Noble Senior Living at Louisa

First of all no nurses at this location. The administrator refers to her staff as “nurses” they are actually Med Techs. Most of the staff is very nice and pleasing. Others in my opinion are bullies. Communication is poor. They basically say everything is Fine so you will stay there. There is no memory care. The laundry is horrible, all white t-shirts were pink, sweaters ruined with red spots. When we left missing clothes, tv remote, and 2 sets of sheets. The visit room is at the end of the property and an unsafe path to get there. The area holds water and is dangerous.

English Meadows Louisa Campus has totally been renovated and it was beautiful. The only negative for me about the place was they had no nurse on duty there at all. I wasn't really comfortable with that. It was priced quite well though, and they had an activities roster. They also had family nights. The staff we encountered with was quite friendly and chatted with us. Everything was brand new.

In general, this place is clean and well kept but they lack staff and are not good for people with dementia. I was looking for a place to keep my mother and found that there is only one or two people working at night and the doors do not have alarms. My mother has dementia and could easily walk out without supervision.

Amerisist was the only facility I visited. It was the closest one to my house. So, I was looking at the convenience of possibly using it just temporarily for respite care. It was a small place and relatively new. It was clean and pretty well organized. I don't think they had many suites available, maybe just a handful at best. The majority, I think, were single rooms with a bathroom in the rooms. To me they were more of a nursing home versus apartment style type. I am impressed with the manager who was on duty that day. She was very nice, informative, and eager to please. It was definitely one of the places we will use when we go on vacation for a week or two. We would drop my mother there possibly for that time period. We are not looking at it for permanent stay in this point. Price wise, it was good. It was reasonable. However, this particular unit does not have a memory cell for Alzheimer's type patients, and my mother has moderately severe Alzheimer's at this stage.