Home Away From Home Assisted Living Center

    41 Watkins Dr, Grafton, WV, 26354
    4.7 · 3 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Attentive staff, excellent dementia care

    I'm grateful to the attentive staff - they provide excellent dementia care with effective wandering prevention and hands-on monitoring. The meals are appealing (dinners are great and Thanksgiving was a real success), activities are active and engaging, and the overall care offers good value. I highly recommend this facility.

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    4.67 · 3 reviews

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      4.5
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.7
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Attentive and appreciated staff
    • High-quality dining (including successful Thanksgiving dinner)
    • Appealing menu and enjoyable meals
    • Active and engaging activities program
    • Good overall clinical and personal care
    • Strong dementia care with wandering prevention/management
    • Perceived good value
    • Multiple recommendations from reviewers
    • Families express gratitude and praise

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the provided review summaries for Home Away From Home Assisted Living Center is strongly positive. Reviewers repeatedly emphasize satisfaction with staff, dining, activities, and care outcomes. Multiple summaries convey gratitude and appreciation, and several reviewers explicitly recommend the facility, noting value and good care as central reasons for their endorsement.

    Staff and caregiving quality emerge as a primary strength. The reviews use words like "attentive," "appreciation," and "gratitude," indicating staff consistently meet families' and residents' expectations for responsiveness and compassion. This suggests staff behavior and interpersonal care are standout features: employees appear to provide both the day-to-day assistance residents need and the personalized attention that reassures family members. The repeated recommendation language reinforces that staff performance is a defining element of the facility's positive reputation.

    Dining and special events are highlighted as notable positives. Multiple summaries specifically mention that "dinner was great" and that the "Thanksgiving dinner was a success," which points to effective meal service, quality food, and the ability to execute celebratory events well. The phrase "appealing menu" supports the conclusion that routine meals are varied and well-received. Good dining contributes both to resident satisfaction and to family members' confidence in the facility's operations.

    Activities and engagement are another commonly cited strength. Descriptions of an "active activities" program indicate that residents have access to organized, meaningful programming, which is important for quality of life in assisted living settings. Active programming complements the reported quality of personal care and helps portray the community as one that addresses social, recreational, and emotional needs as well as physical care.

    Care for residents with cognitive impairment is specifically noted as a strength. The reviews reference "dementia care" and "wandering prevention/management," indicating the facility has protocols and practices in place to safely manage residents who are at risk of wandering or who require dementia-specific approaches. This points to staff training, environmental design, supervision strategies, or policy implementation that supports safety and dignity for residents with memory issues.

    Value and overall recommendation recur in the summaries. Reviewers describe the facility as offering "good care" and "value," and several explicitly recommend it, suggesting that families feel the services justify the cost. The combination of attentive staff, quality meals, engaging activities, and competent dementia care forms a consistent picture of a facility that meets a broad range of resident needs.

    Notably, the provided summaries do not include specific negative themes or consistent concerns. No recurring complaints about staffing levels, facility condition, medical care quality, administrative issues, or costs appear in this dataset. That said, the absence of negative comments in these summaries does not guarantee there are no areas for improvement; it only reflects the content provided. Based on the available information, Home Away From Home Assisted Living Center is portrayed as a well-run community with strong staff performance, successful dining and events, active programming, and effective dementia and wandering management.

    Location

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    About Home Away From Home Assisted Living Center

    Home Away From Home Assisted Living Center, located at 41 Watkins Dr in Grafton, West Virginia, has a long history in the community since its time as Connelly Manor and now it's seen some good updates and renovations, so residents get a comfortable and modern place to call home without losing that familiar feeling. The center offers both assisted living and skilled nursing services, where seniors get help with things like meals, medication, daily activities, housekeeping, and laundry, but the goal's always to help folks keep their independence as much as possible while making sure they're safe and comfortable, and the staff always seems to pay extra attention to each person's needs. There are semi-private and one-bedroom accommodations with wheelchair accessible showers, and the building's set up for aging in place so people can stay put as their care needs change. The center gives support for memory care, including residents with Alzheimer's or dementia, by offering secure settings, memory-enhancing activities, light therapy, reminiscence therapy, and snoezelen sensory programming, so folks can stay engaged and safe, and there's a lot of focus on keeping minds and bodies active, with walking paths indoors, arts and crafts, and full activity schedules that include educational, social, and spiritual programs like devotionals and regular religious services with a chaplain. You'll find an on-site beauty and barber shop, free Wi-Fi and cable TV, a TV lounge, an arts and crafts center, and an outside patio for fresh air or visiting with family. Meals get served restaurant-style with flexible options, room service, guest meals, and choices for different diets like vegan, gluten-free, and low sodium. The staff takes care of health with an on-site home care agency, professional medical care, regular health monitoring, and support for hospice and respite care if folks need it. There's parking for residents, regular transportation for errands or appointments, and strong communication with families about their loved one's care. The place offers a real sense of community, balancing privacy with vibrant shared spaces and activities so seniors don't feel alone, but instead feel right at home, which seems fitting given the name Home Away From Home Assisted Living Center. There aren't any reviews yet, so visitors or families might want to stop by to see things for themselves, but everything's set up so residents have what they need for comfort, care, and independence.

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