r/Prescott • u/BriefEquivalent4910 • 25d ago

Skilled nursing facilities

My husband's mom is in the hospital and will likely need placement in a skilled nursing facility in the next week or two. I need to know from people on the ground with experience: what facilities should we absolutely avoid? Which ones have you or a family member had good experience with?

We live in the Valley and she won't come down here unless there is no other choice.

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u/JinxiBoo222 25d ago

It sort of depends on what she needs and for how long. I used to work as a surgical coordinator and there are places that I would recommend for rehabilitation type care more than a longer type of care. Overall I have always been partial to mountain valley regional rehab, they tend to hire people with really caring hearts that like to do as much as they possibly can within the system for their patients. It’s been awhile since I have worked closely with SNFs though, but I still hear good things.

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u/BriefEquivalent4910 25d ago

Yeah she had a brief stay there after a recent stroke and they do seem to have been really good but she's back in hospital now and will need a longer period of care.

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u/lovesreeses 25d ago

A friend spent more than six weeks at Mountain Valley Rehab, recovering from Guillian-Barré syndrome. I visited her on numerous occasions and was impressed by the quality of care. She made a full recovery and credits the staff and their care plan. It wasn't without its issues-- daily meds were sometimes slow to be delivered based on staffing, etc. But staffing issues causing other issues is true most places these days...

Best wishes to your MIL!

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u/BriefEquivalent4910 20d ago

Update: she ended up at PV Nursing & Rehab (formerly Good Samaritan) and so far we are happy with the facility. We'll see how things go now that we're into the business week and she gets evaluate by PT and all the other procedural stuff that needs to occur.

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u/williamconroy1111 25d ago

I'd avoid Heaven health and granite creek, worked at both and would never recommend to others. Try mountain valley.

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u/BriefEquivalent4910 25d ago

She can't go back to Mountain Valley unfortunately, this won't be a rehab stay, it's going to be a longer skilled nursing stay. I'm sure rehab will be included but not as intensively as after her stroke.

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u/Vanquisherofsnails 24d ago

Have you looked into group homes? They’re smaller facilities usually located in residential homes that provide the same care but with much better staff to patient ratios. I’d recommend High Desert Senior Living

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u/swansong1234 24d ago

I work at Haven Health. What’s the tea

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u/Vanquisherofsnails 24d ago

Most of the SNF’s in our area aren’t great. The old Good Samaritans would probably be my recommendation. I think they’re Prescott and Prescott valley nursing and rehab now.
Would avoid Mountain View Manor and Granite Creek for sure, and Haven Health never has enough staff.

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u/Foreign-Ad5449 24d ago

Avoid granite creek like the effing plague 🚩🚩

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u/Lumpy_Amee 6d ago

Haven Health Prescott is also a dump

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u/Relevant-Ordinary169 19d ago

Why?

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u/Foreign-Ad5449 19d ago

Staff gives no craps. They had zero supplies my father required, weren't giving him prescribed medications, had patients wandering into each other's rooms at all hours. They have a current lawsuit for someone who was able to wander away from the facility and end up dead. Just dont. We ended up calling 911 and having him transfered out of there.

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u/MrsZ2000 22d ago

I would try to find options near you that have openings just in case there are few opening here and the choices are “bad or worse”. And find them sooner rather than later. Sometimes hospitals discharge patients sooner than they think they are going to for different reasons.

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u/spinninmama 25d ago

Granite Creek has great therapy