3 Continuing Care Communities in High Point, North Carolina

Chip

Pennybyrn is all about looks not care...especially in the Assisted Living and Memory Care Units. IN those units they might have 1 LPN (in a building with over 100 patients) and the rest of the staff is a mix of Practical and just \"clean up\" staff. These LPN make day to day and moment to moment medication decisions and healthcare decisions with little supervision and will medicate just to quiet patients so they don\'t bother them. Pennybyrn really just seems to want the Independent Living customers that they charge a arm and a leg for. My mother has been there over 8 years and honestly while the grounds and facilities are super...the actual patient care has been constantly understaffed and not very good. The much less expensive home my mother-in-law is much smaller and doesn\'t look nearly as \"swanky\" with old buildings BUT they provide twice or better care of the patients and have their priorities correct. We constantly are trying to get Pennybyrn to communicate better, have better staff and improve communication with the responsible family members....to no avail. Now Pennybyrn is almost doubling their independent living but boy will all those people be disappointed when the day comes to move to a higher level of care.

Adam

My mother will be moving into The Stratford. It's a nice and clean facility. It's got nice people, an affordable price, and lots of light and lots of windows. We've seen it in person, and we've signed a lease. The staff during the tour was very good. They had a salon, a library, a dining room, and a game room.

Dorothy

The Stratford is wonderful. It's comfortable, everybody is warm, helpful, and I've enjoyed it a lot since I've been here. I'm satisfied with the activities, they provide quite a few, you just decide which ones you're going to do. I'm very pleased, so far it's so good. They have exercises in the morning that I enjoy, they have games like bingo, and they have worship services on Sundays that I like, and on Sunday evenings they have sing-alongs that I like. They also have like horse races, happy hour, Scrabble, they have a lot going on. The food is very good, they serve a good helping. I can't eat everything they give me, but I just have to eat what I can. The staff is very helpful, pleasant, and friendly. So far I'm very pleased with everything that's going on.

Carey

We visited Brookdale High Point North when my sister-in-law was in their assisted living. My sister-in-law liked to play bingo, and they were very kind to her. One of the last times that my wife was there she went and told the nurses or aides, the people on the floor, that she thought her sister was having a stroke. She had to go back to them a second time later on and tell them again. That's when somebody finally came. The building itself is just beautiful, and my sister-in-law enjoyed the food.

Dyron

My father has been in The Stratford for two months now. He is happy there. It gives him the comfort and the feeling that he has independence. He likes the layout of the place. I'm happy with the services and the support that the people are giving me. For the most part, it is a really great place for him. I feel great about it as well. They have the main dining hall at the first floor where you can eat three meals a day. Some of the bare rooms allow you to have a patio. There are two types of patio, one where you can see the street and you can see the cars going by and another one where you can see a lot of trees in the background. There are also common areas where you can go in and meet people. The staff members communicated to me very well and they are always concerned. There have a lot of staff. My father has his own room, which is a big deal. He always talks about how he likes it. They also do many activities. They're able to give me a good price on it, too.