Wood Glen Hall

The average age is 88 years old. They love our 1/4 mile walking path that surrounds the facility. We have wonderful gardens and trees and a fantastic mountain view. We have three beautiful courtyards and a patio where they can relax and look at our expansive lawn and mountain view. They also love having lots of common rooms where they can get together and chit chat. We have two game rooms, a library, a room that has comfortable chairs and a fireplace so residents can get together and watch something on television or just read a book or talk with a friend.

We start every day of the week with a coffee social in our game room. The residents gather and have coffee and treats and plan the course of their day. They then enjoy an exercise class such as chair yoga, chair tai chi and joyous movement. We also have a Physical Therapist that does a balance class each month in our library. He also comes to Wood Glen when someone needs a little tune up. We have a Resident Council meeting monthly. We have lots of live entertainment and great films. We have a painting class and we have therapy animals come in. We have something going on from 10:00 until 7:30 seven days a week.

We have a couple of residents who can walk to CVS. Our driver drives the residents to CVS every week so they can get the items they need.

We have transportation on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 4:00. He drives the residents to their doctor's appointments or to the bank etc...

The last cook was here for 50 years and our present cook has been here for 15 years. We spend a lot of money on getting very good quality food. We have a fresh fruit salad or a fresh green salad everyday. We have a large variety of homemade cookies and homemade desserts, including cream puffs, eclairs, carrot cakes, almond squares, strawberry mousse, banana cream pie, chocolate cream pie, coconut cream pie and more. We do pork tenderloin with baked apples and red cabbage, chicken caccitore, roast beef and mashed potatoes with gravy and green peas, we do a a traditional lasagna with fresh zucchini, Shrimp Alfredo with fresh broccoli, flank steak with roasted potatoes and green beans, honey rosemary chicken with orzo and mixed veggies. We post our menus and if anyone does not want to have what we are serving at that meal they can us our option menu.

We have a pendant with a GPS tracker in it so that if someone pushes it the Certified Nurses Aide will receive that on their pager and know exactly where that person is. We have a full time RN on duty from Monday through Friday and she is accessible on the weekend should someone need her. Our exit doors are alarmed. We are in a beautiful residential area called Mission Canyon. We don't have much turnover in staff and I hear all the time how wonderful and caring the staff is.

The nurse will call a resident's family if there is something she needs to tell them. Our activity director sends out emails to keep the families informed as well.

We have two people in the morning that help with showering and dressing and passing medications. We have one person in the evening that helps a few of our residents get ready for bed and dispenses their evening medications to them. We have one person at night that will respond if a resident pushes their pendant or pull cord by the bed and in the bathroom. Our residents are pretty independent but if things were to change we would change with that and put on another person.

We do accept a dog or cat that is no more than 15 pounds. The animal has to be friendly to be here because we don't want our staff to be bitten or scratched. We would have an outdoor area for them.

They start with 40 hours minimal for initial training then it goes to 30 hours each year. They shadow for about two weeks before they are ready to do the job.

We do not take anyone in with a dementia diagnosis.