Hi Sally and Everyone,

I'm here in hot (90's), humid (70%+), occasionally rainy but VERY green, Georgia. It's so hot my dogs don't even want to go outside. Every outside plant is growing like it's on steroids.

Nursing Homes (Scratch that. Now they call them Skilled Nursing Facilities)

Yesterday my husband and I had two appointments to visit possible nursing homes for me. We started with a small, 6-patient, private home-turned-personal-care-home owned and run by a mother and her married daughter. The owners were great. The ranch home was older - probably 1960's - sort of like "The Ranch That Time Forgot", but it was neat and clean.

The second one was a larger, circa 1970's, 120-140 bed, actual Skilled Care Facility. The place was bustling with people moving everywhere. Patients, doing what I describe as "spider-walking" down the halls while seated in their wheelchairs, janitors (Sanitation Engineers?) busy cleaning, sweeping, mopping. LPNs, CNAs, Activities Personnel, all busy, busy, busy doing their "thing" with, to, or around the spider-walkers.

We will be visiting several other places over the next few weeks, too. I'm making myself a diary of sorts to jot down their state rating, their rates, my first impression of each one, its plusses and minuses. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

I would gladly ask anyone who is interested, to follow me along on this journey. And share your personal experiences, if any.