Brown Memorial Home stands as an assisted living and skilled nursing facility with a long history of helping seniors, sitting in a historic Victorian property with a comfortable, home-like feel. The facility offers 44 certified beds and provides several care options including assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia, as well as respite and hospice care for temporary or end-of-life support. Residents benefit from personal care and assistance with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, grooming, and medication management. The dedicated staff, led by a Director of Nursing and a management team overseen by Nathan Carder since December 2019, offer 4.46 nurse hours per resident each day, focusing on safety and personal attention.
Special programs, such as the Senior Olympics and cognitive activities for those with memory issues, help promote engagement and socialization. Residents can join onsite and offsite activities, use spacious indoor and outdoor lounges, and enjoy a full activities calendar that includes BBQs, Bible study, volunteering, and gardening. There's access to devotional services thanks to a staff chaplain, onsite beautician services, and a gourmet dining hall, along with housekeeping, laundry, wheelchair-accessible showers, cable TV, and easy transportation to medical visits and community events by buslines. Private rooms and bathrooms are offered, with plenty of opportunities for both relaxation and making friendships, supported by a safe, open layout and resident parking.
Brown Memorial Home is a faith-based, nonprofit organization funded by several local churches, and it centers on creating a warm community where staff and residents get to know each other well. Individual care plans, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialized memory care services create a structure aimed at keeping everyone feeling engaged, healthy, and valued. The facility has experienced a number of deficiencies, with 27 noted in inspection reports, including concerns about resident rights, food safety, and infection control, and these evaluations help ensure that federal standards guide improvements.
While the focus stays on dignity, comfort, and dependable health support, the home openly faces its challenges and always works to adapt and respond through ongoing training, quality staffing, and close collaboration with families. Over a century of experience shapes its daily efforts, and the commitment to treating residents like people-supporting their needs in mind, body, and spirit-is clear in both service and philosophy.
