Charter Senior Living

My Mother was a resident for approx 1 month. We were told she would be checked on every 2 hours. Was visiting & no one came in the 3 hr period I was there. She sat in wet and dirty diapers & developed an UTI infection. We repeatedly asked that they sit her up straight to eat her meals and finally put a note on the wall. They just walked in and put her meals on the tray and walked out. She never once ate in the dining room. No one encouraged her to go. Asked repeatedly for the floor to be cleaned due to her leaking urine on the floor through her diaper. Were told housekeeping was done once a week. We cleaned the floors ourselves. My Father said only one of the aides ever acknowledged him when visiting. Only received lip service to our concerns. She is now thriving in the new facility. She is excited to go to the dining room for every meal. The staff visit with her and check her EVERY 2 hrs. Only thing good about the Landings is it is a beautiful facility

My grandmother is from Iran and she doesn't understand English and lives there for 12 years and recently I have asked for permit parking, because i am out of town and came to be with my grandmother over the holiday and the lady who works there and think she is the president of united state refuse to give me parking permit, her name is (name removed) and she told the resident has to have title, and she also refused to give me a general contract lease, her customer service to other people is very bad as I was watching that other residents have the same problem and not answering their email or phone call! Not recommended to any elderly people to come because the people who works in senior living must have sense of humanity and best customer service to senior who needs care the most

When my loved one first moved into The Cottages of New Lenox it was wonderful. We loved all of the staff and the meals served were balanced and tasted good. Within the last year they have had a complete turnover of management/staff. It went WAY downhill. The menu changed as well and went from good balanced meals to things like macaroni and cheese for dinner. There were times I would be there and all of the staff were up front in the office and no one was on the floor. My loved one had a lot of things stolen. Overall it was not a good experience once they changed management.

Simply poor quality of everything. Had a tour. Executive Director talked about so highly about everything in the community. But nothing matches about what she said. Rusty, dirty, smelly! Resident did not have hoof grooming. Lunch served without care. No gloves! It was disturbing. I do not recommend this facility.

Terrible experience! I'd give zero stars if I could. We moved my mother into independent living with the idea she would move to assisted living when needed. This was CLEARLY communicated when we signed the papers. About a month in my mother needed to move into AL and was evaluated by their nurse who recommended a Level 2 care (not the highest level) and assigned a unit. We arrived at Arbor Ridge and moved all of my mother's belongings out of her independent living studio into her new AL unit. As we were done moving her things, they informed us she couldn't be there. Their website states: " Rather than hopscotching from one senior living community to another as your loved one’s needs change, Arbor Ridge is bringing three distinct and affordable lifestyle options under one roof. " Not true. My mother was forced out because they can't provide care that they advertise in their own marketing materials. Management was rude, unprofessional, cruel and uncaring.

We had a resident who was fixated on our loved one. She unplugged her lights, tv, and modem. She stole pictures off of her walls, stole her belongings, and took her hearing aids. She eventually threw water at a family member who was visiting our mom and presented our mom with her poop. Despite this being in direct violation of the code of conduct explained in the contract, they did NOTHING. The Management team explained all of the reasons that this was happening, but was not willing or able to solve the problem. A male resident showed up in our mom's bed and wouldn't leave. A lot of explanations about why it happened but no solutions for how to solve it. How did Charter Senior Living of Oak Openings respond to these problems? They discharged our loved one! Yes, they were cited by the Ohio Dept of Health, but the stress that they placed on our family during an already difficult time was unimaginable. Having a loved one go to a memory care facility is stressful, but they made it worse

My Mother has been there [removed]. When Charter took over the level of cleanliness and the ability to receive calls from the director has gone way down. Was there on [date removed] and the 2nd floor reeked of urine. Several doors to the residents rooms were open and I was appalled at how some of them looked as far as cleanliness. I would not give them a very good rating. There are nurses there that are very caring but the people in charge are very hard to get ahold of address complInts. Not happy right now with my Mothers level of care!

If your loved one needs Memory Care, I can no longer recommend. Care has drastically deteriorated since [date removed] and especially in memory care. Turnover for chef resulting in cardboard like pizza, burnt hot dogs, kool-laid, poor resident to caregiver ratio , shortcuts on cleaning (dirty toilets with mold rings!)! 3 inquiries in less than 6 months with Ohio ombudsman, and lack of mgmt accountability.

The new property Director is terrific (he has his work cut out for him). The Sales Manager will be your friend right up until you sign the dotted line then no more return calls. Took my mom to see if there was interest in the community. We decided not at the time (I was working with her drs. because of her worry issues). I let the lady filling in for the sales person know that I was her POA. We left and I took her home. Another resident called her and put the guilt trip. So she went to the office with her and had my mom sign the contract with the knowledge that I was the legal POA. They do not do assessments on the patient prior to moving in the independent living section (aka Villa’s). My mom was having memory problems and should have never been allowed to sign that contract without my knowledge. The villa’s are old and outdated , the one resident is a bully! Charter is aware of her and yet do not address it situation. I moved her to another facility and now she is thriving and happy.

I would tell someone that what they tell you is not true. The 'low sodium ' diet was not 'low sodium AT ALL! Constant turnover of staff. Couldn't keep track of all the names. Constant mistakes make in medications! Nurses wouldn't even enter room to check on him, just looked from door.....Very Very. disappointing

Charter Senior Living is horribly understaffed! Executive director is clueless and plays the blame game! On [date removed], the facility was staffed with 2 CNAs and no licensed staff on site! Patients did not receive medication during that time! My mother (a hospice patient) did not receive her Morphine for 8 hours and was in extreme pain! Please don’t send your loved one to this place!

Jackson Crossings used to be a nice place under the former management, unfortunately they all left or retired and then Jackson Crossings got bought out by Cedarhurst. The current management team is not real receptive to phone calls and emails. They can't seem to keep help and this is not due to Covid as it has been this way the entire 5 years my mother was there. Several times in my mother's last month there I had to ask someone to clean her toilet as there was feces all over it! They offer a Friends and Family discount, and then renege on it during the 90-day wait period because my mother passed away after it was "thoroughly researched and explained to us". Nobody has the decency to call me back or provide me with higher executives names and phone numbers.

DO NOT RECOMMEND.

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE 5 STAR REVIEWS!!! Over half of them were written by EMPLOYEES trying to raise their poor ratings! VERY MISLEADING AND DECEITFUL!!! My mother lived at Elmcroft (which was just recently renamed Sodalis) for over 4 years! I was just a short walk away from Elmcroft and visited my mom almost daily so I was very aware of the care my mom was receiving. This USED TO BE a great assisted living facility. Then, they were bought out by Sodalis and redecorated. It might look pretty, but everything went down hill! This once enjoyable community became depressing. All but 7 residents moved out. We went into [name removed] office to give her notice and she spoke VERY INAPPROPRIATLY to my mom. If she acted like that in front of me, how did she treat residents when no one was around? I couldn't wait to get my mother out of that place! They even charged her an entire month even though she had already moved! Sodalis is an under par facility even though they are still charging high rates.

I would recommend that anyone looking into this facility gets an independent assessment before deciding on a residency decision. They have some questionable nursing staff and I would not recommend to others at this point.

The community was clean, but they did not keep up with our loved rooms. The staff members were very friendly and the food was really good. However, we do not think they assessed our loved ones correctly. They did not seem to have adequate care for those with memory care issues.

Since Covid and new director, i don't feel that my mom is honestly cared about. There are no check ins with family or residents, the director is rude when I call about anything, like I am interrupting her lunch, has intimidated my mom with her rudeness. She pays plenty to be there and deserves to be treated with dignity, kindness and respect. I sure hope that whoever is in corporate takes the inititive to get to the bottom of these concerns.

Our loved one was there for two weeks for Respite care. Our loved one came directly from the hospital and we received a phone call saying our loved one had to leave due to their behavior. We then asked if they were giving them the medicine that came with from the hospital and they said no, and that they need to leave. There was also little assistance, and they tried to charge glass of water when we asked for it. In the beginning the friendliness of the staff members were very nice, however just not like that towards the end.

To avoid it at all costs. They neglected my mother and had to move her. They didn't match her clothes, they let her sit in her diaper om a wheelchair, and it was just terrible. The didn't clean her hair, and she was so bad. We reported it and there was retribution. This caused a bunch of hostile. High turnover in staff. They had hospice coming in to check in on her to give her bath. They were the ones who reported this and they were shocked to see how she was being treated. One day we found her with a black eye and no one knew what happened. It turned out she fell, but no one called us and the investigation took two days. She had dementia and there was no way for her to tell us what was happening to her.

Not enough info from their website to want to make us look further Okay thanks [name removed] or the info. Will keep this one in mind.