The Best Nursing Home Communities in Pickaway County, OH

"Very caring staff for my father who had hernia surgery. Admissions staff very thorough and got him in at the last minute for our family. The Social worker is very kind and kept us abreast of his ongoing care and when discharge may be so we could make the proper home arrangements. She also contacted his Homecare providers. The PT and OT staff were exceptional. Chris is an asset to the facility he literally does a little of everything. The food is just okay could be more variety and tastier."

"The first thing we noticed visiting Meadow Grove was this facility did not have a smell of a retirement home, that was evident at other facilities have. This was refreshing. The second thing was there was not folks in wheel chairs aimlessly sitting in hallways sloped over with no one attending to them. The therapist were very engaging and had a very well equipped area for the purpose intended. All the rooms are private. Our 94 year young Mom was here for therapy to get her to back into her home. She spent approx a month here with therapist, aids and nurses attending to her care. The therapist did more than their JOB. What I mean by that is you actually felt they had a personal feeling about the care they were providing for their patients. Always in a positive outlook. The aid staff also demonstrated a personal attentiveness towards the patients they cared for. The nursing staff was attentive to the distribution of prescriptions being administered. We felt we could not be in a better faciiity for her care and being. We were very pleased with her care and therapy."

"Our mom is on the waiting list at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation-Winchester Place. We liked its locked-down facility, and the patients really seemed very happy. The place was very nice and very clean. In between the two facilities for Alzheimer's they have a little arbor place that has a huge tent to keep anybody in or out, and it was really nice. They had a little bench out there and there's a bird feeder. The second time that I went in there with my mother, they were having dancing to oldies, and they were all there and it was fun. I would give it four stars because it is not me and it is not my home, and I also don't like that they have to share rooms. "

"My friend is in the rehab center called Arbors at Carroll. The therapy staff there, which is why he's there, are excellent in terms of taking care of his needs both physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. All and therapists there were great. As with many facilities like this, they're somewhat short-staffed right now, which would probably be the largest negative, but I think you find that everywhere in current times. Overall, enjoyed the food and like the roommate that he has, they match them up well, which is good. They're very attentive. With COVID now, they're very careful and cautious with visitors and making sure that they mask up and give them shields, too. They're very careful and very serious about keeping all that stuff at bay, which is always good to know in those types of facilities. That's the environment that they're in and they're doing a good job of dealing with that the best that they can. We've been happy with being able to talk to the people we need to talk to when we need to talk to them. And my friend had a lot of medical appointments with rehab and they've been great with the transportation with that too so that's all been very good. Overall, it's a very, very positive experience. Most of it was paid through insurance and they haven't gotten a bill yet. He didn't participate in them but they offer activities."

"My husband was at Signature HealthCARE. It was bad. He was in quarantine for the first two weeks and he was inside his room, so we couldn't even see him. We tried to talk to him on the phone, but since he was paralyzed on one side, he couldn't manage the phone very well. Then they moved him after two weeks into a room with a window, so I can go and look at him through the window, but he is still having trouble with the phone. They had no phone in the room so I had to take his cell phone, and it's also very hard to manage his cell phone with one hand. I wanted to take his clothes home and wash them because he didn't have any clothes when he asked for something to put on. He had clothes in the room because when he left, he took his clothes home with him. They got him out the bed, maybe three times, the whole time he was there. There's no communication. He fell the first night he was there, and they did not let anyone know. He was trying to get out of the bed but he didn't realize he couldn't, and after that they would not let him out of the bed. I gave him one of those grabber things so he could pull himself up whenever, and they took it away from him. One night, he managed to call in the middle of the night, and they took his phone away from him that night. They told him that I told them to take it away from him, which of course I did not because I wanted to hear from him anytime he wanted to call me, it doesn't matter what time at night. So we had no idea what medicines he was on. There was just nothing, no contact with his family either me or his son at all. He was miserable and felt like he was in prison. They had a fellow with him in a double room, who kept his TV on loud all the time. There was also a woman who wandered up down the hall and came into his room. He didn't want women coming into his room. He was very mad. It might have been different if we had been allowed to visit him and help him with things that he needed help, but we were not allowed to because of the COVID. There were a couple of good nurses. He got some therapy. They put him in his chair a couple of times, and the guy said he would be back, but he said he went home. He was stuck in his chair not being able to sit up very well, and finally, two nurses came and managed to wrestle him back in the bed. He was really thankful for that and wrote a nice letter thanking them, thanking God for good nurses. It was not a good experience for any of us. Some of the staff were good; some of them were not. Four people came in one day and surrounded my husband's bed. They got onto him and talked really mean to him because he said something to them, because they took the grabber thing away from him and put it out of his reach. Then a couple of days later, someone came in and apologized and said that should not have happened. He's lying there helpless, he can't do anything for himself, he has to depend on everybody. There's nothing wrong with his mind. His brain is fine; his mind is fine. His left side just doesn't work. The facility seemed alright, but you can't really tell when you're outside looking in. He said the food was bad. He could hardly eat anything when he was there."

"The unit we saw was assisted living. The bedroom, the living area, the bathroom, and the way it was set up were all very nice. We only saw one woman over there at the time, and she was very helpful and explained any questions we had, and showed us around the unit. There was one that was furnished to be shown with their furniture set up. It was kind of an off time when we went. It wasn't the regular person that would have shown us the unit. It was a lady from the nursing home side that showed us around. We had more interaction with the nursing home people from where we first came in the door. She was very helpful, and she got a hold of this other woman to take me to the other end. It was a nice visit and it made us feel very comfortable. They weren't pushy to get us to move there, which I appreciated right there. They were just, "This is what we have. You can make up your own mind," which I liked. They were very helpful. The facilities were nice. They had a sliding glass door on the backside of each unit where you could go out to a grassy area where you could bring your pets. They allow pets and we have two little dogs that we just couldn't get rid of or leave behind. The layout and the cleanliness were excellent. I didn't find anything wrong with the place."

"We have chosen Westmoreland Place because of its location. I like their friendly staff, too. They have basic common areas. They're attentive. The residents are free to roam around. My parents' apartment is fine. It's adequate. They've got everything they need. The facility is very clean. The atmosphere is good. We are really happy with them."

"I liked that National Church Residences Chillicothe was a small community, at least for assisted living. It looked like they had everything that my mom needed and the staff was very nice. All of the people I met were very pleasant and answered all my questions. My mom was there for respite and she said that they were all very nice. Everything we saw in the room was very clean. It was adequate in size for a single person. They had studio rooms and one-bedrooms and they were all very nice. The food was pretty good. Not my home cooking, but it's good for institutional cooking. They can't help that. The dining area was well-lit and clean. They have a dining service that serves in 2-hour time blocks and you just come whenever you want to during the two hours. The staff that served us was nice and the cook was nice. They had a community room for activities and movies. They had a salon where they had the stylist there one day a week. They also have different sitting areas for socialization. It was very nice."

"My mom was in Legacy Chillicothe for several months. The people there are sweet, but sometimes the care she needs she doesn't get. They transport her to doctor's appointments. Some staff members just don't seem to care to do their job but overall, they talk to my mother and say they were very sad and concerned when she left. I have tried the food, and as much as my mother said it was horrible, but it's not too bad. They're very good. If she doesn't want that food, "what can I get you?" And so they will get a sandwich or soup or both, something easy that is off the menu. They have church. They have people come in and play music. They have game time. They have paintings. They give them a four-by-six canvas and they're allowed to paint. Legacy needs to update their building and they cost more."

"Absolutely love the therapy staff! Very kind, caring and intelligent. They helped my grandma achieve her goals. Without them, my grandma wouldn't be home safe and sound. "

"My mother-in-law is in Main Street Terrace Care Center. It's very nice. She is fortunate because she's in a new addition that was built about two or three years ago. She is in one of the newer rooms. They have some staff who are very good and very caring. But as far as the aides go, it seems like they're starting to get a lot of change over, which is common. They have an activities room. They do a lot of chair volleyball and balloon volleyball, they do bingo, and they do crafts. They have an actual monthly layout of what they're going to do. The food seems to be very good. They are very attentive to specific needs or desires as far as how stuff is prepared."

"My dad went to Homestead Care and Rehab, and so far, he gets plenty of PT and speech therapy. They seem to be very attentive with him, and I'm pretty happy with what they do. However, it's an old place. The staff has been good."

"My husband is a patient at LanFair and will be discharged tomorrow. Wanted to take the time to leave a review stating how pleased I was with the staff here, so attentive to his needs. One staff member stood out and just want to “toot her horn”. She was the first one we saw when we came and she instantly took us under her wing and treated us like royalty. Her name is Lucinda and was our first nurse. She left us feeling very comfortable and safe, just wanted her manager to know how great she was. Thank you."

"The building is fairly clean and fairly well maintained on the inside of the building, as well as the outside areas of the building. The majority of the staff are both courteous and helpful to the members living there and very professional. The food in the facility could definitely stand to be improved though. Most of the meals served within the facility both look and smell fairly poor and very unappetizing. The outside of the building is landscaped nicely and has garden areas where residents can go outside and enjoy a bit of nature and beauty. "