Focused Care at Beechnut

ReviewerFC110321A

My father is in Focused Care at Beechnut. He's in a locked unit now. It's just too far from us. We live on the south side of town and he's on the west side. They take care of him and they entertain them. Since he's in the memory care unit, he has conversations with other people there and he has dementia, so they're kind of talking and talking and I guess they go along with each other and that also keeps them entertained, but they sometimes do activities for them. My other issue is that it smells. It's clean, but you still have a smell. They take care of him and I don't have an issue with that. My issues are that it's far from me and it is an old place, so it does smell. Otherwise, I'm OK with the care that they're giving him. He's in long-term care in the memory unit. I've been there with him for lunch, and he eats it all. They adapted to him as they give him soft food. If it's chicken, they'll take it apart for him because he's kind of a risk of choking. They cut everything up for him to eat, so it could be safe for him, too. They have bingo, crafts, and for my dad's unit, they'll put music for them and have a little bit of dancing and just little things like that.

Scottye

My mother is in a nursing home at Focused Care at Beechnut. I don't like that I can't go in for so long. They have you out too much. They have them all quarantined and when the 14 days are over, they still don't release you to come back in to see them, and I don't like that. I've talked to the staff before, and they were OK, and the facility looked pretty clean when I looked in there. However, when you call them to talk to somebody, they don't call you back.