My dad is at the Life Care Center in Kona. They're very efficient. They call me with updates every now and then. He loves it there. The facilities are good. For assisted living that needs a full service, it's a good facility. I like it. They do bingo, people go in and they have music, and they did a concert for them. They have daily activities, and he likes that. They have board games and puzzles, and they've got people there doing all of that with them. He does not like the food so much. He said there is no taste, but it is his diet. He has a very restrictive diet, low sugar, low carbs, low fat, so the food is pretty bland for him. It is because his health is not the greatest. We've got a special thing going on because Medicare is paying for it; so value for money is good. What he loves about it too, is that it is a one-story building, but they've got beautiful views of the ocean. They're really good and so caring. It's an older building, but it's clean and nice. They've got this beautiful patio, and their ocean view is just to die for.

Life Care Center of Kona is a very clean, very friendly, and very nice place. My friend really likes it. The room is very clean and nice. It is not private because there are two people to a room. There are no apartments, too. Usually the people that go there can't help themselves very much. My friend went there after a stroke. The staff seems very friendly and helpful. They have lots of activities, too.

My mom is in this facility right now (5/1/15). This has to be the worst facility ever! They leave you alone for hours even after you buzz for assistance. My mom had to use the bathroom and ended up peeing on herself twice before someone came to help. They have never had anyone with back injury so they didn't even know how to care for her. Most had to get retrained just to learn how to help her up. Last Wednesday I had to help her take off her shorts (they had put her to bed fully clothed in day wear). After 5 days they finally bathed her only to put her back in the same dress as she was wearing the day before. I had to (not that I minded - she's my mom), change her clothes, put her night gown on, pull her up on the bed, prop her so she would be comfortable and straighten out her sheets. Some nurses watched but never bothered to ask if I needed help. Now today after she finished using the bathroom, the nurse let her fall! Yes that's right fall. Ok, my mom is recovering from back surgery so yes she is not able to stand quite yet - she's 76 years and needs assistance... but that gal let her fall. She was a tiny person who had no business trying to assist by herself and instead of asking for help, let my mom fall on the tile floor. I don't the extent of her injuries just yet but will have a doctor look at her. Oh by the way this is only day 5 and my mom's roommate is going through the same torture. In summary, if you can help it, stay at home. Unfortunately we have a 2 story house with a tub...