Distinctive Living

ALF cost has continued to increase. Food quality is not consistent, always out of products, few interesting activities - take a long time for staff to respond to urgent needs - home always smells bad. Theft seem to be an issue.

The price was raised by $[name removed] a month in less than a year. The staff though nice and caring are always changing and leaving. The Chelsea was sold to a new company that is taking over next month. I would not recommend to anyone

My loved one is currently a resident at Inspired Living at Ocoee. You get what you pay for.

My loved one was previously a resident at Inspired Living at Kenner. Overall, I am disappointed that the facility would not continue to care for my loved one. He seemed to be well cared for, but the Med Dir seemed to think he was too difficult to care for. They were frequently saying it took 4-6 people to get him into bed or to change his clothes. The staff was always helpful to me, but seemed to have trouble figuring out how to handle my loved one. Administration, caregivers and residents were all very friendly. The cleanliness was okay, but the floor in his room was always sticky. Also, they lost a good vest of his and a sheet and have not been able to find them. The food seemed to be very good and I think he ate well while he was there. The activities were exceptional and I think my loved one enjoyed them and participated in everything that they offered. But he is enjoying being able to go into his room when I come to visit and when he needs to rest during the day where he is now.

The staff members at Inspired Living are nice but the food that is prepared sucks, and the laundry is always mixed up. Our loved ones sheets are not made up properly, no one cleans the room, food is crap

Inspired Living Hidden Lakes is a memory care facility. It is tucked away in Bradenton in a facility identical to the now- closed Sarasota facility, which my father previously lived in. I would recommend it for families who are more local and can visit frequently, not for those at a distance. The reason is simple - all people in Memory Care need more help and family contact than those in independent living or some in assisted living. To deal with this, we have hired a private caregiver. This person has become a part of our family, noticing, caring and engaging with my dad personally. No matter the star ratings, it is rare for these memory care facilities to provide enough personal care, due to staffing shortages, frequent turnover, inadequate state training regs, and low pay. This is the reality of assisted living. So, if you can provide a caregiver or visit several times weekly, I recommend HL.

The care given at Inspired Living is very inconsistent. Care plans are not always followed and residents in Memory Care are not checked on as often as promised. I will say that I have never seen any worker mistreat or be cruel to a resident. All the workers are friendly, just not consistent with the amount of care and attention we were promised.

The staff at Inspired Living at Hidden Lakes is always changing. There's no consistency. I feel that the care of the residents there is minimal. All of the rooms have locks that are battery controlled, not a very safe when the battery dies. I do not recommend this facility to others.

The staff is friendly however; they are short of help. I feel they should not charge what they are charging if they can't find the help. For example, my loved one should be getting showers 2-3 times a week. Due to short staffing, she may miss a week or only get one that week. It is also difficult to get a hold of workers there. They don't return calls promptly. They also lost some of my loved ones laundry and then put it in her closet. They never told her it was there, so she was looking for it for a week. She seems to like it and made some nice friends there. She also runs a prayer group.

My loved one previously lived at The Chelsea at Clifton. I think that the general staff is very hardworking and that the facility is a clean place that resembles an upscale hotel. They have a great Activities Director who truly does her best to plan fun things with the residents. They also have very good food, from what my loved one said. However, there is room for improvement at this facility. There is a lack of communication between upper management and families.

We toured The Chelsea at Toms River when searching for a place for our loved one. This facility was just okay. However, it didn't seem as clean as some of the other facilities that we toured. They didn't offer many activities. The atmosphere wasn't great, the residents were just kind of hanging out.

The tour experience at Inspired Living at Kenner was good, but we preferred the smaller number of residents at [facility name removed]. The facility at Inspired Living felt more clinical rather than homey.

They are lacking in staff on the floors and in the kitchen/dinning hall. With that being said, what was promised as far as consistent care and good meals, this assisted living is lacking. The people they do have in place are doing a good job. The hair/nail salon has yet to be staffed with a qualified and reliable person. Very disappointing!

I would tell others to look at other places. Also take what the salesperson says with a grain of salt. The head person can be nasty(with a smile on her face). The dining room is often out of items that are on the menu. The food is not very good. A large turnover in the staff which is not a good sign. The facility itself looks very nice.

We believe the activities to be fine.

There are some good things about it and some things that need to be worked on. They have some very good staff members here. They also have some growing pains going on as well. Generally everything is very good but there are some improvements that need to be made.

I have a bad taste in my mouth because of the management. I have been calling about getting money back and they will not answer or give me a call back - it is very unprofessional of them. They do not know how to treat a customer or honor a contract. They will not answer any questions, we are waiting for a refund and they will not answer us at all, by email of phone. This was the main issue we have had with The Chelsea.

This facility is ok. It's clean, the atmosphere is nice overall. The staffing is an issue. Quality and care. I'm not sure if understaffing is the problem, but the aides do need work as far as responsiveness and how they handle clients. Mom is not able to get out of bed on her own and they know that, but she has to wait often when hitting her call button. She's late to breakfast often, her AC unit plug keeps falling out, it also leaks and you can see where they've tried to patch it before. She has a leak in her shower ceiling that we're still waiting for them to fix. Her closet shelf kept falling because there was a bracket missing. They did fix that. But overall, repairs aren't timely. We just expected more, especially for the price we're paying. Again, I know that staffing probably contributes to a lot of it. But it needs corrected. I wouldn't recommend them at this point.

The rooms weren't spacious and they were choppy, plus there was a small kitchen area. They had dark interiors. This was too far from conveniences for my loved ones.

The community really has been unresponsive to the changes of medications for my loved one. My loved one's care needs are not being met by the community. I think the staff are nice; however, for whatever reason it is not working out for my loved one at this community.