Midwest Health

When I received the web site to do an interview for The Emporia Place. I interview my mother. Here was the interview to her with a 1-10 rating. CARE 9-10 COMFORT 9-10 CLEANNESS 9-10 FRIENDLY 9-10 Does your family feel welcome to visit 9-10 FOOD 5-6 She would like to see more variety and more farm fresh items. She was raised on the farm and also raised her family on the farm with lots of fresh garden items. She misses that. Corn on the cob, fresh Tomatoes, cucumber and onion salad with cream and vinegar dressing, watermelon, peaches, pears, plums.' Oh now I am getting hungry!!!' she said. She looks for a lot of color on her plate. Activities- 8-9 Bingo prizes maybe more of things they can use: small boxes of kleenex ,neck scarfs, small sacks of candy, toilet tissue, candy bars, small bottle of detergent, small bottle of lotion, all-purpose wipes, small tubes of toothpaste, etc. Bottom line I LOVE IT HERE AT THE EMPORIA PLACE. Just a few things that could make it even better.

I was in for a shock when the rehabilitation facility in Kansas City told me my mother could not return to her home, had mild dementia and needed 24/7 care. Her mother had poor experiences in this arena. I was scared. I wanted to bring her closer to me so she wouldn't feel abandoned. After checking the other facilities, I found Emporia Place to be the perfect solution: clean, small, attractive, and caring staff who take the extra effort for everything! AND: approximately $2000 a month less than the other local assisted living facilities. She has an attractive home where she is well cared for and many of my worries are eliminated. They are located across from a top local hospital, a block away from wonderful home care therapists and a block away from a caring pharmacy! When you need to find a caring home for a loved one in need, please visit them!

The staff at Emporia Place go above and beyond their jobs to give my mother the best care possible. The director is a fantastic director. She does lots of extra things to make Emporia Place as great as it it. The nurse has been so helpful being a liaison between doctors and the facility. She is thorough and caring. The kitchen staff do their very best to provide a variety of meals for the residents. The rest of the staff is always friendly and helpful. Mom loves the opportunity to get her hair fixed on site. So, overall, I feel that Emporia Place is a premier assisted living facility.

My sister is a resident in the assisted living facility in Abilene. We appreciate the care and attention they give to her. She is very happy and comfortable living there and loves being there. Having her happy makes us more than happy. They are very good to the whole family when we visit and make us feel at home and comfortable. They keep all areas of the home clean and clutter free for those in wheel chairs. We didn't see any residents that weren't being helped when they need it.

It all started with a phone call from "a place for Mom". Our search became focused and simple. Instead of us making phone calls, we began receiving calls and emails detailing different facilities and their benefits and values. We thought this process might take up to two months. Within one week we had decided where Mom would go and five days later she was in! A great thank you to the staff at Brookdale Bethany and our advisor at "A place for Mom" Thank you all.

Small community but large on service, caring and individualized attention. Family atmosphere with nice patio and garden spaces. Engaging activities. Church services, beauty salon, rooms on one level and easily accessible to the dining area. Caring staff. For example, when my mom wanted to have lunch with her siblings one weekend in December and another activity had been planned utilizing the dining space for the residents special accommodations were made for her in her apartment. A nice meal was prepared, along with my mom's favorite dessert using my mom's recipe. Beautiful linens and dishes were used to create an atmosphere like my mom prepared this herself. This is an example of the kinds of things the director Colette strives to provide for her residents. Collette's leadership is contagious. She leads by example for her staff and consistently and frequently questions the residents and their family to ensure their overall total satisfaction. Each staff member goes out of their way to understand what is important to each resident. Special attention is made to encourage residents to be as independent as possible. Family members are made to feel welcome and encouraged to participate in activities and with their loved one's care. Costs for this level of care were more reasonable and fair at Granville compared to other facilities in our market.

Mom is very happy here and has adjusted well. She has made friends easily which has made the transition smoother than we dreamed it would be. The staff are all very friendly and helpful.

Granville is a very warm and open facility. It is clean and well maintained. The staff is friendly and helpful and my dad has adjusted beautifully, in part because of that very thing. I would recommend it to anyone that needs a home for their parents that is less overwhelming than larger places we had toured. (40 units). My brother and I are very happy with our choice of Granville Villa. Of course, we wish our father could be at home, but since that is not possible, Granville is a great 2nd choice.

So far it's going great. I'm pretty happy with them at this point.

Looking for a new home for my sister was a rather daunting task for her son and me. However, we both had a good feeling from the beginning about Timberwood. The residents and staff were so friendly, and the atmosphere was very homey. My nephew and I have felt perfectly at ease about choosing Timberwood, especially after enjoying their Mardi Gras family party and watching other families interact and participate in the fun and food.

Peggy Kelly House was the third and final care center that we moved mom into as she progressed through the final years of her battle with Alzheimer's. The care and attention there was far and above anything we had delt with before. The nurses and caretakers got to know her way beyond anything we had previously experienced. There were only about ten residents and at least that many caretakers, she was well cared for. We were extremely pleased with the Peggy Kelly House.

Mom has only been there a week. At this point, we could not be happier. The people are so very nice & kind to Mom.

Overall our experience with Homestead of Lenexa has been a good one! It's a nice looking facility, they keep everything looking clean and well kept, and the staff have all been very friendly. From what I've seen they do a great job getting to know each of the residents, learning their likes and dislikes, so that they can make everyone feel comfortable and at home.

The main thing that differentiates them they are really committed to providing an excellent experience. They have a solid head of nursing. The food is really good. They do sitter-size, bingo, and that kind of thing. There has always been enough parking when I’ve visited.

Just walk into Timberwood and look around, its gorgeous, it doesn't smell, things are just going wonderful. It's a good place.

The director is very kind & helpful. The activity director is also very kind & tries to engage the residents. Staff were always helpful & kind.

Have had 3 activities directors over last year. Mom never remembers. Calendar needs to be posted on website. I never know what mom does. It's expensive and had another rate increase this year. As far as comments...the place itself is just wonderful and has a cozy feel. A gem in our little town. Large dining/sitting area just inside the entrance with large windows facing the cute well kept courtyard. Mom in the smallest room but I would live there large bathroom with walk in shower plenty of room for bed living room and a small dining table.

I am happy here. Nice people good care, good food adaptable staff. Nice rooms ambiance pleasant

I did recommend to others letting them know that for caring personal spiritual help, you will need to visit often. Chose it because of its location, availability, and hadn't heard negative comments. My overall impression was that they run it as a business and provide the services they advertise.

Overall I was glad there was a place for [name removed] to spend her last year. Homestead of Lenexa was quite clean and the staff were quite friendly. There was one nurse who I noted a retaliatory behavior from; she put a type of underwear on [name removed] that kept all her feces in and it was full all over her abdomen when I came to visit. I changed her. I was told not to. This nurse was new and I suspect that she wouldn't have gotten by very long with the regular staff who cared about the roomers. The food was quite good. I believe my biggest complaint is that they made no effort to bring in musical events that were time period for the age group but expected them to be happy with 80s music. Ridiculous. It was quite expensive. I was present in two places with [name removed] and two with her daughter [name removed]. If all those places, Homestead of Lenexa was by far the best