Stones River Manor

Martha

My mother is in Stones River Manor. She's in memory care now. They have different levels of care. The main thing she likes is it's privately owned by the Churches of Christ, and she is a member there, so she likes the fact that she gets to have a service every Sunday. Most of the people there are members of the Church of Christ. That's the main reason that we're leaving her there because she feels comfortable with that. Other than that, the care itself was about the same from one place to the other that we saw. It's very clean. They have very good staff. They have a nurse 24/7 as well as a nurse tech. The staff is very pleasant and caring. It takes a special person to work with the elderly, especially the memory people. They have excellent food and they bring it hot, and they're right on time. They bring snacks in the afternoon, so that's pretty good. The facility is well done. It's always clean. They kind of do generic maybe average activities and that's not always good with memory care people. I wish they would do some more stimulating activities with my mom because her memory is not so bad that she can't do some things that are stimulating.

Tom Van Wirt

5 stars is not adequate enough to describe the staff at Stones River. Before you choose a home for your mother or father, walk through several and then come to Stones River. This is a non-for profit facility so their ratio of staff to resident is off the chart. The previous place my mom was in there was one nurse for the entire facility. This place has a nurse per hallway.

Mark

Stones River Manor is a very nice facility. To us and her parents, one with a spiritual-based environment is important. So, in that respect, it was good. However, they were expensive. It would have cost nine to ten thousand a month, which may be close to the others, but still high. The staff was very pleasant. We even met with the director, and he was very nice and very open. He didn't try to hide anything like, "Everybody's great, nobody dies here". Well, we know that's not true. He was very upfront but very nice. There were not a lot of residents out and about. But the ones we did see, it was all very pleasant, and you did not see any of the residents shy away from staff. I think it's important. Everything I thought was very well kept meticulously. Very well-kept grounds, very clean inside, and has no smell. They have many different amenities inside. It's a large complex, but a lot of different meeting rooms that were convenient to the rooms that are spread out. I did find it interesting that in one of those meeting rooms, to be allowed to use it, you had to pay a fee. They had big giant cages with little birds and decorations. Activities were very well lined up on board. They had activities listed, I couldn't believe how many activities they have. The only thing I was a little bit surprised about, was how small the rooms are. We did get to go into a resident's room. What's cool is these rooms are kind of surrounding, at least where we went into; It's almost like a pod, so there's a general meeting area in the middle. This lady was out at a table, and they're very nice. It's not just like a cold, sterile meeting room. It's carpeted, dark woods, maybe even a fireplace. She was sitting out doing a puzzle just outside her room, but she didn't have to stay in. Her room, while very nicely decorated, is very, very small. I think their sizes were like 17 by 12. I think they offer bigger rooms. Maybe they have a double of that. But of course, the price for us would have been beyond our capabilities. We did not see any other rooms other than that lady's, and also one that was unoccupied. To us, the ones we were looking at that would have been affordable were just too small. I never saw activities being done, but I saw the list and it was just something all the time. I don't know what the participation level would be, and how the activities were. I just know that by the number, there was a lot to do. They also had a worship area.

John

Stones River Manor is very modern and has some nice, sunny areas for the residents. It is clean and looks like a very well-lit, friendly place. The staff there is great. The staff was very interested in my personal situation with my mom. He was willing to look at different options and explained some of the things that I needed to know about. He was very informative and very compassionate. I felt that he was certainly on my side, trying to help me figure out what to do. When I went there, it was at lunch, so there were a lot of people eating lunch. They did show the activity room with bingo and puzzles. There was a piano there, so there's plenty to do. The rooms were smaller than what my mom is used to. The rooms did not have a kitchenette, so that's one thing. It is not a showstopper. It was the one downside; but other than that, the rooms were very organized.

titansjeep

For my aunt it becane home for her. Staff were like family. The residents were friends. If your looking for a homey feel rather than clinical feel. Stones River Manor is it. The staff is there because they care and love the residents. The social activities are like no other. Good home cooked meals.

Alex

Stones River Manor is a community with independent apartments. Everything was clean and nice. It's pretty open and it's new. They have activities like bingo, a bus that takes them to events, and all those things that other places have. The food was very good and their dining room was nice.