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Valorie Davis

I am a former Long Term Care Ombudsman. I am impressed with the care and responsiveness of the staff who care for my family member. I have previously worked in and visited many LTC facilities in the past and I am very happy with the care my family member is receiving.

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Kristie Wagner

Thank you to Emerald Nursing & Rehab of Cozad for taking such great care of our loved ones. My parents love the food and they love the great staff. Emerald is easy to work with and I appreciate all their weekly updates sent out.

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Michelle Lehmann

The staff at Emerald showed my mom and our friends and family so much love and compassion. They were there when we needed something and let us have our time at the end alone. We needed this time and they definitely showed us what caring means.

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Linda Harr

In April, my 97-year old mother needed a nursing home following five weeks in a Kearney hospital. She had fallen and injured her hip. At that point, no Kearney nursing/rehab facilities were taking new residents due to COVID-19. Fortunately, we found a home for her at Emerald Nursing and Rehabilitation-Cozad in their memory care unit. It was her fourth move since January 2020, and each move created much confusion for her as a result. I commend Miranda Pickenpaugh, the Director of the Memory Care Unit, for making Mom’s move as smooth and calm as possible. Almost immediately, twice weekly FaceTime sessions were arranged, first by iPhone and soon converted to iPad. I visit during one session, and my bother in Austin takes the other. Those sessions are our happy times with Mom, and she seems to enjoy them as well. Mom’s short-term memory is gone, but she enjoys hearing about family and what we are up to, and some reference to long-term memories ring true for her. It’s all about her smiles!! We’ve tried in-person visits when allowed, but her hearing aids were lost at Emerald (the reason for 4 out of 5 stars), and with mask requirements, she couldn’t hear us and hated wearing masks. So, FaceTime will be our happy place until/if masks are no longer required. I am impressed by the positive vibes I get from Miranda. She is our primary contact, and she is a tireless, empathetic, and positive person. We have worked together to solve a few situations over the last few months involving falls, emergency room visits, lost bits of clothing, and Miranda has calmly coordinated all of those, as well as keeping us informed on the status of COVID-19 within the facility. It is a huge credit to their diligence that no resident has been effected after two staff members tested positive. It’s almost seems as if Mom is Miranda’s only resident, and that feels good to us. She has even enlarged and copied email letters to Mom from family. To Mom, it’s a new letter every time she re-reads them. And we find that a good thing. Short-term memory loss has its perks. Miranda also speaks excitedly about plans to improve and update the physical property of Emerald. The new ownership seems to be serious about creating a welcoming and comfortable environment for aging and rehabilitating residents and patients, and a positive place of employment.

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Javier Velez

Very nice people, great workers always doing the most they can. Their teams are hard working and completely dedicate their professional time to the residents there for helping the community and it's people. Always very familiar faces and home like feel when you come in, I wouldn't even mind retiring early.