Facility is really old not in the greatest shape but is clean upper management is very poor but most of the workers are great. There is not a whole lot of activities for the residents either .

My father was in Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. I think they took pretty good care of my father. I was well pleased. It was a good-sized facility. They had two large areas for the people to congregate, and they had staff that really watched over him. My father tried to get out of the facility and they had people on each shift that guarded these doors and made sure that nobody got out and he never got out. He was trying to get out five or six times a day and it never happened. He has dementia and even when he wouldn't sleep at night and he would get up, the nurses would let him sit with them in his wheelchair at the nurse's station, and they'd watch over him. There were some things I wasn't thrilled with, but they were still pretty good. They took good care of Dad. I was there when they took my father to dine at a table, but I didn't eat with him. They would sit him with people that he would be talking to and be chatty with, and they would group them together, which I thought was a good thing. They had bingo, a lot of stuff, and card games, but my father wasn't able to do that. I saw my husband's aunt participating, and there were so many of them that participated with the card games and the bingo. It was a big hit. They seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Southgate nursing home in Metropolis Illinois is one of the friendliest and cleanest facilities I have ever visited. My grandmother is currently a resident there and I go there to visit her every now and then, and when I do it is always a pleasure to see the smiling faces on the nurses there as they greet me when I walk through the doors. Most of the girls even know me by name there, which is unheard of judging by the other places she has been admitted to. I know they probably aren't supposed to do this, but they always ask me if I would like something to drink to help me cool off as I usually go there right after work and I happily always say yes. I absolutely love going there to see my grandmother, and even some of the staff members, as some of them are my friends. Keep up the good work girls!!