Firstly, Landings at Huber Heights looked like they had enough help. Secondly, the room that they would give my mom would allow me to bring all of her furniture with her. They would all fit in there. This way, it will be more of a home for her. They also are pet-friendly and she has a cat so that could be taken care of.
They had a lot of places for activities. The people there, from what they were saying, kind of gather around and help each other. I noticed it as I was walking down the hall, the people there were pushing or helping the others that need some type of help. I think interaction is something that probably is the biggest downfall of older people. A lot of them, as they get older, either has their family die off and no one's there, or someone comes up, puts them in a home, and they become a zombie. In this place, I saw a lot of interaction. They said they had games, events, and things of that nature. The breakfast and meals weren't just served at one specific time too and it was appealing to me.
I saw the assisted living part but if something should happen, they also had memory care.
One thing that I was worried about was making sure that my mom got food to eat and making sure that she had her medications. Other than that, she would be pretty much free to do whatever she needed to do there.
The staff was fabulous. I came in there and couldn't remember the name of the person that I was supposed to get in touch with. They punched in the computer, took the name from there, and were able to get her up to me. She came in, we went to her office where she gave a brief rundown of everything and gave me a pamphlet. We did a walkthrough and took a look at everything there. She gave me prices and I know it went up drastically when we went to the memory care, which is a locked-in area. I know and I understand when people get their memory to a point that you have to lock them, they get a little angry because they're losing their freedom and things start to change.
I think I would probably pick this place. It would be nothing for me to get there since I could get on the interstate out here in 15 minutes.
There were about eight tables that I remember seeing in the dining area. The apartment itself, when you walk into it, had a handicapped-accessible bathroom and a walk-in shower. When you come out of there, there's a dining room area and then right off the dining room area, you would have the bedroom area. The bedroom area is pretty good-sized. It wasn't just a little 9x5 area, it was probably 13 by something.
The residents were doing board games and cards during my visit and they all seemed very happy. The facility was very, very neat, and clean. I've been in facilities before where you walk down the hallway and when you get about 10 feet down, unfortunately, it smelled of urine or something. They didn't have any of that there.
Provider Response
Thank you so much for taking your time to highlight the features at Huber Heights and your experience with us while you were touring. We are so proud of our community and our dedicated staff that strive to give our residents the best lives. We look forward to having you and your mother back with us!
