What You Should Know About Mercy House New Braunfels
At Mercy House, we believe the burden of long-term care should not just fall on you or your family. Thats why were here working alongside you, as an extension of your family, to provide the loving care your loved one deserves.
Our small, family-owned facility and family-oriented model of care, will ensure your loved one feels right at home. Our Assisted Living & Memory Care home is designed based on leading research. It is designed, built and decorated to look like you're walking into someone's home, because you are! We do not have an "institutional-type" feel to us. We more or less, have a feel of any middle-class, American household. We do not have apartments with private bathrooms, as we were part of a study about 10 years ago that found that 80% of the falls happening in AL/MC homes, were happening in the private bathrooms. So instead, we have a wall of bathrooms; so that we continually have Staff available and on hand at all times, to assist our Residents. In addition, we have semi-private rooms & private rooms available in our New Braunfels location AND yes, we do accept couples who would like to continue to live out their days with us.
We are not fancy, but we are very homey. If you want the newest, fanciest of places, with chandeliers in the dining room, then we aren't for you. But if you want your loved one to be cared for, laughed with & loved on, in BIG and small ways, in a nice, clean, comfortable & safe environment, then we are the place you want him/her to be! We are a secured home, inside and out. One must have a code to even have access to come/go in our place; our courtyard (on the back side of each of our homes) is surrounded by an eight-foot, privacy fence that is also secured with a code. This helps keep all of our Mercy House family safe.
Furthermore, we truly honor the value of the aging process here. Our residents age in place and we get the privilege of caring for each one, until God calls him/her Home. Though it hurts when we lose a part of our MH Family, we truly count it a success as well. Because it's especially wonderful for memory care patients to be able to stay in one place throughout their care. They will thankfully not have additional changes that can cause them to have issues with more hallucinations and delusional thoughts, so we count it a real WIN when there is no interruption in his/her care.
Our Staff has two main goals.... First, to give the VERY BEST care possible and second, to make our Residents HAPPY! Life might not look like it used to look for Mom or Dad, but that doesn't mean that there isn't still so much JOY to be had and that's what we are about at Mercy House!
We staff our communities based on the number of residents and their needs, not based on minimum state requirements. This means at most times, our community has a higher staff-to-resident ratio than you will find elsewhere.
We offer: medication management; at least, 3-homestyle meals, plus snacks each day; dignity in personal care; quality, pro-active medical care; a positive, nurturing environment, laundry and linen services, housekeeping services, a variety of entertaining and social activities on the daily; assistance with ADL's, on-site barber/beauty salon services each week; professional and trained clinical staff available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week; pet-friendly atmosphere; a professional care team, who customizes a detailed plan to meet medical, physical and social needs of each resident.
We created Mercy House out of our own family's quest for a better long-term care solution. In everything we do, it is designed to meet your loved ones needs. We hire our staff based on emotional intelligence, as well as intellectual intelligence, meaning our colleagues are not only highly trained, but most importantly, they have HUGE hearts, are compassionate people, who are dedicated to working with our seniors. They feel like they are fulfilling a "calling" not just a job. In fact, most of us who work here, also have loved ones that are in Assisted Living/Memory Care. We honestly believe this is another remarkable thing that sets us apart, from other places out there. Sympathy in caring for others is wonderful, but empathy helps us step into the shoes of your family & care for your loved one like she/he's our very own parent.
What Mercy House New Braunfels Offers
- Communal Dining
- Pets
- Special Diets/Dietary Accommodations
State Licenses: Facility ID: 030347 - License No.: 311166
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What Residents Are Saying
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I love the staff, and I like that it was kind of a home. There's a nice grassy courtyard out at the back. I would rate them highly because of…
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FAQ About Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care
Currently, our staff-to-resident ratio is 1 to 4.
We are a "Secured" home both inside and outside. Our Courtyard is surrounded by an 8-foot Privacy Fence and is also secured. All those who visit must have a code to enter or exit. This keeps ALL of our "wandering" Residents safe from harm.
Our activities are customized to the interests of our current Residents. We offer a variety of activities geared to meet our Residents' emotional, physical, social and sprititual needs. Activities ranging from Music Therapy, Dominoes, Bible Study, Gardening, Cooking with a group, Group Baking Projects, Flower Arranging, Dominoes, Checkers, Chair Exercise, Chair Yoga, Bingo, Home Decor, Bowling, Corn Hole, Parachute-Play, Arts & Crafts, Dance Parties, Puzzles, Mathematic Skills, Reading-Time. Plus we have Partnerships with many organizations that also offer different monthly activities such as: Puppet Shows, Musical showcases, Choral Groups and Sing-Alongs and so much more! We have weekly "Pretty Nails" and our Hair Stylist/Barber visits us once-a-month.
We have a full time Engagement Specialist that is always coming up with ways to engage with the residents and keep them socializing and active! We try to focus on movement and more of a sensory type of program!
Our Staff attends monthly workshops and training exercises.
Depends on census and level of care but our normal ratio is 1:6
We eat our meals together like families do. This allows us to see what everyone is eating and/or not eating. It helps us to see if we need to help feed our residents and if we need to make different Dietary arrangements for them; such as including supplements,etc.
We are a "Secured" home both inside and outside. Our Courtyard is surrounded by an 8foot Privacy Fence and is also secured. All those who visit must have a code to enter or exit. This keeps our entire Mercy House Family safe.
We are a "dog-friendly" environment.
We provide monthly staff trainings on specific ways to care for residents in different scenarios and DAILY our Staff is inventing new and innovative ways of caring for our MH Family that is battling Dementia and Alzheimer's.
Breakfast is made-to-order and Lunch & Dinner are catered by "Avery's Kitchen", a local establishment.