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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:03 PM
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Does anyone know if the United Methodist Church
or other Protestant church group still runs assisted living/nursing home/retirement facilities? They used to be throughout the south in the 60s and 70s but I've not been much involved with the Methodists or any other denomination and I don't know if there are any such groups/facilities anymore.

Anyone have any suggestions where/how I might investigate?
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:04 PM
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1. Yes. Here's one in Elyria, OH, near where I used to live:
http://www.villageliving.com/
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:15 PM
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4. OK, I'll check their link. I'm looking for Boise, Idaho or
second/third best would be San Diego area or western North Carolina.

Thank you for the link.
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:08 PM
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2. United Methodists have homes throughout the country.
Where are you?

If you Alta Vista "united methodist assisted living" many places pop up.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:13 PM
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3. thanks - I 'll do that.
Mom's in Idaho, she's Methodist, and I don't think her current assisted living facility will work for the long term.
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 01:02 AM
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19. I'll ask Saint Michael to send angels to you and her.
They will help.
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aquaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:34 PM
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5. I worked at one in SC for a year as a social worker....
Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 11:37 PM by aquaman
Beautiful place, marble floors in the lobby, chandeliers, etc. Run by the Methodist Church. However, I witnessed bad things happening, verbal, physical abuse of residents, I reported the home to social services and other state agencies that could do anything. That year really opened my eyes to the horrible things that happen in SOME, not all, nursing homes. By the way, this nursing home, was considered to be the "Cadillac" of nursing homes in this community. I left because I was ethically challenged on a daily basis.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:13 AM
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6. was it church affiliated, or privately held?
My mom's in a great one now, but she's out of assets, the facility costs keep rising and my sisters and I just might not be able to afford to keep her there forever -- she's got early Alzheimer's and is going to need some heavy-duty care in the coming years.

I know there are nursing home horror stories... definitely want to avoid those places.
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aquaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:23 AM
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9. It was 100% church affiliated...........
Even had the word "methodist" in the name of the institution at one time.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:29 AM
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11. that totally sucks...
what kind of warped person harms the elderly (or children, or animals...)?

OK, I'm a laywer - non practicing, but I had 6 years' practice of being a major-league big-city lawyer asshole so I guess I can eyeball these places and let them know I don't shy away from ripping someone's balls off if they hurt my mother.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:20 AM
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7. There's a really good home in Asheville NC
Givens Estates

www.givensestates.org

very, very nice
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:23 AM
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10. yeowza! I'm going to have to check this one out in-depth...
I live about an hour away, could be great. I have sisters in Idaho and California, we just want the best place near one of us...

Thank you!
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:31 AM
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12. I was born and raised just outside of Asheville and I'm United Methodist
our church's congregation was mostly made up of retired UMC ministers and bishops. LOTS of them lived at Givens (our UMYF group always went Christmas caroling there every year).

I also went to Brevard College and when I'd go to the Brevard Music Center for concerts...always a big bus from Givens there.

They have both condo-type facilities and assisted living facilities. Really ritzy. My mom has always said she wants to end up there if she had the $$$.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:49 AM
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17. Givens is probably too rich for my blood...
unless they take a few public aid patients -- my mom's been ill for many years and has no assets left so I need someplace that will take medicaid/medicare as payment in full, or as 3/4 payment. My sisters and I help, but we just can't continue to do it to the extent we have and stay solvent.

I was hoping (still hope) that there are some nonprofit church affiliated facilities we could get on a waiting list for, that wouldn't gouge us.
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aquaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:38 AM
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13. where do you live in NC???
I love NC.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:43 AM
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14. Winston-Salem
Home of Krispy-Kreme and Camel cigarettes...:puke:
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aquaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:46 AM
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16. My wife and I live in SC but....
go to NC as much as possible. We go to the Lake Lure area as much as is financially possible.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 01:04 AM
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20. whereabouts? My husband is from Columbia
we love going to Charleston. A good friend of ours is in Greenville...

Lake Lure's gorgeous.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:45 AM
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15. right now we're in about
an hour and 15 minutes southwest of A'ville near the Georgia border, but we'll be moving up toward Asheville in the next several months...this area is lovely but small and very very fundie.

Moved here recently from Virginia and love the area, but I'd like to get to an area a little more liberal if possible!
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:51 AM
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18. You'll love Asheville. It has changed SO much since I was a kid.
The city is really coming out of the dark ages. There's still a lot of fundie-influenced folks around but downtown is awesome! We're going there Sunday for a peace rally. Driving all the way from Winston cause there's nothing going on here in town or in Greensboro. Go figure.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 01:05 AM
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21. where will the rally be?
We often drive into A'ville if we need access to a computer store or things we can't find here...
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 01:15 AM
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22. rally will be at City County Plaza in downtown
at College Street from 2-4pm with a walk afterwards

www.wncpeacecoalition.org

Should be great. I wish there was something going on here.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:22 AM
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8. Kingswood Manor KC MO
Pretty nice place.
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