10 Best Independent Living Communities in Burgen, TN

Things are going well for my mother since her move to the Autumn Oaks. She is happy, the food is good and the staff is very friendly and welcoming. She is still adjusting but so far everything is going well.

The Rutherford met our expectations and more. My sister never complained. They had hospice care ready for us. My brother attend family parties with her. To us, everything is expensive but worth the services because we could not take care of her in our home.

The staff is very responsive whenever we call with any concerns. They gave really good advice on how, we, the family should handle the first 30 days. They have a really pretty area outside in the back that my mother-in-law really enjoys going to. You have options of a room with an outside door or not. The main entrance area is really nice, a lot of the residents gather there. The one thing we had concerns about initially, but they worked with us on, were that they assigned the residents to a table and in this case she was assigned to a table where everyone was much lower functioning than she was. That was kind of frustrating for her because she didn't know how to communicate with those people. Now, she's kind of taken on a caretaker role when she can. Once they got to know her, they reassigned her to a table that they thought would be a better match. I think they did a very good job with family. She has many children; some of us have been through this with loved ones before and some haven't. The ones who haven't were quite anxious and expecting absolute perfection with no communication. Those of us who have, were expecting the best outcome possible and we understood that family has to play a role in regards to communication. I think McArthur navigated that extremely well - seeing that there were so many personalities at work. I would recommend McArthur Manor to others.