Nursing Home Communities in New Castle, PA

"My mom moved into Windsor Estates Assisted Living for a respite stay. It's an absolutely excellent place. I have no complaints at all. They're wonderful. My mom says the food is good and there's plenty of it. She's enjoying all the activities that they have. She was not being real social at home, but once we got her in there, I think they kind of drew her out a little bit, and she's back to being social and happy and enjoying things. So, they've been really, really good. She said all the staff are very friendly and very helpful, and she's very comfortable with them. She says she has a very comfortable room. She feels good being there. They put a lift chair in the room for her. The furniture in her room is very nice and in very good condition."

"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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

"What a WONDERFUL place !!!!! Staff is great home is beautiful !!! Great Food and lots of activities! "

"My wife was at Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation for about a year. I had no problem leaving her there. She was fine. They had a regimen that they followed every day and they watched over her. They worked on her medication. They took care of her recovery. The staff was caring, friendly, and skilled. The food was on time every day, a certain time, but if you wanted something else, you could go and get it. It's a beautiful place and it's clean. They have somebody that could cut and take care of your hair. They had bingo, too, twice a week which is something that you go with people to do things. Then every once in a while, a guest speaker would come and they had an auditorium where you could go and listen to them. They had things to do other than just lying around."

"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. "

"I would recommend this nursing home as they have taken good, kind and respectful care of my father. On Memorial Day, the staff went over and above to provide a veterans program for those residents and their families. It showed their sincere dedication and care for their residents."

"Saint John XXIII Home is assisted living and there is a skilled nursing home attached to it. I think that's probably the most ideal at this point for my parents. I like the location of it. The staff was very friendly. I didn't taste any of the food. It was probably their lunchtime there and the people were eating. They had activities for the people. They had a separate area if people didn't want to be in the dining room. There was another area where they could go and have their meal if they wanted more of a private setting. They have chapel services. They have therapy there. It was smaller, so it was more feasible for my parents to get around. it's an older facility, but it's very quaint. It's been around for several years, but it has a lot of updates to it. The atmosphere was welcoming. It seemed calm. The facility seemed clean. There were flowers around. There were different decorations that made it look homey."

"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. "

"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."

"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."

"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."