Wilkinson Center

I'm currently at Wilkinson Care Center. This is a very nice facility. If you want to eat in your room, they'll bring your meals to you. If not, you can go to the dining room. This is a very nice facility because of the people that work here, they're so concerned with everything about you. They check on you and they make sure if you need assistance that you get assistance. It is just a nice facility. My room is like an efficiency apartment. I have a small kitchen. I have a microwave and a sink in it, and I have a small refrigerator. In the bigger room is my furniture that I brought with me. I have a little dining room table and two chairs. I have two chest drawers. When my husband was in this room with me, we had a queen-sized bed, but since he's not here, I've gone to a twin bed. I make quilts and I have a little place where I can sew now so that I could bring my hobby with me. They have some rooms where you can have an extra bedroom. So if your grandchildren would come, they could spend the night with you. They have two-bedroom apartments. We had Silver Sneakers. We had one day where we did exercise, and even people in wheelchairs would come and exercise their arms and everything. We always have puzzles in a little room down there. It's kind of like a little sitting room, but it's got plenty of tables. We always have puzzles where anybody who likes to do puzzles can come and work on them. We have a little gym with some exercise equipment, and then we have the larger dining hall. Breakfast is at 7:00, lunch is at 11:00 and dinner is at 4:00. That's a little early for me for every one of those. Their workers worked from 7:00 to 7:00, so I know that's why they put that on there so they could get through with the dinner things before it was time for them to go home. But I'm very happy here. The staff are very good. They have an activity director. They raised the price about three months ago for the first time in four years, so that sounds very good to me. According to other places I checked, this is about the cheapest price you can get for what you get out of it.

My Mom checked in last November and she continues to remark how clean the center is and how friendly all the staff are to her. Thanks to everyone making a difficult transition that much easier for her. TODAY 11-18- 2018,...365 days and counting! Thank you Wilkinson management, Staff, and volunteers for saving about all that's left to an assisted-living resident,...Mom's dignity. It means everything to her, me...and all of humanity. I've only heard one "complaint": and that was when Mom said the vegetables were soggy.......but it's because they come over from Clary she quickly explained. (Mom always served us and enjoyed well-prepared vegetables.) Thank you for serving three hot meals, cleaning well her room, checking in on her evenings...and the more I'm not aware of. Mom hasn't lost her wisdom or wit at Wilkinson, even when it was the untimely death of her only son that landed her there,....forlorn of his ocassional help in her otherwise comfortable life of relative freedom. She knows what fairness is, right and wrong, patience and kindness, and who cares. Mom likes the bacon and eggs, meat and potatos, salad when it's served, and dessert; Bingo; trips to town; visits from the animal rescue. I like the way you serve others. ☺