They told me we could walk around the back of the building because we couldn't walk through it. They said, "If we let you go in there we have to completely clean the room before any of our residents go in there, so we're just not letting people go in there." They had four sections but I didn't get to look at any of them. They didn't have those things there, but they had masks. The other facility I visited let me put on the gown and shoe covers and walk through, but Creekside didn't. I didn't get to look at the whole facility because of COVID. Our director has been here 24 years, and one of her staff members has been here with her 24 years." So, that seemed pretty stable to me. I also liked the lady that I talked to on the phone who said, "We don't have a lot of turnover with help. I connected really good with this lady, I liked her sincerity, and she's down-to-earth. I talked to the lady from sales about him, and the very first thing she told me was, "He needs a purpose," and I said that's exactly what he needs. Jo My husband is at Creekside Alzheimer's Special Care Center. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident It's much less expensive to go there than where we previously were. I've seen them dancing and just lots of activities. They were singing church hymns, and I've seen them out doing Chair Taichi outside. I have seen them do more activities with them in just a few short days of moving around, than we saw at the previous place. ![]() They have far surpassed where we moved her from that's for sure. The offices are not hidden anywhere they're all right out in the open. There are people that work there milling around everywhere. Then the offices are intermingled right alongside the patients' rooms. ![]() The entryway opens right up into like a living room, and there's a library off to one side. When you walk in, you feel you feel like you're in someone's home. It keeps you away from other patients just to protect them. They have you put on one of their N95 masks when you go to visit and you can't visit in a common area. ![]() It's kind of hard they are very careful with COVID. They have a garden out there, where the patients can actually grow plants (like tomatoes and stuff like that). I've seen them out there with the patients doing exercises. They have in the facility, in the middle, a solarium that's open to the sun. They have a centralized bathing location for them, which I think is a wonderful idea. They don't have showers in the individual room, that way they don't have to worry as much about falls. My brother even called to check on her this weekend, and they asked if he wanted to speak to her, so they put her on the phone. They took pictures of my mother the first day she was there and sent it to me to let me know how she was doing. That's the main thing they've got activities going one right after the other. They're very engaged with their patients, and they keep them very active. Ann My mom has moved into Creekside Alzheimer's Special Care Center.
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