Nursing Home Communities in Lincolnton, NC

"that the family could of been more active with activites, if I could of been made aware of needs for activites such as needing help getting Pts. to & from things or buying craft, party needs.... "

"The entrance to the facility is great. It is in a nice shaded area with plenty of pine trees. There is an oval drive out front to allow people easy access to drop off elderly people that live there.The door to the facility seemed odd, almost prison like. If the front door was open for more than a set amount of time, and alarm would go off. I guess this was a safe keeping for the residents of the facility.When I visited the facility I had to wait for my step mother to get off of work. I waited in the facilities multi-purpose room. There was a ping pong table, a place for people to watch movies/television, and also a piano in the corner. I had the pleasure of entertaining some of the residents that lived there by playing the piano. I was a novice at the time, but the people living there were so nice and friendly that it didn't matter.Overall, I enjoyed my visit to this facility, it was an excellent experience. "

"I went to a place called Alexandria Place, and I was unimpressed with it. I think it is an older place to begin with, and it just wasn't where you want to place somebody if you can help it. The rooms are old, and it looks like a depressing place. I wasn't impressed with the people. You can just tell whether they are friendly or not. These people were more business-like, and I didn't feel like he would be happy there. I didn't see much of anything going on for the people. "

"My dad is in Peak Resources – Gastonia. I absolutely love it. They have great staff and therapists. My dad loves it and I was really impressed. They have semi- and private rooms, and right now my dad is in a semi-private room. My dad likes the food and it looks really good. They have church, games, and social hours. They have a library and a beauty salon. They've been really good to my dad. I'd like to see them have more activities, but what they do have is good for the patients."

"The staff and facility are the best"

"We were very impressed with Courtland Terrace. However, the manager was supposed to get back in touch with us when he had space available, but he has not followed up. The rooms were very nice. They're connected with the local hospital. The residents were very well cared for, and everybody seemed to be happy with their surroundings. It seemed to have a good atmosphere. "

"My husband's stepmom is in Conover Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She has her mind, but she's physically not in shape, so they have to do everything for her. She is in a wheelchair. They're really good. She needs 24-hour care and has to wear Depends, and they bathe her. She will go play bingo every once in a while. She has been in there since last October, and my husband's dad was also there for a little while. "

"We actually have taken an opening at Trinity Ridge, and we happen to be in Connecticut trying to pack my mother’s things so we can drive her back down there. Trinity Ridge did a really good tour. They were very upfront, and told me a lot of information that was important to me about individualizing things for my mother. They gave me a run down on the kinds of things they do to make it safer, and then she said that none of those things work perfectly for everybody. They just are very creative, and continue to work on it with each individual. I thought, "This is what I need." This one had doctors there at the facility two days a week. They also have lab, and x-ray facilities. They got back to me, worked with me, and this has been a really big process for them because the snow storm held me up. We thought that we could get her there last week, but now it’s going to be Monday before we could get there. They’ve been really easy going about it. Another thing that was important that other people didn’t tell us in the beginning; it was really critical that where we have my mother moved to from her home would have a Medicaid continuum. When she runs out of money, and she’s going to need a Medicaid bed. The other thing they said was that hospice comes to their facility every single day so I would never have to move her again, and that makes all the difference in the world to me. "

"My sister-in-law is in Belaire Health Care Center. She is a stroke victim and still partially paralyzed in one leg. They're relatively expensive, but the level of care is very good. They take good care of her, feed her, wash her, and assist her with her bathroom needs. They engage in a lot of physical therapy. They were doing everything they could as far as physical therapy was concerned until they realized she wasn't making any progress. The staff is very nice. The location is a little bit older and a little bit more worn than the others but very well appointed and well cared for. She likes everything but the cost. The semi-privates are smaller and not quite as well appointed as the others. We don't have any problems with them other than the amount of money that we have to pay. "

"I was at The Ivy recently for over a week for rehab, and my wife and I were very pleased with the services we received. The rooms were cleaned daily, the food was good and the staff was outstanding. I could not have asked for a better week's stay. I would definitely stay there again if necessary."

"White Oak seemed very nice. They have good size beds, and the rooms are updated. They seemed bigger. They only had one driver to take people to appointments. "

"I would highly recommend Brian Center of Lincolnton. I visit this facility on a weekly basis through volunteering with my church group which holds a church singing/song service for the residents. The facility is always clean, always smells very sterile, and residents always appear well-cared for. The staff always appear to be attentive to their needs and treat the residents with compassionate care. There is never any clutter or visible food crumbs, though our meetings are held in the cafeteria area somewhat close to the end of meal time for the residents who do not have their meals taken to them in their rooms. The staff always make sure the residents who wish to participate are taken to the meeting place with enough time to socialize, and residents are taken back to the rooms by the caring staff once our meetings are over. They appear to be going the extra mile at the facility for the elderly they work for. Residents always appear clean, even those whose medical conditions prohibit them from performing basic tasks such as washing their face, soaking dentures, or even going to the restroom on their own. "

"My husband was at Trinity Village. The grounds were pretty. There needs to be more maintenance, especially in the private rooms such as, just painting and cleaning and so forth. The staff was really good. The services he was presented were well done, but he was not able to take part in activities other than physical therapy. They have an outside area and they have a crafts room. He was only there for three weeks. He was in an area for receiving people and acclimating them to the facility. From what I saw, the food was very well done. I noticed one day when I was there for lunch, that they were having fried chicken, and the staff was removing the outer coating on the chicken for the residents who could not eat the hard crispy chicken."

"The weekly visit to Brian Center to see my grandmother was a life changing event for me.First, you walked in and usually there were one or two people in wheel chairs waiting and hoping for a visitor.A member of the staff was always close by watching and at times assisting the people.The hallways always had the moans of people as you walked down them but were always very clean. The staff were friendly and helpful most of the time not always the chase at some nursing homes. The rooms were small but usually clean and my grandmother seemed to feel like she was at ease there. The food was not the best in world there but by no means the worst. My grandmother who cooked home cooked meals most of her life thought the food lacked in that home cooked flavor. The staff seemed to response quickly to the needs of the people while I was there. Looking at all of the people who sat around without visitors made me see the need for more people to come by and talk to these older people who had reached these older years in life and now had no one to share the time with was sad. It was this that made me commit to coming even after my grandmother passed every chance I could just to sit and talk to someone who's friends or family seemed to have forgotten. "