Sayre Christian Village

I am writing this to communicate some of mine and my families’ experiences with Sayre Christian Village, why we choose Sayre and in general some of our experiences elsewhere for reference. Unfortunately, Sayre was not our first choice, 6 or so years ago when it was decided that mom (at the time was 81 years young and living alone in a 2-story home) needed to move into an assisted “facility”. At that time, we chose a facility that was in the neighborhood where we had lived for the past 50 years. It was a nice facility, safe and secure. Mom stayed there for 2 +/- years, however during that time her apartment was infested with bed bugs twice, the health department put that facilities restaurant on probation for a mid-80’s health code rating and there was a constant changeover of staff in management and food services. This was obviously a “for profit” facility and a mistake on our part. On 1/24/2024 we moved mom into Sayre Christian Village / Friendship Towers. We made this move not only to get away from our first choice, but also mom had several friends that were already living at Sayre and who spoke very highly of the facility and staff. The greatest positive impact on my mother has been the staff. When we are walking through the building either coming or going every staff member we meet will greet us with eye contact, a smile, a joyful “Good Morning” and they most often call my mother by name. Every staff member that I’ve met has their head up, a big smile on their face and a cheerful greeting to share. Things that give us peace of mind about mom living at Sayre is that the facility is safe and clean but most of all we positively know that she is respected and truly cared for by staff. A simple example of this exceptionable care is – We often as a family will go out to dinner and come back to Sayre after the automatic front doors have been turned off. Once we came through the first door and before we could enter the pass code to open the second door a staff

Some very compassionate, hardworking people are here. My sister-in-law, Wanda, was here for the last three months of her life. They try very hard to make their residents comfortable and happy. Thank you for your kindness. If I could give you 50 stars, I would. I’m in my late 60s, I’ve seen a lot of care homes, this one is the best. One day, when I arrived, one of the ladies was down on her knees giving Wanda sips of water. It took her 15 minutes to get her to drink half a glass of water. That’s Amazing dedication. Very caring people.

The activities team at Sayre is phenomenal, they offer an extremely wide variety of activities beyond just bingo or crafts. They have musicians come often, they have guest speakers like George Ella Lyon, Ouita Michel, and Michael Johnathan. They have an array of bible studies and spiritual activities to help the residents grow in spirit where they live, and their community outreach events like their fall festival and live nativity are a blast each year!