Nursing Home Communities in Rapid City, SD

"I was not impressed with Golden Living Center - Bella Vista because it seemed kind of old and run down. It looked like they were pretty well staffed because I saw a number of people who seemed trained for memory care. I was quite impressed with the staff. "

"My mother stayed at Westhills Village when she had a cracked hip. The location was great. The staff and being there was all a very high 5 out of 5. It was a very nice facility. There were great activities for her. She's pretty limited, not being able to do much of anything. She can't walk or anything, but they get her where she needs to go. They had soups, salads, hot foods, cold cereals, puddings, and drinks. It was all good."

"My brother is currently staying at Avantara North. They have professional physical therapy technicians who live on-site. They also have nurses and medical personnel right there in the facility. It's a stressful situation, but everybody there was helpful. Somebody there even helped him get his Medicare application done. He couldn't have gone there because we couldn't afford to until he got approved. I think they did it for him in just a couple of days, within a week, too, and that made our decision to help him stay there. They're just great people. They do everything, like give him his medication on time and bathe him. He is staying in a two-person room. They're just wonderful people to work with. I didn't meet anybody who was not polite. He eats three meals a day, and says he doesn't like it; he only likes pizza and fried chicken, but he's pretty stubborn. I've seen the meals myself, and they're all balanced with vegetables, meats, and lettuce. Everything they need is all planned out for every person there every day. I had some meatloaf, potatoes, and gravy, and I thought it was excellent. I've never seen the place dirty, but we had some pretty bad snowstorms, and they only shoveled up just a path. It was big enough for wheelchairs to get through from the street parking lot to the building, but that was the only thing I ever noticed that was out of place. I thought they'd have somebody come in and completely get rid of all the snow, but we had a lot of snow there for about a month, too. They have live bands and school bands come in. The first day I went there to drop my brother off, I met Elvis Presley, who was in the band. They do that in the activities room every day. Of all the places I talked to, it was the most inexpensive one. I don't know a lot about the program, but they're accepting my brother's Social Security, and they're covering the rest of his bill to live there. If our government and the system are willing to pick up the balance after his social security, to help him live out the rest of his life there, I think it would be great."

"My father has been at Fountain Springs Healthcare Center for almost 6 months now. He had physical therapy, but he's out of physical therapy now, so he's walking on his own with a walker. He is in a shared room, but he doesn't have anybody in there with him right now. The staff there is great. It is a wonderful place and we love it. They have an activity room and they do a lot in there with them. I've tried the food and it is good. They have bingo. They have other things they do. I go see him regularly and he puts a lot of puzzles together. They supply him with research books and he does those all the time."

"My mom moved into Clarkson Mt View Health Care Facility three weeks ago. We liked the private room that was available for her. We had very good luck with the staff. They were very friendly, so concerned, and more than willing to help us with the placement. My mom has O.T. and speech therapy. She goes to bingo, and she sits out and watches any entertainment that's usually up there. She puts the puzzles together, which seems to keep her pretty busy."

"I went to Good Samaritan Society New Underwood. The availability of a private room was very slim in New Underwood. It was a smaller and older facility than the one my mother is at right now. It was cluttered. A lot of things in the hallway that probably would have been a distraction to my mother. And the availability of a hotel for family to stay in that travel from a distance. New Underwood is just a smaller area. I knew a lot of the staff. They're very good, friendly and the care I'm sure would have been fine."