Baptist Retirement Community

Baptist Retirement Community is a place that we are looking at since they are just well known in San Angelo. Not only do they have patio homes, but they graduate into nursing homes too. They have an Alzheimer's care place, and they have a place for people that have Dementia. As someone gets older and if they have those needs, they can take care of you. We just talked to one person, and she was wonderful. She gave us all the information we needed. She gave us pictures of the houses and the layout of some of the houses which you can rent or buy. As far as I know, they have a full time activities director, and they have a lot going on. I would absolutely recommend this facility to others.

In Baptist Retirement Community, they have several levels of caregiving. My grandma needs more than just assistance, kind of like a nursing home. The staff is very friendly aside from one or two that we don't really like. Overall, it's great. I think the room is fine; it's clean and is a good size. She doesn't complain, but she hates the food. She doesn't like the taste. When it comes to her room, it's cold.

Baptist Memorial provides various levels of care, from relatively independent apartment living to full-time care and monitoring. In my experience, it seems quite easy for a resident to move to a different level of care as the need arises. If a resident needs additional care, they are not separated from the friends they have made elsewhere on campus. With the different levels of monitoring all on the same site, visitation with other residence is quite simple. The staff is always very friendly and appears to have a genuine concern for each residents well being. There are always activities going on from morning until after dinner. Speaking of dinner, I've eaten in the main cafeteria and it's not bad. Much better than my cafeteria in high school!The negative that I would point out is the age of the infrastructure. There is always some sort of maintenance going on. Aside from the day to day tasks, it seems they are always painting or replacing carpets or updating essential equipment. I know this is required in all facilities and cannot be avoided, but it is distracting at times.

My grandmother lived in this nursing home on the psych ward. The great thing about this facility is the coded locked doors. You don't have to worry about your loved ones escaping and being found days later a few blocks up the highway. As for equipment, they have all your standard slings and ambulatory devices, as well as gated beds and all the other amenities. The nurses there are pros, though i can't speak for the CNA's that work there. Patients are generally well taken care of by the staff as far as I can tell. My favorite part is that patients are gathered if possible at least twice a day for activities like board games and karaoke. There are always plenty of nurses on the floor, and all patients receive a proper amount of attention ( I can't stress enough how important that is). All in all I would highly recommend this facility.