Manzano del Sol's been around a long time, founded in 1922, and the community offers many services for seniors, folks with disabilities, and people needing long-term care or rehab so you'll find daily living help, skilled nursing, memory care, Huntington's Disease care, mental health treatment, and physical, speech, and occupational therapies plus rehab for people recovering from strokes, cardiac events, or orthopedic surgeries, and they also help with pain management and wound care, and since it's staffed for 24-hour support there's always nursing and personal care assistants on hand to help with dressing, bathing, toileting, walking, wheelchairs, and medication. The community's non-profit and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, and PureHealth operates the place, which means it has connections to supportive services, legal help for those worried about neglect or abuse, and a real commitment to residents' rights and dignity, and the whole campus is designed for safety with handicap accessibility, sprinkler systems, and emergency response systems day and night. Residents choose between independent living apartments and skilled nursing rooms, and the apartments have covered balconies and different floor plans like the Sandia, Mesa Verde, Taos, and Santa Fe, each with their own kitchens and some with two bedrooms and nice views, while private and semi-private nursing rooms range in price from $6,000 to $12,000 monthly.
There are things folks seem to like, like housekeeping, laundry rooms, maintenance, kitchenettes, and meal programs, and there's scheduled transportation, on-site salon and barbershop, a swimming pool, whirlpool, dining room, walking trails, walking and wheelchair assistance, fitness and wellness center, social activities, arts and crafts, and spiritual programs such as Bible studies and worship, plus outdoor spaces and walking paths so if residents want to be active it's possible, and if they need help, it's there. There's also a restaurant-style dining program and rooms for media, games, and crafts, with a focus on keeping things clean and well-kept, something reviewer notes mention. The building holds up to 117 people and has over 100 full-time staff.
Manzano del Sol's had both good and bad in its past, so while it now has a 5-star rating from CMS with high marks for health inspections and quality, there's a history of fines and some lower ratings before, with problems sometimes found in things like bed safety, medication, physical therapy availability, outdated paperwork, or loss of belongings, so the place has made efforts to get better and responds to safety issues with things like COVID-19 precautions and making sure call lights work. Residents can review state inspection reports and speak up about concerns, and the facility supports their legal rights. The community tries to be open with survey results and encourages people to voice grievances if they have them, aiming for both safety and comfort. Altogether, Manzano del Sol gives different levels of care and independence for seniors and people with higher needs, providing a wide range of health, wellness, and daily support services in one campus.
