nurses and other people, many people, that cared for her came in the room and gave their condolences and told me stories of how sweet my mom was. In my honest opinion, I think people should visit their loved one more than once a month or one hour every other weekend and truly pay attention to what is going on. The world doesn't revolve around someone's opinion of how old the building is or here-say from people that have never had a loved one ever stay here or people that have only visited once. I was there! I was there all the time! Listen to me! I am impressed with the care, compassion and professionalism I have seen with each and every person that works there. I know they have fun activities that the residents have done. I would look into the rooms of other patients and sit with my mom in her room sometimes and it was always clean. The evening when the funeral lady came to take my mom away, she stayed in the room and we chatted for over a half hour! Dang! When she wheeled my mom out and put her in the vehicle a nurse was leaving her shift. She could have just walked to her car and ignore me and go home to deal with her own life, but she didn't. She stopped as I quietly cried behind her going to my car and asked me if I was the only one? I said, "Yes, I am her only one". She put her arm around me and I tried to thank her for all her hard work and she told me she just got off a 12 hour shift! This is NOT an easy job for everyone that works there! I think that even when no one thought I was watching, I was totally watching everything and I could not and will not find the words to Thank Avista enough for absolutely everything! "

"I mentioned Stratford due to having multiple family members admitted in the last few years. Their stay was less of a choice and more of a necessary transition from the hospital to skilled care. The typical struggles financially and emotionally applied so I feel the need to mention much more than that is not necessary.I am a pharmacy tech. where I do not deal directly with patients. This is unrelated to the family members previous situations. The phone calls to the facilities has brought me to the realization that I would have a difficult time admitting anyone I was close to, into the average skilled or unskilled facility. The number of nurses that seem to enjoy their job and have the mindset to help people feels really low.I gather that the staff that actually want to help patients is far outnumbered by staff that could not get accepted into a higher paying tier of the profession. My visits to a few local unskilled facilities as a personal experience reinforced the idea. When patients were not doing as expected or told, the proper respect was not given to them. I attribute that to the immaturity of the fast trained staff that was typically very young and wanting to move up fast.The doctors are very good and helpful for these patients, but nurses really could use a boost in morale. I am not one to be as biased as I sound here, however the amount of med errors in the hands of a careless nurse is higher than one would think. Seeing the result of that first hand is an eye opener. "

"The care by nurses and staff was good. The OT and PT staff was wonderful. My wife Mari was there due to severe broken ankle. You glad her the strength, drive and tools necessary to return home. "

"I was a resident at Tendercare of Frankenmuth in Aug of 2014 they took great care of me the nurses and CNA"s took care of my needs . I recieved therapy and they worked me hard . I got stronger and was able to return home . I then got sick again in feb of 2015 and the hospital told me I needed more therapy and I should find a nursing home to go to in Saginaw where I live . I told them my choice was Tendercare Frankenmuth I said I know I dont live by there but they give great care . They said I could come back there I was happy ! They have great food there as well the best Grilled Ham and Cheese sandwiches ! I would tell anyone and everyone to come here ! "

"The staff of Wellspring Lutheran Services was wonderful to my mom. They were very, very kind to her, and I felt they took good care of her, but it also took family like my sister and I to take care of her too and to make sure all her needs were met. The food was pretty good. They had a cook and sometimes even the people who work in the kitchen would bring a recipe to work and make the recipe for the people there for a treat, like during strawberry season, they would make a whole bunch of homemade strawberry pie or something. They would do special things like that for the people who were there, and I thought that was really great. "

"Mom is in Tender Care Midland and it is close and convenient from where I work. Most of the care staff is good. Though they are understaffed, they do the best they can for the patients. But they really need more staff for the patient's ratio. Everybody seems to be upbeat. However, I am not 100 percent satisfied with their care because my mom has fallen a couple of times and she claims that she is not able to see the doctor as often as she wants. She said the food is not great. But they are just little things and I think they are okay and I would recommend them to others "

"We took a tour at Colonial Villa and it was a very nice place. They had a wide variety of apartments. The staff and their dining room were nice. I liked it. However, I thought I liked it more than my mom did and I wanted to keep her happy too. It would have been closed to her friends and close to home for her. "

"My Mother has alzheimer's and they have a wonderful locked facility. Their care is kind and they use redirection very well. It is extremely clean and they take great care to be sure my Mother eats well. "