Avista Senior Living

Poor food and management is unresponsive to any change. they have the janitors serving food. Poor service, poor cooking.

I was not pleased with this place, The person that gave me a tour was very rude to the other staff around her and seemed to be in charge of the building but she was not the director so I was a bit thrown off. Her name was [name removed] believe...I just would not want my mother to walk by and hear the way management treats staff. (Very poor. This person was undermining staff members confidence as well as work performances. This needs to be addressed.... Because then my mother would worry. This place needs a few improvements and adjustments. I would probably start with management. The caregivers and med techs are very pleasant to be around and seem very knowledgeable and kind! Thank you! I hope this helps!

This place is horrible what they did with my mother is horrendous. I keep praying they will shut this horrible place down. The person running the place [Removed] is a very [Removed]. Anyone who trust her with your parents are mislead. She is nice to your face or when you are around but when your not wow. Thank goodness for today's technology, videos do not lie. If you are not self pay, you will be treated horrible. I kind of figure they get away with it because the owner is on the Mesa City Council. The food is terrible no place for the community. Nothing for them really to do. Buses doesn't run a lot of the time. The owner turned community space in to offices so to beach with the residents. My suggestion is run but if your family is there set up video in their rooms get a real idea how bad it is.

This place is the 80/20 rule. 80 percent of the caregivers do a nice job and are over worked. 20 percent are collecting a paycheck. The director [name removed] is a true bully and has no respect for her workers or residents. It's sad. She blue skies people to fill rooms and meet the bottom line but she is not about care , she is about control and intimidation. Again, its sad a person like her is allowed in a position. This will end as the former and current residents will put her on the news soon. Elderly and the handicap deserve better not scare tactics.

I felt that this place is very understaffed and not trained to handle any aging problems. Other facilities require their staff to do sixteen hours of training. The staff is expected to do all the cleaning, cooking and take care of residents. When you have two people for twenty two residents it does not work. Bathrooms are not cleaned on a regular basis and laundry is ruined and not hung up properly or brought back to rooms in a timely manner. Bedding not returned and put on bed so resident can go to bed. I never realized how bad the place was until we moved to another facility. Night and Day difference plus the cost is much less a month for better care! When I visit my loved one I don"t have to clean and do laundry change clothing and make beds. I am able to actually visit and enjoy my time with my loved one.

We had a very bad experience with this facility, and I would absolutely not recommend them to anyone. My experience and what I observed of the care provided here was very poor. The aide staff and the nursing staff both seemed very uncaring and disconnected from the residents. We had serious issues with the medication service as well. The staff in general just did not seem motivated or well supervised. My experience with the director was also very poor, she was unpleasant and very difficult to work with. We moved our loved one out as soon as we were able.

Not much good to say about this place! Way understaffed! Employees are poorly trained in dealing with many aspects of the aging. They are expected to do everything from laundry to cooking none of which they can properly carry out since they are understaffed! Rooms not cleaned since they never have a housekeeper. Overpriced compared to the care at other places. Could go on and on !

I would rate this as a 1 ,when I first came and talked with Bo the marketing director,he made me feel that this was the right place for my mother,,but since he left and now they have a new marketing director,,this place has gone from a 5 to a 1 in rating,,they have lots of people working in the office aND I caregiver and 1 med tech for 52 residents,,they need to hire more staff on the floors,and get rid of the extra people in the office,there was a time when my mother had no water at all for 3 days,,water came back on then she had no hot water for bout a week,,my mother will be moving out by the end of this month,,I would not recommend this place to my worst enemy,that's how bad it is here,,,nobody lasts here,residents move in and out all the time,,!!!!!

From the very beginning you are really lied to. Everything the director said was available was either not there or never happens. The director (MJ) her self is very rude and treats residences with little respect. The staff has changed so much you can't remember anyone's names. The food is either frozen or boxed nothing homemade. They dictate everything including the fact you can only get one scoop of ice cream. You have to pay to take food to your room. Matinee is run by someone that has no clue what they are doing. They only thing good is the size of the rooms. I say runn far away. Until they find someone who knows how to really run this place.

This was awful!! In the assisted living, you need to watch everything, that you are getting what you pay for. Watch the medication management and care levels. We were paying for a level two care but put in the books, at a level zero. They were over medicating my loved one, and blaming him for it. They left him outside in 109 degree weather for three hours. This was not a good experience to say the least.

While working there - the cook [Removed] drops meat on the floor and just picks it up and serves it. Residents given burnt or undercooked food. Director [Removed] know about the food and allows it to happen. Horrible place - do not put your loved one in this place. They hire anyone with no training and no fingerprints done. No checking to see if they can work there. Do NOT go to this place.