Nottingham Village

Mom has moved into Nottingham Village. It's very nice. They have lots of options for rooms. My mom is in a single room fully furnished by herself. She has a small kitchenette there. She moved in the day that they started restricting visitations. The day we were there, the staff members were very nice. They have always been responsive, helpful, and kind. We didn't eat there before the lockdown, but I have been invited to eat with them and the food is good. They have a very nice dining room. If they weren't serving in the room right now, my mom would be able to pick out what she wanted to eat and they would bring it to her. There's no assigned seating, so you can walk in and sit wherever you like, which is very nice. Under normal circumstances, they go on outings, they have weekly wine and dines, they have a craft room, and they do quilting. It is a large community so a lot of people in the individual homes come in and volunteer. They are very involved. They go on shopping trips and restaurant trips under normal circumstances. However, right now, they're doing activities with individual visits in the room and they do small group type activities. They also offer to set up Facetime with family members if they would like to be able to see and talk to their relatives.

Nottingham Village is satisfactory, except for the fact that it would take my son a little longer to get there. I really like it though. They have separate houses, but I can have a 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom. It is a smaller area, like a town that you could drive into. There are not so many stores or banks available, but it is satisfactory. The staff is very friendly. The community is very clean and well run. They have some beautiful homes. The price is a little higher, but they offer a little bit more. They have a dining room and a café where you can buy what you want.

My mother-in-law was in Nottingham Village for two years. It was fine until they kicked her out. The nurses and the people that cared for her were excellent, but the administration was terrible. They only took patients that caused no trouble or had no problems, and as soon as they did, they got rid of them. Of course, it was nice and clean and everything else, but as far as the actual place, I couldn't recommend it to anybody because at any moment, they could kick you out. As soon as you had a problem, they could kick you out and get rid of you. We were private pay so as long as you were paying them everything was lovely, but as far we needed her medicines changed and she was getting frustrated, they just sent her to a psychiatric hospital and they wouldn't take her back. They also had a nursing home there. They told us that once she progressed as she had dementia and she was staying in the assisted living, she would go to the nursing home. However, when it was time for her to go the nursing home, there was no room. They didn't want her, and they gave us a week to find another place.