Ciel Senior Living

HarborChase of Plainfield was not a good fit for my husband. He needed memory care but because of Covid they placed him in assisted living. After 2 days I was told he needed to move to HarborChase of Naperville. Their memory care didn't work out either. Because of behavioral issues he was sent to Silver Oaks. Medically he needed more care and when we moved him even though he had not occupied a room at HarborChase for a whole month we did not get any of that fee refunded.

We notified the receptionist and a facilities person that the door to my Mom's apartment was hard to open and asked that they adjust her door (and other doors in the facility) to accommodate the abilities of the residents. The doors weren't fixed. My 90 year old mother fell backwards when her hand slipped off the door handle because she had to put her weight into opening the door. She was on the floor, used the alarm to summon help - no one came. She dragged herself to the telephone and called the front desk. Eventually, help arrived. Apparently another resident incident was occurring at the same time and that accounted for the delay. The facility RN cleared her to do her normal activities because my Mom said she didn't hurt too bad. My Mom clearly has osteoporosis as most 90-year old women would be expected to have. No one called me or any family members to tell us what had happened. Mom had a hair appointment at the downstairs beauty shop and she walked downstairs to the appointment. After sitting in the beauty shop chair, she started having pain. She asked an attendant to get her a wheel chair and take her back to her apartment. The attendant assured her she could walk back on her own and left her to do so. By the time she got back to her apartment, she was in deep pain and called my sister to take her to the ER, where we learned her hip was broken. She went into surgery the next day and 5 days later passed away, my brother and I were with her. Cause of death was surgical complications secondary to broken hip and osteoporosis. After she passed, the doors were fixed. The facility director assured me they were looking in to why it took so long for help to arrive to her apartment. The RN supervisor apologized for missing the, to me obvious, probability of injury after she fell, everyone was sorry they had not contacted family members (my sister lives 5 minutes away) or gotten a better medical evaluation, and that they allowed my Mother to walk after her fall. I believe weight bearing activity after her fall was a big factor in her injury. The attendant who did not get her a wheel chair was identified and counseled. I believe the series of mis-steps at Fieldstone killed my Mother. My mother was a beautiful soul. She was mentally acute and relatively independent at the time of her death. She came from a family with considerable longevity, and I thought I had years with her still. I will forever regret allowing her to move to Fieldstone (she did not want to move in with me or other family members). It's been over 1-1/2 years since she died. My grief is still acute; I will miss her forever. If you love your parent, I do not recommend moving them to Fieldstone.

Due to time constraints we weren’t able to visit all the places that I had booked tours with. So to save time we drove by a couple of the communities and from the outside my father described it as ‘hotel living’ and he wasn’t interested in seeing it. It may have been lovely and perfect for someone else but my father was looking for more outdoor space.

We had a terrible experience with Bella Vista. It started with constantly increasing prices, what we ended up paying was a thousand dollars higher than the initial figure they gave us. While we were here they did not impress me with the service at all. The sheets they put on our bed had stains on them, and they would not switch them out when I asked. I also thought it was ridiculous that they only had one phone available for all of the residents in the entire community to use. They also never sent anyone to clean the room in the 4 weeks that we were there. I was not impressed with the food, and when I stopped by the kitchen to see if I could get water that was not from a tap the kitchen was not clean or well maintained. I would avoid this place at all costs, I did not enjoy my stay here.

There was no greeting, introduction, or tour of the community upon moving in. We were not welcomed warmly. Communication among the staff leaves a lot to be desired. The residents are not always greeted in the dining room and has sat for half an hour without being acknowledged. The apartment is very nice, but there is no communication, and when we ask for help they are not very accommodating. They had a meet and greet for new tenants, but she felt like she didn't know anyone and she felt out of place and nobody cames to extend invitations and say hey come on down we'd love to meet you and get to know you. They don't seem to check on her, or make any effort to see that she gets integrated into the community. The staff should be more accomodating of new tenants. People we are being referred to bring questions or concerns to the attention of, are not on-site, they are in another location, and aren't there on a regular basis. I am very disappointed.

That place was a traumatic experience for my mom and me. I do not recommend it. She was neglected and charged for care that did not happen. She was not included in any "activities". She did not leave her room for the time she spent there out of fear of other residents, being forgotten, and potential exposure to COVID.

This place accepted my dad two months before he was supposed to move in. They took our large down payment at that time as well. Then 7 days before he was supposed to move from rehab to here, they rejected him. They took our money for months. To this day, they still have the money and we have not received it back. We had to hire a lawyer to fight for our money when my dad never lived there, nor did we ever have keys to a place there. They refused to give us an acceptable reason as to why they could not accept him. The two people we worked with in getting my dad accepted no longer worked there. Therefore, they rejected us. The management turns over quickly here and has no problems NOT accepting the agreements from prior management.

My husband was to be transferred to Harborchase Plainfield. However he passed away before entering the facility. We had not moved any furniture or personal belongings into his apt. Yet. I paid over $8000.00 and only was given 2 in return. I feel this was a bad way to treat seniors. They could be a little more caring. I could see them keeping the community fee, but that's all

UNPROFESSIONAL! - If they treat prospective residents this way, I wonder how they treat “captive” residents who have signed on the dotted line and have no choice? Saturday, Feb3, we arrive five minutes before our 3pm appointment. The receptionist greeted us and then lead us down the hall to a far back corner of the building and wait. At 3:20, an employee came over and stated that someone would we with us soon. The employee stated that even though we had an appointment at 3pm a walk-in came in right before and they were helping the walk-in first and we had to wait. My wife was offended because she worked hard to get the Saturday appointment as the website stated we needed to make an appointment. Until that time there was no other contact and; the employee did not even say how much longer it would take before someone would meet with us - We left without being helped!

This community sucks. They didn't do anything they said they were going to do. We were turned on to them and were willing to pay their prices, we wrote then a check then saw nothing in return. The staff is not trained very well and they do not care about your loved ones. I would not recommend them to anyone.