My tour at Sunrise at Silas Burke House was pretty thorough. I had a sit-down briefing before we had a chance to do a walk around the place. It looks immaculate. In my understanding, it's only four years old. It's more horizontal than a vertical facility, which is preferable from my viewpoint. The executive director of recruitment or advertising was named Danielle, and she answered my questions quite readily and thoroughly. I left the tour with the feeling that I wanted to come back, next time to be accompanied by my wife. I found out that medical services such as P.T. and O.T. can be conducted at that facility, but it's not part of the cost of staying there. They have a program called Going Home, which is geared mainly for respite purposes, to give caretakers a break, and it's $6,000 for 30 days. She assured me that improvement hopefully is achieved. There's always the possibility of leaving short of the 30 days, but that would have to be run by the executive committee or whatever system they have there. But 30 days seems to be a reasonable period during which any therapy desired from the outset can be afforded. I got assurances that even though the physical therapy services are not part of the stay at the facility costs, they would be quickly referred to Medicare for expected coverage. The rooms are adequate in terms of size, very clean, and very nice. The studio setup that I was taken to was quite adequate for my expectations. I was concerned about the chair. The chair doesn't have rails on it. They use what they call a carousel, which serves as a grab point for the patient to be able to assist him or herself to get out of bed. I asked what assurances are there that my wife wouldn't accidentally or on purpose try to get out of bed, and then fall. And Danielle said, "We're prepared for that, and it's not an uncommon concern." The room was large enough for a bed, bedside table, and sofa chair. It was furnished with a television, it had a sink, and a baby fridge under the counter. But the bathroom had a walk-in shower with no obstacles there; no threshold to get into the shower area. It had a fold-down shower bench. She said some of the rooms may not have that, in which case they would have a shower commode. The dining area looked very nice and quite adequate for a sit-down. About one or two patients were sitting at a table. It's pretty spacious there in terms of the eating facility. They had a community room too with a large screen, in case they wanted to share movies or presentations. They had a terrace, and everything was bright, cheery, and clean. They have a daily menu that's updated every day. They have a listing of activities, though some of their prior activities have been scaled back. But I understand that restrictions start softening up, they'll reinstate them, like field trips. The staff that gave the tour is very excellent.

Sunrise at Silas Burke House is a brand new facility, so the amenities and facilities are topnotch. The cost was higher for a smaller room than where my mom is currently at. The dining area was beautiful and the rooms were very nice. The staff was great, and it's a beautiful facility, but they didn't suit our needs.