Cedarhurst Living LLC

The Elmcroft was a pleasant community. The staff was very nice and treated me well during my tour. They did not offer me meals during my tour. The memory care unit was nice in this facility, while we were walking around there was a birthday party going on in one of the rooms and the residents have a mixture of activities.

I did not like the part about the residents doors being locked and needing a key to get in from the outside. My friend needed more care than the community was able to provide. He was only there for a short respite care. The staff were nice. It is a beautiful newer community. He liked the food.

nice and clean.

Mom recently moved into Tesson Heights. They have outstanding nursing mangers Rick and Latoya. Mom really didn't won't to leave home. Latoya was so nice when she came to visit before she moved and made mom comfortable enough to give it a try. The Managers followed up personally for the 1st week for so to make sure she was adjusting well. Every staff member has been nice to my mother. The apt has room for most of mom's things to make it feel like home. I see that they have remodeled the building recently and its very nice inside. Thank everyone for the great care you give my mother. I recommend tesson to families go are looking for a place that provide quality care.

My parents have only just recently moved into Christina Place and we are all still getting adjusted to the change. But I came for a visit and stayed the weekend with them. The place is clean, well kept, and smells nice, (not like a nursing home). The staff is friendly, helpful and readily available. They have a large well used gathering area, and the conversations seemed lively in the dining room during meals. I was very pleased to see that my parents were given a chair exercise routine to do everyday, even more pleased to see that they were doing the exercises faithfully after breakfast. I met the manager on the weekend and saw her interacting with the residents quite a bit. I like the closed square design of the building with an open courtyard in the middle. My Mom does not need memory care, but she does tend to get lost easily. At least she will only take the long way home if she takes off in the wrong direction after meals. The only thing I can see at this point that can use some improvement is the food. Getting the food out to so many people before it gets cold must be challenging, but it tastes better when it's hot. There must be some way to serve a garden salad without it getting soggy and limp from the dressing. I wish there could be a little more variety in the choices. I didn't realize what picky eaters my parents have become, must be a function of age. I'm sure that as people get to know them they will come to know what they like and just bring that coffee to the table or whatever it is they like. As I said in the beginning, my parents have just moved in, so I think it will take awhile for them to adjust. Moving is extremely stressful for older people. We want them to stay at Christina Place for the rest of their lives

We have been treated well and my father seems to be adjusting.

Overall the facility was fine, the dining area could have used a little more attention to cleanliness at the tables. I believe they may have been short staffed and needed a lead person to help the dining staff. She was not real happy there so we moved her out to a new facility.

I think it's better recommended for seniors that are Mobile and can participate in the activities because that's what the facility is strong at. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law needed quite a bit more care and we had to stay on them all the time to make sure she got what she needed. She also didn't like the food they tended to have the same food over and over and the more care you needed the more you paid, but you didn't necessarily get any other added Care. We ultimately had to put her on hospice to ensure she got the right care while she was there.

Good- Staff very friendly, many activities, food was usually pretty good, facility was pretty clean and kept up. Bad - communication. Ie: To get something fixed or put up in a room, General Manager, Tom - unprofessional. Elevator issues on going problem. My mom was there for not even 2 weeks. Elevator 4-5 days of this. She would be stuck in her room or lobby since she can't take stairs. Only after the third day it was down did staff inform residents on 3rd floor they would bring meals to them at no charge. After she had been gone for over a month, they decided to take over [removed dollar amount] out of her bank account without any notice leaving her [removed dollar amount] neg balance....claiming she owed for a 90 day notice. She was within the satisfaction time period to leave. What they took out was MORE than what 90 days would have been.

The staff is very nice and it is a pleasant facility that is welcoming The sales people should stop telling potential residents that they provide these services weekly. They do not. How about they pay more so they can fill openings?

My mom's apartment wasn't cleaned prior to her moving in. Sanding dust over everything. Windows needed washing as well. Couldn't stop her moving in because we had movers. The director has been made aware. Facility itself is clean. My mom is happy with the people except for the Nurse Practitioner who is only there 1 day every 2 weeks. They are nice until I have a question and/or concern, then I get a round about response and nothing is accomplished. My mom has been disliking it the food. They get you in with broken promises and then are blind sided with add'l cost. I feel short staffed but I don't live there. Not sure if it would be any better somewhere else. I wouldn't recommend the place.

Unfortunately the food is not very good, and they seem to run out of basics frequently. I would hope for improvement before I would recommend.

Often have to wait for an extended period of time to be let in to the memory care area. Have seen residents at meal time unsupervised I would not fully recommend them. I think in our case it would be more disruptive to our family member to move her, than to deal with the issues that we have with Cedarhurst

Apartments are very nice. Dining was always short staffed and food was sometimes cold. My mom was very independent so her only complaint was the dining. She enjoyed the activities.

Cost at the beginning of the visit was the main reason we chose Cedarhurst of Naperville. It's more expensive now. Planning to move my friend out of there soon.

For the most part I'm satisfied with dad's care. He has his 2 favorite caretakers and 2 med techs but a few of the caretakers are lazy. They've had a turn over of help recently because a Cedarhurst opened in Wentzville.

Overall, Cedarhurst was a nice place for my mother-in-law. She did not engage much nor use the cafeteria a lot for meals so ratings on food and such are kind of hard for me to give.. there was always a director and or assistant director on site. However, they were always in their offices and they seemed very bogged down with work and I did not see much interaction with them and the residence. They did have a receptionist at all times and all of them seem to interact quite a bit with the residence when they would walk by the desk..

Staff is friendly, the assisted living is minimal help with add on costs for any extra care. My father passed away in the memory care there last month and if we wouldn’t have had Hospice for his end days , I’m not sure how we would have gotten any communication about what was going on. I never saw the Nurse administrator or faculty administrator until a hour after my dad had passed. Hospice was our saving grace! Not Cedarhurst.

The facility is very nice. Most of the help are nice. My concerns lie in the turnover of staff especially for activities. I’m not confident my Mom is getting showers or getting her clothes laundered bc she fools the staff and they fold. She’s always in the same clothes even though she has many tops/jeans. I try to visit at different times to get the vibe. I’m amazed I have to alert the aids when there are residents that need to be cleaned up. It makes me feel bad for them.

Cedarhurst is beautiful and new. Most of the staff is very nice. The reason for a 3 is- there aren’t nearly as many activities as what was promoted, the food is ok, but takes a very long time from ordering and a lot of times food temperature is cold. The last downfall is that it is a very big place and hard to feel like community.