Colquitt Alternative Care, Inc.

Vicky

My mom has been in Colquitt Alternative Care for two and a half years now. It's great. That's our hometown, so she's in her hometown and her community. I live in Tallahassee, I'm 65 miles from her, so we're not too far away. It's a great facility. They take really good care of her. The staff is friendly and caring. They treat all the residents like family. My mom's room is good. She's semi-private, so she does have a roommate, but it's a very large, spacious room. They both have full-sized beds, more than adequate clothing space, and their own suite bathroom, so it's a good room. It's an older facility and there are a few things they could probably work on, but it's only cosmetic, there's nothing anything wrong. They could make a few cosmetic updates. The food is fabulous. I've eaten their food on several occasions. If I'm there at lunch, I'll eat with her in the dining room. They get three meals a day, 8, 12, and 5 on the dot, and then snacks in between if they want them. The dining area is common right off the kitchen. It has four or five tables. It's nice. They have flowers on the table and everything's very sanitary. They have tablecloths, so it's very nice. It's like the kitchen, the dining area, and then there's a large living area that's all connected. They do things to stay active. My mom likes to walk, so she'll walk around the inside of the facility if it's not good weather. Sometimes she'll go out and they have a front porch and a back porch. She goes and sits on the porch quite often. Now and then, she'll walk around outside the facility. But primarily she's using the porches or just walking around indoors. She likes to do adult coloring books, and they play games. They have a game table, and they do stuff like puzzles, bingo, and checkers. I do wish they have a few more things that they could do. They don't have any planned activities for the residents. It is just stuff that they come up with on their own.