Carrie Elligson Gietner Home

This facility provides excellent care. The environment is home-like and warm. The administrator is very attentive and the staff is kind to residents.

I have worked here as a nurse for over a year, and I decided early on that this was where I'd retire from.
This environment is very intimate and caring. At the onset of covid-19 Gietner Home was one of, if not the first LTCF to restrict public access. Resulting in NO Resident or Staff loss of life due to Carona Virus to date.
A warm family feel. Owner Is on-site everyday and is very involved in day to day operations.
An excellent choice for employment.
An excellent choice for placement.

The owner of the home. Takes very good care of the staff. She bends over backwards to make sure the staff is protective. She supply everything needed doing COVID-19 and more. She made sure when the vaccine was available that every staff, resident and family member had access to get vaccinated at no cost to them.

My brother has been at the Carrie Elligson/Gietner home for 10 years. I am a RN and former nursing home administrator. My brother has had some serious medical issues this summer resulting in a decline in his abilities; mentally and physically. Over the last two months the nursing staff and therapy staff has nursed him back to a near normal state of health! The staff is amazing! Over the last ten years issues have arisen at times, but I have found that both the nurses and Kathy, the Administrator, have always listened to me and addressed the issues.

Additionally my brother is young and suffers from severe mental health issues. Through the years he has had times where he has yelled out due to his anxiety. I know this behavior is difficult to deal with. Thankfully Kathy and the nursing staff are dedicated to keeping him there and compassionately have helped him through these difficult moments. Other nursing homes would have easily given me 30 days to move him.

I know it is hard to pick a nursing home for your loved one. There is no perfect place, even if you can afford a high end home. Beautiful and wonderful things happen in nursing homes every day. Do not let the negative nursing home image cloud your judgment. Also keep in mind a beautiful place does not equal great care. A marginal looking home does not equal bad care. A highly involved Nursing Home Administrator, Director on Nurses along with a caring staff-nursing, dietary, housekeeping and maintenance is what makes any nursing home a good place to be. I have found all these components exist at the Gietner Home. My brother considers them his family, and we would both be lost without them.