Nursing Home Communities in Galax, VA

"I have a person i love very much at this facility . The first thing i noted after passing through the entry way onto the floor was the smell. It would be totally impossible not to experience some unpleasant odors if a nursing home but it smelled really good and clean. The second thing i noticed was the pleasantness and friendliness of the staff . They greeted me as if they had known me always. They were kind. Pleasant ,helpful and not just to visitors but to the pati ents. When i saw Tiny Underwood, patsy Blair and Susan Viars it put my mind at ease. I had a relative at pulaski when tiny worked there and I was able to rest easy when i saw her in hillsville Shes ontop of things , hard working kind and joyful with everyone she meets. I havent meet one unpleasant staff person in all my visits. The facility is clean and caregivers are actually giving care. Good care. My only issue is i felt like the rooms are a little small for 2 people . Also i wish there was a way to make the rooms look more like home and less like a nursing home room. Even as small as they are there ought to be a creative way to decorate the rooms with personal items. I love the bird feeders and the front porch. Overall I was pleased at what I saw . "

"Our experience with Grayson Rehab has been good so far. They have nice and friendly staff and nurses. It looks very clean, and there's easy access in and out. They provide three meals a day, and there are planned activities for the residents to do. My father's room is near the big old gathering room where they can sit, talk, play cards, and so on."

"Excellent staff. Clean, well maintained."

"I have been to a couple of places and one of them is Carrington. I found that their staff is poorly supervised and they were understaffed. The place itself is well maintained. It was clean and relatively new. I dined in their assisted living area and it left me a negative impression because there were a lot of people that sat there and they were not eating and they didn’t have assistance. "

"My mom is at Pruitthealth Elkin. The progress was good to start with, but after a light setback, it's not been so good, so we're kind of up in the air. The staff is very nice. During the holidays, they were very short-staffed though. My mom has a shared room this second visit because they didn't have a private one open. So that was very crowded trying to get a wheelchair and a walker in there. They have a schedule of what goes on and they have a lot of planned activities, but she is not able to participate. They have a physical therapy room. It's a big open room. The building is nice. It was very beautifully decorated for Christmas. They had a Christmas party for the residents. Of course, my mom wasn't able to participate but it was nice. And some of the churches had gift bags made for the residents and everybody got a gift bag, so it was nice."