Buckner Westminster Place

If you have been rejected by Buckner and told that you need to place your loved one in a nursing home instead of enrolling them for rehab at the Buckner Longview facility, don’t accept that judgement without contacting every other place in Longview to see if they are willing to invest in your loved one’s recovery journey. Am so glad we did not believe the nurse’s negative view who was in charge of patient acceptance in the end of 2024. Hopefully that person no longer works with the organization. Buckner was my first choice for a loved one who had been in hospital rehab for a month after a severe stroke. (The patient has excellent insurance and traditional Medicare, so think money wasn’t the issue on acceptance). The facility is lovely and people seem to enjoy working there. They delayed their response if the patient was accepted until the day before his hospital discharge, which put me in a bind trying to find somewhere to put him. And then the marketing person sent me a text finally, saying they felt it was better for him to go to a nursing home. Anyone who sees him now, a year and a half after the stroke, is amazed that he was seen as nursing home material. His drive to get better has never wavered, and PT and OT were lifesavers for him. Am sharing this review not to harm Buckner- instead, I wish them well- but to tell others not to give up if their loved one has been turned down yet has the will to get better.