Nursing Home Communities in Salem, OH

"My mother in law was placed here after her decline in another facility. She stayed 2 1/2 months at the other one, and her mind and health were worse than when she went in. After placing her here, which the care is on point, facility is beautiful, staff helpful and nice, she has made improvements within a little over a week! Best decision this family made!! "

"We chose Parkside for my father because my mother in law was in another facility with the same group. The staff is excellent. They are very loving, very caring and they pamper him. The rooms are very good and very clean. He liked the food there. I would definitely recommend them. "

"We toured Marian Living Center. It was our second choice. It was nice where they were located in the building. They had enough for the assisted living plus. They also had nursing across time limits. A lot of the places only had nursing with the morning and the afternoon shift, and then they would have an aide watching on the night shift. They had a nurse 24/7 on the premises. It was very nicely laid out. There was a lot of community space there. I don't think there's anything to improve on. I believe they have a salon that they could go to, I know that they go on activities, and one of the things that they went on recently was they went on an outdoor concert. There were a lot of different things that they were doing."

"Shepherd of the Valley - Poland was very nice. They had about 50 to 60 independent units behind their big building, which were like one-story duplexes that range from 805 square feet to 900 square feet. They're all two bedrooms and looked pretty nice. It's a nice little community. Every unit has a washer-dryer, refrigerator, stove, and one car garage. You can go into the main building and eat if you want to, but it's not included in your plan. If you can't go get your meal, because you're either not healthy or can't go, they'll charge you $1 to come and deliver it to you. The staff was very nice and very good. They had excellent landscaping and it was kept up well."

"The rooms are undergoing transition to better. The food was good but my mother in law refused to eat...the staff was always busy, but attentive. Our experience with Caprice was wonderful. When we needed them, they were there. They listened, they responded, they helped us and my mother in law any time we needed help. To the office staff, the aids, the nurses, (especially Kelly), the activities directors, the kitchen crew, physical therapy, the cleaning staff, and anyone working in the facility...thank you. You made difficult times better."

"My mom's a resident of Briarfield Place. It's a new facility, I think it's only been open for one year. It's very clean. I was there maybe two full days and a half. People were coming in to do some cleaning, her eye drops, and medication, and she needed assistance toileting and showering. The people were very nice. She had a bed and two chairs in her room, a walk-in shower, and the toilet was set up with rails and grab bars on the side and everything. It was very nice. For the most part, I would say the staff were good. Unfortunately, two times, she had to have a boot on because she had fractured her fibula, and they put it on the wrong foot. We did bring it to their attention, and it has not happened since. I eat off her plate a little bit and the food was very tasty. They had a pretty good variety of food. She was asked if there is anything that she doesn't like. She doesn't eat red meat and she doesn't eat mushrooms, so they always had that little note on her tray to ensure that she did not get what she was not going to eat."

"My mother is a life-long resident of Youngstown, Ohio. She is quite sharp mentally but has become frail over the past several years due to health issues commonly associated with advancing age. My mother came to need nursing care and assistance with independent living skills so she entered Shepherd of the Valley, Boardman, in 2013. It has been a very positive experience for both of us. When you walk into Shepherd of the Valley, Boardman, you don’t see a fancy chandelier and a baby grand piano in the lobby. The facility is clean but quite modest in its design and décor. During my initial visit, the staff noted that they focus their resources on patient care not fancy furnishings, and I believe this is true. At Shepherd of the Valley, Boardman they make sure each resident has a consistent group of caregivers and nurses that work with them daily. Consequently, when caregivers see the same residents each day, they are able to observe subtle changes in their health status and start treatment early before illnesses get a strong foothold. For example, my mother’s nurse called and said my mother seemed tired that particular day, her oxygen levels were low and further testing was ordered. Results indicated pneumonia in the very early stages. My mother was quickly treated such that the pneumonia had little effect on the quality of her life. I have been impressed on several occasions by this same pattern: subtle clinical observation based on patient familiarity, followed by testing and quick treatment. I believe my mother is getting excellent care at Shepherd of the Valley, Boardman and I appreciate that members of the nursing staff call anytime there is a change in my mother’s health status and whenever there is a change in her care plan. I am fortunate that my mother still has good communications skills and is very aware of her surroundings. She can very clearly relate to me “how well things are going.” When I call or visit my mother, she consistently says about Shepherd of the Valley, Boardman, “This is a really good place. You know I’d tell you if it weren't. They treat me very well here. Everyone is so nice. I have never heard an unkind word spoken by the staff. This is the place I want to be if I can’t be at home.” I feel very fortunate my mother is a resident of Shepherd of the Valley, Boardman and that she feels content there. I certainly would recommend it to anyone searching for this level of care for a loved one. "

"Bel Air Senior Living Community is nice. I've had a couple things that I brought up to the people in charge, just different stuff about other residents, but overall it's a nice facility. I can't complain. I went to a couple other ones and they weren't like this. I still think that they need to do some improvement at this place though, but the staff is wonderful. Overworked, but wonderful. My brother's room is small. He's got enough to fit his bed, a small table, and his recliner. Then he has his own bathroom. He has a little patio porch that he can step out onto, and then they have the outside area for smoking, but I believe that it should be a covered area because it snows here in Ohio. There's stuff that happens all the time. It doesn't have to be enclosed or anything, but at least have some kind of a roof over the top of their heads; even if it was just like a tent type area or something like that. I like the place, I do. The room is again a little small, and he's got a small little kitchenette in his room. He doesn't do any cooking, so I kind of look at it as kind of part of the assisted living, but I think it's sad how much they charge for any of these places. They provide his meals. They have people that come around and try to get everybody involved, which I'm happy about, because they've actually gotten my brother to be involved in some of their stuff. I didn't think he was going to, but he actually has. They take them out, they go to Walmart, and they go to different places to eat. They have bingo and different games and stuff that they play with the activity people. They are just excellent."

"My mother is in Woodlands at Austinwoods. You couldn't go in the place, but I think things are going well with my mother right now. She seems pleased with the food. Everything isn't like home, but there's a nice mix. The food isn't the same thing every day by any means and that is good. Some days are better than others, but she's quite pleased. They do a few things, but not much."

"Hampton Woods was recommended by the doctor. He said "I had some patients there and the experience has been nothing but positive with the administration. Your mom would fit in well there." Unfortunately, when we got there, it was a Friday afternoon, about 3:30 or 4:30, and a lot of their weekly staff had already left for the weekend, but the business manager was in and she was so nice and so accommodating. She said "It's OK. It's not 5:00. Of course, we'll show you through." She was just so nice about it and she took us around. She took time out of her schedule, which meant she was probably going home half an hour later and all that because she would have still had to finish up her paperwork. She showed us everything and explained everything. This facility had a New Orleans theme to it. The dining room was as if you were on a riverboat with the chandelier and the tablecloths. That's where people normally took their meals down there. So naturally, those people would love it because you were being treated like royalty. Kind of like if we took a trip today on one of those ocean cruises. The cafeteria food was on the bottom floor and things were arranged for convenience there. Their bottom floor had the exercise room, the little courtyard if you wanted to go out and sit in on the flowers, the laundry facilities, the nurse's station, and just things that would be, in our household, we would need to run into. The second floor and third floor were all rooms for people. The second floor seemed to be more for single rooms. The third floor seemed to be more like suites. The rooms were exquisitely furnished. The furniture was dark cherry wood. It was very nice. Sometimes you would walk in there and they would be like "I hope I don't do anything to ruin your furniture." It was really nice. They have a little kitchenette there for everybody and that was nice. You could have your breakfast there and they would bring the breakfast to you if you didn't want to go down to the cafeteria. We were on the floor with the suites and they were arranged like little semicircles. So, it would be a little cul-de-sac on your floor. The other people from the other cul-de-sacs came out to say hi. Then they had a big general family room in the middle of all those rooms so everybody could share the family room or if you didn't like that, you could be in your own little room where you had your own little living room. You would have 3 or 4 definite friends from the other rooms. When I was there, some people were going out on a trip with them. They were going to the mall (because they don't get out that often to go to the mall). These people were excited and they were running downstairs to catch the bus and all that. They had a mixture of people there. They have old and young people, as young as 50 there and as old as 90. It was a wide variety of age groups. There was no discrimination. It was beautiful. The food was lovely."

"Wonderful experience! No one WANTS to go to a nursing home but if you NEED to go to one, this is the best. Everyone was so nice and COMPETENT! The direct care staff and the management were genuine and really care. Rooms are big. Food is good. Smells clean. I felt safe keeping my mom there for rehab. She actually loved it there!! Highly recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

"My mother was at this facility for rehab after her heart attack 2 month ago. She did amazing she was walking and back to herself in know time. The facility was clean , the staff was friendly and the nurses made her and myself feel like family. "

"We have placed my father-in-law in Altercare of Alliance Center for Rehab & Nursing Care. They have a unit for dementia and keep the residents busy during the day with crafts and singing. The staff is prompt to come to us and getting him whatever it is he needs. He is using the staff physician at the facility. He gets all three meals there, too. I would recommend them for anyone who has a loved one with some dementia issues. "

"My father has been in this facility 3 times over the past 6 or 7 years, with broken hip, knee surgery, And stroke, and i can say that each time they have worked hard and provided excellent compassionate care, while he was there. I would recommend this place for anyone, especially if you have one of the above conditions."