Selah Convalescent

A loved one

My husband had hip surgery and he was in Selah Convalescent for two weeks afterward. It was poor. The dividing curtain between his bed and the other person was filthy. The floor was dirty most of the time. They didn't have a long enough bed because my husband is 6'4" and they had requested one and it wasn't delivered. He was supposed to have an alarm on his bed and his chair because he kept getting up without assistance. One time the administrator found him out in their parking lot because they couldn't find the alarm. The staff was nice enough and they did their job, but the aides weren't particularly well-trained, although the bath aide was good, and they were good about letting him take more than his weekly bath. The facility was very old and has not been updated. When I went to talk to them and sign papers, I had to walk all the way through the facility across an alley into a crowded building that they had their office in. The nursing home was the same way. It was very old and hadn't been updated.

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The staff was good and caring. They did not seem to be overworked or assigned too many residents to care for. There was at least one daily activity offered. The activities were at a level that fit the residents. There is usually one outing a month in the van for those able to go. It accommodates wheel chairs. Smoking inside was not allowed, which is a good thing for the health of all. Those who wished to smoke were escorted into a center courtyard, covered with a flameproof apron, and given one cigarette from the pack they purchase themselves. The packs are kept locked at the nurses' station along with matches or cigarette lighter. The residents are not to possess these items. The meals have a set menu with an alternate entr̩e, usually leftovers from the previous day's meal. The main meal was in the evening. Food is served in a dining hall with assigned seating. Trays come up on a cart on a dumbwaiter from the kitchen below. Those too ill or infirmed to come to the dining hall are served in their room from an insulated food cart. The trays have an insulated cover.Most rooms were 2 person. Very few private rooms. Several rooms were 3-4 bed. It is an older facility. There is no place for a resident to be other than in their room or in the dining hall.