Senior Living in Floydada, TX

A brick home with a view of open country

Behind our house on South Ralls Highway, the backyard looks out over an open field with a few trees and a whole lot of sky. BeeHive Homes of Floydada offers senior living in a brick, single-story home with a covered entry and a circle drive. It suits someone from Floyd County who has spent a lifetime working hard and would like a little help without leaving home ground.

Folks on the South Plains are used to handling things themselves. Asking for help with meals or a morning shower can feel like admitting defeat. It is really just trading a few chores for more time with the people and pastimes your parent enjoys.

Call (806) 452-5883 to schedule a tour.

Part of every stay

Each resident at our Floydada home has these four things:

• Private bedroom and bath. Every resident gets a bedroom plus a bathroom that nobody else uses. Couples can ask about the larger rooms.
• Home-cooked meals. Our kitchen turns out food each day, served family style at one long table.
• Chores handled. Staff clean the rooms and take care of the laundry.
• Caregivers round the clock. Our team covers every shift, including overnight.

Utilities, phone, cable, internet, and bedding are included, and residents carry a call pendant. Measure the cedar chest or well-worn recliner your parent would miss most, and we will help find the right spot for it.

A salon, a sitting room, and a patio facing the fields

This home has plenty of room to gather. The living room has blue sofas grouped for conversation. A separate sitting room, with a red sofa and built-in cabinets, is the spot for games or a quieter visit.

There is also a large salon for residents. For someone who kept a Saturday hair appointment in town for forty years, that can be a welcome bit of routine. Ask how it is used.

Out back, the patio looks over open land toward a line of trees. On an evening without much wind, watching the light change over the fields is its own kind of entertainment. A parent who spent decades reading the sky for rain may enjoy that view more than any television.

Spring on the Caprock can bring dust and wind, and summer afternoons can run hot. On those days, the sitting room is a comfortable place to wait it out with a card game or a visit.

People who know the same back roads

Somebody at the table remembers the hailstorm that flattened a whole cotton crop. Somebody else remembers the Whirlwinds team that went further than anyone expected. A former grade school teacher may even find a one-time student living down the hall. Family visits matter and caregivers help every day, but friendships like these grow out of a shared past, and only someone from the same era can offer that.

For a look at the usual week, open our senior activities page. Call and ask about this month's plans.

Harvest-season appetites

Which dishes have always been on the table at your parent's house? Maybe it is chicken-fried steak, pinto beans and cornbread, fried okra, or pumpkin pie once the fall harvest is in. We also want to know about any foods the doctor has ruled out. If your parent always has iced tea with dinner or coffee with dessert, tell us that, too.

Mornings matter as well. If your parent has been up at five for fifty years, or has waited a lifetime to sleep in, let us know.

Help that keeps the day moving

Bathing, dressing, and other personal care are covered on our Floydada daily living page. To see how support fits together in this home, read our assisted living page.

Families caring for a parent at home can use respite care when they need a break during planting or harvest, a family trip, or a few days to recover. Your parent stays with us for a short time and gets to know the house along the way.

Many residents still like having a job to do. Folding towels, watering a plant, or setting the table can keep a sense of purpose, so ask how residents can pitch in.

Pumpkins, cotton, and the Caprock

Floydada was founded in 1890 under the name Floyd City. The town sits on the High Plains near the edge of the Caprock, and cotton and wheat have long shaped the local calendar.

The city calls itself the Pumpkin Capital of the USA, and every October, Punkin Days celebrates the harvest.

If your mother drove a cotton stripper, your father judged pumpkins, or the whole family went to every Whirlwinds home game, tell us. Those memories give caregivers something worth asking about.

Bringing up the subject

Many parents here would rather talk while doing something, so try raising it on a drive past the fields or over a slice of pie. Ask what has gotten harder this year, and what your parent would still like to keep doing.

Relatives in Lubbock, Plainview, Lockney, Matador, or Ralls can visit together or watch part of the tour on a phone. Reading our senior living reviews as a family is another way to start.

Try not to rush the choice. Keep the first visit short and let your parent set the pace, since paperwork can wait. A second visit around lunchtime can answer questions the first one raised, and it lets your parent meet a few residents at the table.

Some parents need to hear it from someone outside the family. A longtime friend, a neighbor, or the family doctor may be able to raise the idea in a way that lands better.

Good questions for the tour

• Can we see the salon and step out on the patio?
• How do you arrive at the monthly rate? It comes from a look at your parent's daily care needs. Ask for a list of what it includes.
• What happens during a new resident's first few weeks?
• How will caregivers keep our family informed?

Come out to South Ralls Highway

BeeHive Homes of Floydada is at 1230 S Ralls Hwy, Floydada, TX 79235. Give us a call before you drive over so we can plan your visit.

If your family is looking at senior living in Floydada and Floyd County, we would be glad to meet you. Call (806) 452-5883 to set up a tour.