Bryan Manor in Centralia, Illinois, is a not-for-profit care home that's been offering specialized residential services since 1977 for adults with developmental disabilities, especially those with significant physical and health care needs, and sometimes you'll find that about 90% of the residents have severe or profound intellectual disabilities, so the staff there, which includes Direct Support Personnel, RNs, and LPNs, are really focused on helping each person reach their highest level of functioning through active treatment, daily support, and lots of personal care options, and you'll notice the facility offers a range of care types like assisted living, memory care for Alzheimer's, and skilled nursing, all in a safe campus with secured units, private rooms with private bathrooms and air-conditioning, and the comforts of a home-like environment, which they've worked hard to keep smoke-free and tobacco-free for everyone's safety and wellness, and they have specialized spaces and designated care areas for different needs, some of them with names unique to their programs, and while the residents get personalized attention, they also get services like speech therapy, respiratory therapy, and more basic support like bathing, dressing, medication management, and help with transfers, plus the staff has a 24-hour call system and provides around-the-clock supervision.
When you walk around you'll see a dining room, a small library, a fitness room, community common areas, an outdoor garden, and a wellness center, and there's a computer center, beauty salon, a gaming room, and regular wellness and activity programs, and they make sure there are consoles, social media access, and ways for residents to keep up digital communication, and often residents join planned activities-some run by the residents themselves-day trips, games, and scheduled community or wellness events, and to help people get where they need to go there's community-operated transportation and arrangement for outside services.
All rooms are fully furnished, and cleaning and linen services are provided, so daily living's made easier, and meals and personal care are always included, and when someone needs temporary admission there are accommodations while eligibility is checked by the local Case Coordination Agency, with the admission process using a screening done by that agency.
Bryan Manor also follows strict safety protocols for visitors-masking, handwashing, health screening at the door, physical distancing, and sometimes requiring PPE during outbreaks like COVID-19, but the visitation policy's pretty open, letting residents have visitors at any time, even for compassionate care reasons, and visits can be inside, outside, or in private rooms; still, if someone has COVID-like symptoms or tests positive, visits can't go ahead.
The staff takes pride in making sure residents have the chance to make choices and keep as much control over daily life as possible, focusing on independence wherever they can, and you'll see that the care team's made up of both experienced and new staff who are trained for the job, with a policy of employing folks equally regardless of background and offering generous benefits to full-time staff, and if anyone's interested in working there, applications are taken in person with training available.
All in all, Bryan Manor's a larger facility with 100 beds, licensed as an ICF/IID provider, aiming to be a safe, comfortable, and supportive home for adults with developmental disabilities or complex care needs, where both long-term and short-term recovery stays are possible, and where specialized therapies and supportive amenities are matched to what each person needs, making sure everyone gets the right balance of help, encouragement, and independence every day.
