Changing Seasons

I would tell others that my ratings are based on my short experience. We are very happy with the community. I think this is a learning process as we go through the next few months. I'm happy with the choice for my loved one.

Wasn't the setup we needed for my loved one.

I was not a fan of The Cottages. The rooms were the size of dorm rooms and they only had community bathrooms. The residents are not allowed to go to the bathroom by themselves either. It was clean and staff were nice, but it was not the right fit and also the most expensive.

I thought this would be a great place for my dad since it is smaller than some other options but I discovered that smaller is not necessarily better. Smaller means there is less money coming in so spending has to be reduced. Because of COVID, I wasn't able to actually go inside until he had been there for about 2 months but when I did, I was horrified. His room was not much bigger than a storage closet & no effort had been made to make it feel homelike. There never seemed to be enough staff available to take care of the residents & as far as I could tell, there was not any effort made towards "memory care" & the only activity available appeared to be watching TV. The staff was always friendly but stretched very thin. The meals looked OK but I could tell that it was not food that my dad liked so he ate very little. Thankfully, they did give him desserts that he enjoyed so he was getting some food that way. If I could turn back time, I would have placed him somewhere bigger.