The Homeplace at Midway

Following a broken hip, my mom's dementia rapidly progressed until she required memory care. I looked everywhere and fell in love with the Homeplace. The homey layout, home cooked meals, gardens and neighborhood-like design are truly unique and just wonderful. I cannot overstate the quality of the care my mom receives. The Homeplace team members are simply outstanding. They have gotten to know my mom so well and are very in tune with her health and moods. They treat her with dignity and love. My mom has quality of life. I am so grateful to the team at the Homeplace for giving my mom a true home and our family peace of mind.

My parents entered the Homeplace at Midway after an extensive search for a comprehensive care facility that didn’t feel like a nursing home. We started in AL but within months one parent had advanced enough to enter skilled nursing (Parkinson’s). Homeplace was intentional and accommodating to ensure my parents spent as much time together as possible. About a year later, Mom’s dementia would require memory care. Throughout these transitions and the passing of our dad, The Homeplace has gone above and beyond to care for our family and ensure the respect and safety of our parents. We are extremely fortunate to have found them.

A beautiful facility with extraordinarily compassionate and helpful personnel. Prompt and punctual in returning phone calls, emails and texts, which is vitally important to determine the right facility. While still uncertain of the level of care required for Mother, at this time, The Homeplace at Midway is a top contender, yet final decisions of placement will be determined by availability.

My loved one has been very happy at The Homeplace. I would recommend others look into this community for their loved ones. I like that the community is broken into different buildings with different care levels on the nice campus. They are a family oriented community.

Very dissatisfied that the social worker and director of nursing will not return my calls regarding important issues concerning my family member. I have left numerous messages and yet no phone call back. This makes me very uncomfortable to have my family member at a place where I can't get administration to call me back . Also , though they appear to engage their seniors on social media , they mostly do nothing but sit around all day long . It seems like a very disengaging, environment where the residents are not stimulated. My family member also always describes the food as just fair .

The concept of communal living here appeals to me. The staff was not expecting me but very graciously welcomed me and gave an “unscheduled “ tour. Everything was very clean, yet was warm and inviting. The setting is beautiful. However it is not very near any shops. Transportation, maybe once a week, or a weekly outing would be helpful. A larger television in theshared living room would be nice. The ambiance, location, and amenities make this my top choice.

I toured this community for care. They did not have a room at that time, but the staff were nice and caring to the needs that we had. The community was clean. They have a good variety of meals and activities. We liked this community a lot and would suggest that other families tour this community for care.

This is a nice community. The staff is outstanding. She likes that she has her own room and is adjusting to a new home. She does like the variety of meals. they do offer her activities with the other residents, but she is just settling into the community. The loves the music and the trips. We would recommend the care and the value of this community to other families.

We placed our Mother there in April 2016. The staff (Aids) were not giving our Mother an option (alternative, substitute) to eat if she did not like what was served on a particular day. KRS Statutes clearly state that when changes in the menu are necessary, substitutions shall provide equal nutritive value and the changes shall be recorded on the menu and all menus shall be kept on file for thirty (30) days. If a patient refuses foods served, nutritional substitutions shall be offered. This all transpires between Jan. 25 - Feb. 1, 2017. I assumed the food situation was taken care of but our Mom kept complaining to us about not liking what was being served and not given an option. I was wrong! The food situation had deteriorated and also our Mother's right shoulder had sustained some type of injury. She could not move it without significant pain. She first told me that her shoulder was hurt on January 17, 2017. I assumed the Nursing Staff had been monitoring it and Charting on it. I was wrong! Well, no one in the meeting even knew about our Mother's shoulder and we were told we would have to wait 24-48 hours to see a Chart. I agreed. Jan. 25, 6:00 PM - an X-Ray was completed at 9:00 PM. So, at least there were no broken bones which is all a Plain Film X-Ray reveals. So our next course of action was to ask the facility to send Mom out for an MRI because an MRI will show things like torn Rotator Cuff damage, etc. I called and requested this on the morning of Jan. 26th. I was refused once again and not allowed to see any Charting done on our Mom. Jan. 26, 10:30 AM - two Staff members of the Homeplace visited Mom's room asking her very "leading questions", such as: "Do you like it here?" "Would you like to be somewhere else better?" Jan. 26, 6:00 PM - my brother and I went to Homeplace to see the Charge Nurse. We asked her if we could see any type of Charting done on our Mom within the last 30 days. She called the Administrator and another Staff member and we were once again refused. Jan. 27, 2:00 PM - Tonya Cox (Administrator at The Homeplace) called to inform me that my brother and I were being placed under "Supervised Visitation" status from this point onward and ask if we could have another meeting on Feb. 1 at 5:00 PM. I agreed to meet. Allow me to interject another KRS Statute here and show where The Homeplace defied KRS Law by placing us under "Supervised Visitation." There are only a few reasons an Administrator can place a family member of a resident under "Supervised Visitation" and here they are: [1] if a resident of the facility is physically or verbally abused by the individual or group; [2] if an individual carries a firearm or other deadly weapon into the facility who is not a Law Enforcement Officer; [3] if an individual commits a felony or misdemeanor while on the facility's premises; and [4] if an individual is visibly under the influence of Alcohol or Drugs. (KRS 216.537; 216.540; 216.545; 194.050). My brother and I never violated any of these KRS Laws. At this point all signs point towards "Retaliation" from the staff simply because we asked three questions about the food, mom's shoulder and mom's Chart. Feb. 1, 5:00 PM - [removed[ said the reason she was forced to place my brother and I under "Supervised Visitation" was that we made her staff feel threatened; she accused of asking staff members for their home addresses. We never did this. [removed] also handed us a packet full of blank medical records and a 30 Day Eviction Notice informing us that they were kicking mom out of the facility! Therefore, my advice to anyone looking to place a family member in The Homeplace at Midway is this: if your family member has Dementia or Alzheimer's, then this is a great facility to place them because they will not be able to tell their family members any negative thing occurring there. If you or another family member ever complain, you better start looking for another nursing home for your loved one because they will figure out a way to get rid of you.

Since my family member has moved in, there is an amazing difference in her health! AWESOME care.