Nursing Home Communities in Huntsville, TN

"I took a complete tour of what's available at Good Samaritan Society - Fairfield Glade, and I liked the setup. It's just a little bit more money than I wanted to spend. Plus, the homes are a lot bigger than what I wanted. I wanted something small. They have a two-car garage. All the maintenance is done for you. They have all the appliances. It appealed to me. I was so impressed. The people I worked with were very friendly and accommodating. I just walked in there just to see about it, and they were willing to give me a tour. They gave me a nice brochure and explained everything very thoroughly. I happened to be there right at lunchtime and the food was very good."

"My father is at Wyndridge Health and Rehab Center. They take very good care of him. The rooms are very clean and very big. The food is very good, too. He doesn't go down to the activity room, but they come in there to try to interact with him. They have a rec room where they do movies and activities. The staff members are very caring and very professional. It is an older building, but it is very well maintained."

"My husband has been in the Life Care Center of Crossville for two and a half years already. The staff is very helpful. The doctors there, they're young, but they're good. The patients get bathed when they're supposed to. They get taken care of. The food is pretty good. The only thing I was disappointed is, well, he was wearing dentures and I said they've got to be taken out at night because otherwise his mouth could get infected and so they did that, but there were a lot of times where they didn't put them in, and what's happening, the muscles in your mouth start to weaken. They would try to put it in when I would be there to say something, and he fought them because it was hurting, so now they don't put them in and all he does is chew his tongue, so that part I'm not happy with. He probably would have been able to speak better if he had his teeth in. But they have activities for the residents there. It's also a rehabilitation center, too. They have entertainment, and they have people come in and sing and play instruments. The dining area is very good. Everything is clean. They keep the place clean, which is good. It's nice. They keep everything in its place where it belongs. The physical therapy room is clean and good. He started in the lockdown section, and I said, 'He doesn't need lockdown, he can't walk, he's not going to escape.' They saw that and they finally moved him into the regular section. The staff members were all patient and very good."

"Every time we came in, people were polite to us and helped us out. They were great, but the first thing that hit you when you came in the door was the smell! It is indescribable. It smelled like green beans, a little like a squeaky disinfectant smell, and urine and feces. People seemed taken care of alright, although I do remember one instance where an old man in a wheelchair, seemingly unattended, kept trying to talk to me from the hallway. He seemed very senile and very much out of it. I was waiting for someone to come by and help him back to his room, but no one did. In general, I do find these homes slightly depressing - this one just didn't stand out to me as being any better. Yes, the home took care of the people's needs for food, water, cleanliness, and comfort in general and kept those up to standards, but again, it was not very happy feely there. "

"My father was in Wharton Nursing Home. It was really nice, and my mom and sister were really happy with it. My dad received really good care there. We had some meetings with them, and they were great. The staff was wonderful, kind and caring, and every time we called with a question or whatever, they had time to talk to us. They were very responsive and very good. He's back home now."

"My wife was at Standing Stone Care and Rehab. It's absolutely wonderful. She got a shared room which is like what you would expect to see. They basically were side by side and nothing between them. They have little games and things that they play, but not nearly as many as the activities in the other place. They have long-term care there, too. It's a fairly large building. And you can go down one hall, down the other hall, back up this hall, back up to where you started, and so you can have a nice walk. They also allowed me to go out front, which my wife really liked. They had an overhang thing and a couple of benches there. They have the bedrooms, and then they have a large room with lots of chairs and tables. That's where they have the TV, and where they spend all their time there. It was all covered by Medicare. The main thing in that place was the staff. They were so wonderful, and the building was pretty nice."