My wife and I visited a friend at Mennonite Home - Nursing & Personal Care in Lancaster. She's in the nursing home part. They separate their assisted living and skilled nursing so they're not all in the same facility. I think their independent living is called Woodcrest. They're huge. We don't know much about it other than what is written, but we see what's happening, and they are continually expanding. The downside for them is that they separate their assisted living and skilled nursing into different facilities. They're probably about half a mile away from the other campus. Our friend seems to be fine and she's very satisfied. They take good care of her, she gets her medicines on time, and she has her own private room. That's not always the case in nursing homes, I guess. It's usually a double or shared room. From my last visit, the facility itself seemed clean and nice. It's quite adequate. It has a nice entrance foyer, the receptionists are nice, the hallways are nice, and the lounges and everything else are nice. It's pleasant; I certainly would not worry about living there. That's one way I would judge it. Our friend said they have religious services there and she's attended those.

Label all clothes and belongings, even items the resident may not wear. (Better yet, do not bring anything the resident will not wear). I had a suit in resident's closet for burial, which was missing upon death. All belongings were taken to storage the day of death, because I could not get to the facility the same day. The social worker admitted the suit was in the closet, but the supervisor would not reimburse me for the cost of a suit for burial. Second issue- the nursing staff could not get an IV into resident, and called me to ask if they should give up. I said no, take her to ER. The ER was successful. I question the skill level of the nursing staff. Otherwise, staff were pleasant, food looked appetizing, facility was clean and pleasant, and the hygiene of residents seemed to be good.