We toured Golden Eden III. I like the location of it. The facility itself seemed very nice. However, after viewing the other facility yesterday, they would not have the level of care and activities for my father-in-law. I like the actual facility; I just don't think it's going to be a fit for what we want for my father-in-law. The staff we spoke with was kind. She gave us a nice tour, she seemed to know the facility, and she was able to explain how they run it and what they offer for the patients. It was set up like a home. They do not have like a gym or some of the other areas that the larger memory care facilities would have. The rooms were nice. They seemed adequate in size. They were all private rooms. The place seemed to be well-kept.

My mom has been in Nonno's Guest Home for a year and a half now. Prior to her moving to Nonno's, she was in memory care at an assisted living facility and there is no comparison. I wish I had moved her a long time ago. The staff knows my mom. If there's something that's a little different, they'll let me know and they'll contact the nurse practitioner and it gets taken care of right away. I just wished that I had moved my mom sooner. The staff members are great, especially the head caregiver, she is great. She is just very caring and she pays attention. The living atmosphere is very nice and very homey. It's board and care so they have different types of people, but it seems to have more people with memory issues. My mom has dementia, so she is not always coherent in the real world. Because of Covid, we haven't been able to be inside the house. Prior to that, the caregivers would interact with my mom and they have people coming in to entertain. They have a couple of young women, I guess, college students, doing volunteer work. They come in and entertain whatever residents were able to be entertained. Prior to Covid, they had activities. The facility doesn't have a smell, and the food always looks good. My mom eats it, so i'm assuming it's good. Also we're paying less than what we used to pay at the other memory care place, and we're getting a better service.

My mom was a resident of Nonno's Guest Home. She passed away in April. She had advanced Alzheimer's. Nonno's Guest Home was good. It was a lot better than the big places we looked at. We first tried keeping her at home but my dad wasn't getting any sleep, so we determined we had to find a place for her. My mom was a fall risk, so I felt like if she was in a big place, she might end up on the floor and nobody would notice for quite a long time. At that point also, my mom really wanted to move around a lot, and at Nonno's, they let her scoot around in her wheelchair. I just feel like it was really important to have the right ratio of staff to residents, which is a big plus to being there at Nonno's Guest Home. Nonno's Guest Home didn't advertise a lot of activities; however, they did seasonal things. They had special meals and they made a big deal about birthdays. There were a lot of seasonal decorations where they get the residents involved if they're able to help with decorations. Also simple things like coloring with them or if they want to get their nails done, they'll do their nails. My mom was kind of combative initially. She was that way at home, i.e., she was fighting with my dad, and she was fighting with the caregivers. That continued on for a while at Nonno's Guest Home until she got into another phase of Alzheimer's. With that in mind, it didn't seem feasible to be sending her off on an activity place because they would have a hard time managing that if they were trying to be doing things with the residents. They had some ladies that volunteered periodically to come in and sing classic songs for the residents and they would sing along if they wanted to. It was kind of fun to them. My mom needed Alzheimer's care the whole time she was there. She wasn't really able to care for herself because, shortly about the time she started staying there, she got to where she couldn't really get up and down on her own without a lot of assistance. She definitely needed a higher level of care with a lot of the daily activities. Also she was only able to feed herself for quite awhile. The staff is amazing and got so much energy, and I feel like she has a really great heart for the residents. She has been there for a long time. I don't know which other caregivers they still have right now, but they have a number of them that they had for quite a while. I know one lady that is working nights now. She is actually one of my parents' in-home caregivers and she is really sweet. One other thing we like at Nonno's is that they hire people that don't have a really strong accent because my mom had a hard enough time understanding what people were saying without an accent. Also they went out of their way to make sure she was safe and they addressed any issues that came up quickly. I don't have a whole lot to compare it to, but comparing it to big places, I would give it a 5. They're so much better than the larger places for the most part because of the ratio of the staff, and the ability to maybe give a little bit more personalized care and be aware of what each resident needs.

My husband was a resident of Nonno's Guest Home. It was wonderful and they did a great job. I like the setting because it was more like in a home than a regular nursing home. It was more like family living together. My husband had his own room. They also engaged him in activities. They had a TV, and a group of women came in and sang. There were different things that they did throughout the day. They took him on walks, but he was in a wheelchair of course. The staff was wonderful. They're very caring, nurturing, and were just really pleasant to deal with. They're very inviting because I was there a lot. The living atmosphere was very nice and very clean. My husband got showers every day. It was just like your own home. I would say the first week, it took some adjustment. My husband couldn't talk anymore because he had early onset of Alzheimer's. He was 57 when he passed. He was there a day shy of two years. He never had a bed sore ever. They bathed him every day. The home environment was very clean. They mopped the floors and cleaned every day. I was able to come in whenever I wanted; it doesn't matter what time of day. I got to stay in his room if I needed to especially when he was dying, and I had to bring things in there. It was great. It was a really great environment. The staff was great. I thought the food was pretty good. The price was pretty good, too.