The Bungalows at Jonesboro

I like that The Bungalows at Jonesboro has larger activity rooms. They have a lot going on and a lot of playing. The facility was very clean. They do the residents' laundry for them. They have an LPN on staff 24/7. They do lots of things for them, and everything's included. They do medical managemen...

I like that The Bungalows at Jonesboro has larger activity rooms. They have a lot going on and a lot of playing. The facility was very clean. They do the residents' laundry for them. They have an LPN on staff 24/7. They do lots of things for them, and everything's included. They do medical management. They're pricier than the other place, but they have more things available to the person living there. It's a one-story facility and every room has a patio off the back. They supply a microwave and a refrigerator. The staff during the tour was very organized and gave me a lot of information I needed. She knew her stuff and took extra time and went through a lot of things with us. The residents there said the food was good and nutritious. You have a menu that you can order from and they have an alternate menu if you don't want to order what they're having that day. They have them get up and get dressed and go down to the dining room to eat. They have juices and peanut butter crackers and little snacks for them in between.

The location of the Bungalows is less than a mile away from our house, it's between my husbands work and where we live. I had parents in a nursing facility pretty close to there who did not qualify for assisted living, but this is my father-in-law who's there. When we started this search, we check...

The location of the Bungalows is less than a mile away from our house, it's between my husbands work and where we live. I had parents in a nursing facility pretty close to there who did not qualify for assisted living, but this is my father-in-law who's there. When we started this search, we checked several different places in town. We were down between a couple places and the staff at The Bungalows was very kind. They were very kind, very helpful, and very informative with the whole process. [name removed], was accessible to me anytime I had questions and I did utilize that. I told [name removed] that my father-in-law is [age removed], but he's been used to taking care of his own business up until recently. He's very hard of hearing, but he wanted to be apart of them talking to him and allowing him to be apart of which room he chose and what he wanted. He really liked the respect of that. They took us to see several different rooms, we were looking at a 1 bedroom studio-type apartment and he chose where he wanted to be and he chose The Bungalows. He's been in Florida for 25 years and as we finally got his stuff back here, set his room up and his pictures on the wall - he hadn't been alone in a long time so it took him a while to adjust to that. We went over there one day and his was in the shower, while we waited in the living room. We started looking around, it looked and felt very homey, it had a very nice feel. It was clean, with my parents being in a nursing home it's a different scenario where you dread walking in to what you may find. Here, it's clean and there are no bad odors. Right off, he started getting involved in some of the activities. The first thing was toss bag baseball. He's traveled to a couple different areas in town to compete. We have a screen printing business so we made some shirts for the team and they very much enjoyed having those. We are in the middle of trying to find more activities. I'm unsure of if he's not watching his calendar, but we asked for one to be emailed to us so we could have it at home and remind him of what's coming up. With the food, he's not had much of a complaint. Overall he loves the lunches as they are the biggest meals of the day. Supper, not so much, but the hotdogs and lotter stuff he's fine with that. He does make sure to speak up when it comes to food and other times he doesn't, as he knows it can't be prefect. When he does speak up they have been very kind at accommodating him. He has a neighbor across the hall that he likes to sits with, they are both veterans so they have a lot to talk about, so he enjoys that. Sadly and joyfully it's been nice that I ended up finding out that one of my good friends from church's mother had just moved in down the hall. I was able to see her a couple times, which was nice because I hadn't seen them in a while. Her mother did pass unexpectedly, but I then found that another friends dad had just moved in last week. Coincidently in the same room as my other friend's mother, so that's been nice. To me, its a little exciting that my father-in-law is here, he has been away from Jonesboro for 25 years. He's missed out on a lot, but it's been exciting and a joy to have him back here with his grandsons and his great grandchildren, so that's been nice. My husband and one of my sons play instruments in the praise band at our church. For the first time, on Monday night, our church went over with instruments and singers and sang that night for the residents. It was very wonderful and heartwarming. I think they've planned to go back. They do have transportation and they do allow pets. We pick up my father-in-law for most of his appointments like his cardiologist because we need to hear what they say. Every 6 weeks he goes to an eye doctor which sometimes can take 2-3 hours. He is now riding the transportation bus for those visits and doing those by himself and that has worked out nicely, except for a time when he forgot his appointment time and got on the bus too early. We gave him a list of medications and phone numbers, so he wont forget, but it may be best for us to call the transportation service ourselves. We are just learning little things to make things better and easier for ourselves and for him. He actually had a 2-3 day stay in the hospital since he's been there, because he was missing his medication and his blood pressure rose. My husband just happened to visit and he was not able to understand his speech, so he took him to the emergency room. My husband was in contact with the nurse [name removed] before he went. This happened on a Sunday night, so she normally wouldn't have been there and although she was, I'm sure she was on her way out. She gladly came down to take his blood pressure and to take a look at her, and gave him some blood pressure medicine. Because we can't afford the extra care services, we've had to be more hands on with his medication. We were going to keep an eye on him, but we decided it was best to go back and get him and take him to the emergency room. I'm sure that I received some follow up calls from someone during that time, and I do think [name removed] the nurse was communicating with my husband and [name removed] was communicating with me. So, they did know when it was time for him to come back. Now, that Sunday night I'm unsure if anyone knew that he ended up going to the emergency room, but I could be wrong. He was having a little trouble getting used to the fact that most of the people may not be quite as alert. He's so used to being so independent at home, to now having people wake him up in the morning and take him down to breakfast, so he's working on that. We've explained to him that they'll be in and out to change the trash, or do his laundry, but they do knock before entering. It is funny listening to my father-in-law try to learn the names of the staff who come in and out of his room. The young man from APFM who helped me in the beginning: I would rate him very high. He was very nice and very kind.

I visited every assisted living facility in our city and from the moment of our tour, until this day the entire staff have been amazing to me and my mother. With all the activities, food and just the right assistance. She is truly living her best life. She has made new friends and the staff have bec...

I visited every assisted living facility in our city and from the moment of our tour, until this day the entire staff have been amazing to me and my mother. With all the activities, food and just the right assistance. She is truly living her best life. She has made new friends and the staff have become her second family.

The staff was very friendly and helpful, it was very clean, the rooms were neat and the beauty shop was very nice and clean. I was very impressed!

Well maintained community with awesome staff and friendly residents. This is a community that I would love to place a family member in.

I love living here, have made lots of friends & a lot of friendly employees that are nice & friendly and very helpful. And the place is very peaceful. And we have a lot of fun.