We opened on March 1, 1908 with two residents and celebrated our 110th anniversary in 2018. Our compassionate, personalized approach has helped establish our long-standing reputation for total excellence in long-term care.
The King’s Daughters and Sons Home is a 108 bed, not-for-profit skilled nursing facility located in the heart of Bartlett, TN. We offer a full continuum of care, including long-term skilled nursing, hospice services, and exceptional short-term rehabilitation.
My mother was sent herr for rehab after a fall.when she got here she was able to speak feed herself go to the bathroom etc. Five weeks later and she is fighting for her life at baptist she is basically catatonic… my mother was out of it over the weekend i asked them what was going on all i was told was she is just tired. Her eyes were crusted together i spoke with the nurse on duty she said i will give the order to the dr. Monday went the dr came in he had no idea about the order. I started to go home and i turned around and demanded they transfer her to the hospital. Come to find out she has covid 85 yrs old and now has a brain infection from the covid.I went and cleaned out her room and director came to talk to me and actually had the nerve to say no one at her facility has covid!! And she said although they noticed a decline they didnt feel it was anything to worry about. My mother is currently at the hopital fighting for her life. This facility be careful they talk a great game .. I would not reccomend this facility to anyone at all unless you are prepared to bury your loved one!! As my mother lays here dying no compassion the only thing they are worried about is covering there own ass.Do Not bring your loved one here to this facility! The director had such a nasty attitude with me she kept saying we are not short staffed and no one here has covid!!! This place does not care about your loved ones and they will let them suffer unless yoi make the move and have them removed!!
I will NOT recommend this place — I believe my husband was admitted on or around April this year…it has been a while but I feel I need to share our experience. Baptist Hospital suggested my husband be transferred to a facility for physical therapy. We chose The King’s Daughters & Sons on Appling because of their location close to home. The check-in process was efficient, I stayed with my husband from 6am to 11pm every day and worked from his room. The staff at night (the 11pm shift) was loud and you could hear their conversations and laughter echoing in the hallways. This was disruptive to the patients trying to sleep – I politely asked them to lower their voices. The resident directly across from my husband’s room was hard of hearing and her TV was so loud that even with the door closed we could hear the program she was watching – this was awful. Again, I asked the staff to ask the resident to lower the volume of her tv and/or close her door. The volume was turned down. What I was not aware of is that when you are admitted to such facility your doctors have “no saying” and the patient has to follow what the facility’s doctor recommends. This just did not work for me as my husband had several health issues and is sensitive to certain medications, especially antibiotics and I closely monitor everything he takes. This is where I clashed with the Head Nurse — she had an attitude and did not like me monitoring the administration of medication. The argument was such that I was told “if you don’t like it, you will have to leave”. I called the following morning to check-out and removed my husband from the facility. My husband stayed there 3 days (too long). The other employees had also attitudes, very few of them were genuine and caring. Never again!
In my must humble opinion, The Kings Daughters and Sons is the reason my husband suddenly passed away on 5/3/2023. He was admitted to this facility for physical therapy due to a neurological disorder. Was admitted in January and things started off fairly well. After a few months, a male CNA assigned to him started to physically and verbally mistreat him. This guy was reported to administration and was let go (they say for other reasons).
Shortly there after staff decreased as did patient care. My husband was neglected in ways such as shorter shower days, inadequate nursing attention to meds, lack of observation to conditions that required attention from doctor and finally they failed to notify me that my husband was seriously ill and required hospitalization. Two days later he was dead. Upon arrival to the ER prior to his passing it was discovered by the E. R. nurses and myself that bandages that had covered biopsy locations on his body placed a week prior due to an outside appointment AND instructed to be removed the next day, were still attached to his skin and had turned unsightly and foul smelling green. This means that my husband was not given a shower in a weeks time. Let it be known that I myself had fallen ill and was unable to make my daily visits. We spoke on the phone each day until 5/1/2023 when I was unable to reach him. It was only when I called the nurse that in an “oh by the way “ manner did she tell me that an paramedic had been called earlier to take him to the hospital for OBSERVATION. Needless to say I was outraged and rushed to the facility (still sick) and the paramedics had just arrived after hours of waiting. There was an outbreak of COVID that made the living conditions at KDS even worse. Had my husband been given the proper care and the staff doctor notified in a timely fashion he would not have died such a horrific death. I could go on with other deficiencies at this facility but it would take up too much space. The state of TN has been advised as well as other agencies. To that end, if you have a loved one who needs skilled nursing or long term care, DO NOT even consider this place. The Kings Daughters and Sons reputation is not what it use to be. The name should be changed to We Get Paid To Do The Least.