Nursing Home Communities in Wellston, OH

"I had to be in PHM several years ago for Physical Therapy and treatment of foot ulcer. They have a very caring Nursing Staff in that they p are personable and caring. The Nursing Home was kept very clean and residents and patient areas were very clean. They have a very nice and new area for Physical Therapy and patients were housed very close in location. A plus in my book. They need more staff for evenings and night shift. The only reason I gave them 4 stars instead of 5 is the fact they need more nursing staff in the times I mentioned, my overall experience was very well. I miss the staff that took care of me. :) "

"During this time of COVID concern the process for visitation is difficult but even at that I can visit my wife through her window, bring flowers that can be left on the window ledge, talk to her by phone, and best of all we can see each other regularly. I appreciate the staff thinking about how to make it work, rather than why it can't or won't. I think the rooms are excellent, and the staff work hard to make this a top rate facility. "

"My father went to Arbors at Gallipolis. The overall experience was very good, they have an excellent social worker there. Of course we couldn't go in and see him because of COVID, so he was kind of lost on his own, but the nurses and all were very helpful. We were very pleased with it. I have three siblings and there were no complaints by anybody about it. I did not go there because I'm in Florida, but I have two sisters that live about there and at the very end when he was dying they let them go in and be with him, and they didn't have any problem with the facilities at all seeing him at that point. Dad wasn't really eating. They complain about the food all the time anyway, but he never complained, but I don't think he really even ate hardly anything the last several days."

"Years ago my aunt was a resident at Overbrook and I would visit every week with my grandmother. Many nursing homes I have been to have that distinct smell to it (not pleasant) but I didn't notice that with Overbrook, and that's a plus. The nurses were always very friendly when we would visit, and my aunt was well taken care of (clean and fresh clothes too). The room itself wasn't bad either, though they could have been a bit cozier. I think the most important thing for me was that she was well cared for, clean and the nurses were friendly! I can't remember exactly what activities they had, but I do remember my aunt looking forward to certain days because of different activities. Oh, and I almost forgot, I can remember her saying the food was pretty good, I think that is rare too. Compared to the nursing home my grandma was in, Overbrook gets pretty high regards from me. "

"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."

"We had a great experience with the staff. They accommodated my mother’s requests and were friendly and available. We feel she got the best possible care under the circumstances."

"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."

"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."