Let's start with a real plus - the meals served at Kindred are excellent. Each meal have many options that you can choose from: Breakfast serves many types of juices, dry and hot cereal with different % of milk, they serve different omelets and scrambled eggs, also have different options for toast. Lunch and dinner are pretty similar, you have the option to order between two main entrees with meat, vegetable, and starch as well as getting dessert.. However if you do not like options you can always request from the grill where you can order hamburgers, grilled cheese, hot dogs or tuna cold plates and fruit and cottage cheese plates with fresh seasonal fruit, and let's not forget the PB&Js!! The nursing staff is exceptional - all of them are just wonderful! I put in good words for a few staff members that impressed me with their knowledge regarding my care. All were knowledgable and kind, truly a good well run business. You are able to receive assistance with a bath - they can help you into the shower or provide a bed bath, or you can clean up at the bedside sink. All necessary items needed such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotions, shampoos, socks and gowns are provided.. You are able to leave your room and walk throughout the building, if you can, to go outside and get fresh air. I was even crowned Queen of Bay Area Mardi Gras - where we got to parade through the hospital and pass out beads to patients and staff members which was so much fun! I have a white board In my room that is updated daily with nursing information, supervisors extension, rehab team, and case manager contact information. Your doctor will usually visit once a day, but be ready for them because they visit anywhere from 8am to dinner time - I always keep a pad of paper and pen nearby so I can write down important information from doctor's instructions or if I have questions I need to ask. Kindred Hospital is a well kept facility with great staff - I would highly recommend this hospital!
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