Laurel Crest

I guess we are going to be pretty happy with Laurel Crest. We have already moved my parents in and everything seems to be working just fine. The staff has all been there for a very long time. They have a beautiful dining facility. They just seemed to meet everything on the checklist that we needed. They havd a full calendar of activities including shopping trips, visiting speakers, bridge, cards, church, and Bible study. They have a nice beauty salon; plus a lot of varied activities and programs. The food is delicious. The grounds are lovely, the overall feel of this facility is a very uplifting, and very cheerful atmosphere. The residents seemed to have a tight community and genuinely like each other and visit each other. It’s just a very warm and inviting community.

I visited these facilities when visiting my grandfather. He and my grandmother decided that they needed more help than their apartment could provide for them so they made the decision to move into an assisted living facility. There are positives and negatives to each situation. The positives were that if instant care was needed it would be provided immediately. He was well fed on a good schedule, cleaned up when needed, and engaged by other residents and the nursing staff. It was helpful to my grandmother to not have the entire weight of his care fall to her responsibility. While there were several benefits from this,it often fell short. The nurses and nursing assistants were not trained highly enough to recognize a problem if his medications interacted. They were not available as often as they were needed. Often times my mother and the nursing staff would disagree on a certain care standard. While it was sufficient for some time, we decided to move my grandfather home to live out his last years. Assisted living gave us some peace of mind, but not enough for it to be the best option.