Blair Ridge Health Campus

Jeanne

I toured Blair Ridge Health Campus. What I found is that the staff was all very patient and reached out to communicate to us as a visitor, from the janitorial staff to the aides to those arranging the meals. The dining room was very beautiful with white tablecloths and chinaware. The residents were coming to the rooms earlier than was required to do a little visiting. It was a pleasant environment for them to come out of their rooms to have meals. We've been periodically visiting two people there: One is in independent care, and she has a very nice one-bedroom. It's got a small kitchenette, but no cooking facilities are allowed in there. She has an aide, who comes in to help her several times a week, and that's paid separately. It's independent care. The rooms and the laundry or things like that are very tidy and easy to work. It was a pleasant small apartment-type setting. The other lady that we visit is almost blind, so she's in a room where she has medical staff more available to her on an ongoing daily basis. She has been there several years, and she feels very pleasant about her experience. The independent care residents have their own little patio out there, so they're not locked in. And there's a chartered bus that comes and takes a group who may be going to some activities in town or doctor visits or such, so there's transportation provided. What I liked the most was that everyone on the staff we met as visitors was very pleasant and very helpful to us.

Provider Response

Debra

My mother lived at Blair Ridge in Peru for five years. It is excellent! The care was excellent! The people were so kind and the nursing staff was wonderful. I do not have a bad thing to say about it. The food was fine. They do not put any seasoning on the food, but the residents are offered all kinds of seasoning if they would like to add any. You get a calendar for the month and on it are activities being offered each day. It might be bingo or something else. They have all kinds of games. Before the Coronavirus came around, they took the residents to Clover's or Walmart. They had outside barbeques, picnics and family days where they had bounce houses and all kinds of stuff for the little kids. They even have a putting range right there on the site, where you can play golf. They had a piano and they brought in musicians from the local area. They also had arts and crafts. They had ice cream available whenever they wanted it. They made popcorn about two or three times in the afternoons. It was excellent. Mike was the Director and overall you could always call him any time of the day if you have a problem.

Karen

My mother moved into Blair Ridge. I found it on my own. My mom really likes it there, it's nice and clean. The workers are very helpful, willing to help my mom. I have nothing bad to say about this place. My mom says the food is very good. If she doesn't like something they're having for dinner, they will give her something else. Truthfully, I've never actually been in there with the Covid, I've never been able to go actually back to the room, I've seen pictures and they're very nice-looking rooms. They make cookies once a week, they have exercise in the morning, they have them sit down, and do crafts with them, things like that.

Sally

My mother-in-law is moving into an independent living facility at Blair Ridge Health Campus. It's like a condo. They have six units and separate houses, and it's very nice there. The residents were very active. It's pretty big. The staff was very accommodating, nice, helpful, answered all our questions, and gave us a loaf of home baked bread from their kitchen, which was good. The dining area was very nice. They had a soft drink machine and coffee that they can get any time of day, plus a happy hour every Friday. Someone comes to play the piano and sing, and everybody seems to like it. They had a dining area and a private dining room that you can reserve if you have family coming. They had a library and common areas that had TVs in it. They hand out a menu and you could pick two or three entrees every day.

nurse1386

Staff is not perfect but great; they always work towards doing better and trying to accommodate anyone who walks through the door with a smile

Liz120727

I was not really that impressed with Blair Ridge. It was kind of like every other upscale nursing home that I had ever seen. The food looked the same, and I just wasn’t impressed with them at all.