Nursing Home Communities in North Wilkesboro, NC

"My father was at Wilkes Senior Village for the allotted number of days that Medicaid would allow him. The place itself was adequate. However, the wheelchair that he used was not what he needed. The care was not up to par. His catheter was put in, but it was not changed which created an infection. He was not showered or bathed as required. We had to bring that out to their attention. He had severe nosebleed. It was supposed to be cauterized and it was a week or two after that it was ever cauterized. It was not a good experience. Most of the CNAs were really nice and did the best that they could. Their physical therapists were awesome. They're also very energetic and personable. They care about what they do. The CNAs had very good bedside manner as far as talking to my dad and making him feel comfortable. The grounds were maintained very nicely and the place was clean and decorated nicely, too. The hallways were very pleasant with different things to look at. They actually had murals painted on their walls."

"Avante at Wilkesboro has wonderful care! The therapy is awesome and very caring and have the best results. The staff was wonderful. "

"I am a very concerned family member. I have a family member that has been in several different nursing homes over the past 4 years! When my family member came to this nursing home in excellent health except for dementia, within a 6 month time period, his/her health depleted! Due to neglect and a very careless staff, patient was drugged to bed rest! Lost a total of 21lbs in 1 month! Patient could not even wake up to eat due to the drugs they had patient on! Finally, a pharmacist refused to continue to prescribe the patient's medicine in such large doses! The patient tried to get up, when the meds started to wear off, after losing all strength in legs and fell. Bruised head, skin tears all of over left arm and a broken hip! Leading to now, a surgery to repair the hip and 6 months of rehabilitation! This nursing home needs to be put out of business and the patients left in this facility needs to be moved to a home where they will receive much better care!!! Please if you have a family member at this facility, keep a close eye on them! Dont end up like our family, mad, hurt, and furious! "

"My father is at Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. They're nice people. I think he fits in really good there. The staff are nice and friendly. He has dementia, so he is in a locked facility. His room is nice. He shared a room with another gentleman. It's a nice place. So far, so good."

"Valley Nursing Center is one of the nicest facilities I have visited. The environment is very pleasant and well cared for. The landscaping is beautiful as well as the interior. There has been a lot of time and effort put into making it as home-like and comfortable as possible. There are many different activities to enrich the lives of the residents. It is very important to the staff to meet the social needs of the residents there. The residents are mostly cheerful, well assured with personal care, and optimistic. There is a beauty shop which I felt was a great service to provide. There is a ventilator unit with dedicated staff. The only negative I found was that when the vent unit was created, they removed the Alzheimer's unit. The residents with late stages of this disease are now mixed into the general hall. I believe that the special unit was helpful to preventing excessive stress and confusion to these residents. "

"My mom is at Pruitthealth Elkin. The progress was good to start with, but after a light setback, it's not been so good, so we're kind of up in the air. The staff is very nice. During the holidays, they were very short-staffed though. My mom has a shared room this second visit because they didn't have a private one open. So that was very crowded trying to get a wheelchair and a walker in there. They have a schedule of what goes on and they have a lot of planned activities, but she is not able to participate. They have a physical therapy room. It's a big open room. The building is nice. It was very beautifully decorated for Christmas. They had a Christmas party for the residents. Of course, my mom wasn't able to participate but it was nice. And some of the churches had gift bags made for the residents and everybody got a gift bag, so it was nice."