Asbury Place Kingsport

This is submitted by Wendell skinner husband of Joyce Watson: How often have you heard”Better Than I deserve”, to “How are you?”? I would certainly make that response because of the multiple blessings I have had and continue to have in life as an 89 year old. It would be impossible to ever name all my blessings, but a few would be: a wonderful career as a Navy surgeon; A second career as a civilian surgeon in Kingsport; and moving to Asbury Community for independent senior living. I know you will be surprised to learn that some advanced seniors can be quite stubborn. An example: I had realized that my wife of56 years was having advanced health challenges. We. Looked at Asbury and actually put money down on a villa. Stubbornness prevailed and I backed out saying I was not ready. Fortunately several months later I came to my senses, realized how rapidly life could change for an 81 year old. W e moved to Asbury, found good friendships and activities. It was a great move. Unfortunately after about 15 months my wife died. I received great support from the staff, administration at Asbury, friends, and my church. I realized that being at Asbury had made caring for my wife much easier than if I had remained in my house. The blessings did not cease and being at Asbury led to another profound blessing. A neighbor and I got to be good friends over the ping pong table. My wife died. Her husband moved into a nursing home on campus and later died. My friendship with Joyce turned to love and we married (At the height of the Covid crisis). We have continued to be thrilled with our home and association with Asbury as a couple for over six years. Making the decision to leave a house I’d difficult but the blessings of moving into Asbury for independent senior living has been great for me and I suspect it would be for you also.

I happen to be there the other day for one of their new Food Truck Friday events. Later on they had a random fire drill. It was great to see the whole staff work together to get the residents to safety while calming telling them what was going on. It was actually really great to see this in action because this is foyer probably wouldn’t think of when choosing a safe home for Mom and Dad. Just another reason to look into one of their locations if you are in the market. The facility and staff here are amazing. Highly recommend them for your family needs.

Very comfortable and inviting atmosphere... with excellent nursing care. My mother stayed at this facility while on hospice. We were able to bring in furniture and hang her things on the walls to make her feel at home. The nursing staff was patient and kind while dealing with different personalities within our immediate family and that alone was very appreciated. The NP/DON was often there late in the day and was never too busy to talk to family. They all worked well with the Amedisys Hospice team to help provide comfort to my mom during her final days. Thank you to everyone! Please disregard the review from [name removed] I am the youngest daughter of [name removed] and a registered nurse in a skilled facility. I'm very aware of what a bad environment and bad nursing care looks like and this was never evident during my mother's stay.

First of all, Mom wants to die at her house, but the other siblings want us to put her here, so we did. It was fine, until they didn't want to listen to the POA request, the ones that really care and visit her everyday, even at her house before she got sick. Nurses and others are gossipers here and taking sides. Specially the RN [name removed]/ [name removed]/ [name removed], she's the LIAR, GOSSIPER, MANIPULATOR, FAKE of this facility, she told Moms sitter not to call my husband (POA) when mom had seizures. The only people that you can trust is the cook, [name removed] is so nice and caring, she cut moms food and very gentle to people and the black american CNAs (they're the nicest people that u can ask here). KC and that little nurse were caring too. I didnt like how they handle the family of the patient, they're taking sides. They didn't even know who's the good and bad guys in real life, they didnt know the real stories, they shouldn't take sides, and just be in the middle or be with the patient's side. Going to this faci

Beautiful place that looks more like a home than a facility. Only 22 rooms. Nurses are fantastic, skilled and caring. Less favorable things are monotonous food (eggs and bacon every morning and potatoes at every lunch and dinner meal) and housekeeping The worst facet is Corp mgmt. Never received a printed bill, contracts were incomplete and no contact from upper mgmt (Asbury Communites) on written complaints.