Harmony Senior Services

Worst experience of any type in the world. She declined in every way in the short 15 months she was there. Was hospitalized and at one point during the first 60 days I received a call out of the blue from some hospice agency asking if I was interested in services for her since she was hospitalized and I was not even advised by the facility that she had been taken to the hospital. The staff really started nice but the turnover is so high and once things started going bad they were completely rude. At one point we monitored how many staff were there and one month they on five occasions had only one person available in the facility for all floors. I asked repeatedly for a tour and to get her engaged in activities and it never happened. It is very sad because she wanted to live there for years. I had high hopes for her experience there. But the drained us communicated none and left her sitting in chair declining.

I left. Short staffed. Staff always quit Place dirty Food inedible Apartment beautiful. Lots of storage z space. Staff depressed Don't recommend this place. Big mistake Friend was invited to dinner by a resident last week. Food disgusting and came cold just as I recalled. I ended up cooking for myself daily so why stay?

I would not recommend it unless the parent can live independently and take care of themselves. Do not plan on being able to "age in place" if it becomes necessary for a loved one to move to a higher level of care. I would also suggest that they closely monitor the prescriptions that a loved one is being given to avoid them from being over medicated and overcharged and this also applies to monthly billing to avoid excess charges. We were forced to make other immediate arrangements for her care. Luckily the hospital was understanding and had caring doctors and nurses that helped us. We never sent her back there. This was the last of multiple instances and my mom deserved better. We were paying way too much for the level of services we received. Luckily every senior care facility is not like this. I know they were undergoing management changes at the time but this did not excuse the level of care my mom received.

Awful awful place that I would never recommend. They made my mother miserable. She wasn't given her meds even close to correctly. I know that she didn't receive her medication's because I provided many of them and they were unopened bottles. She used to tell me she wasn't getting her medication's but they would do a song and dance and act as if she was crazy because she was in memory care and she didn't know any better. when I got the remaining medication, I was floored. Four days into her new facility, she was snowed on the very medication that had almost no effect on her. They had no effect because she wasn't getting them. Additionally, they didn't give her her heart medication's as prescribed, and she had severe swelling in her legs and feet to where she couldn't even wear shoes. She developed stasis ulcers on her legs, which never healed and caused her a great deal of misery right up until the day that she died. the swelling resolved with four days of arrival at her new facility. It was just unexcused. The manager manager of the unit was not a nurse, and the caregivers had no knowledge of anything. There were usually only two or three people on the floor with 30 residents. One person would be giving off the medication. I would call it an alleged care facility. I cleaned her room and did her laundry, or it would not get done. She would not have gotten assistance to shower if I or hospice did not do it. Poop on the wall and floor. Toilet uncleared for three months. No assistance provided to dress morning or night. She was on her own. Even with visitors 5 days a week, they did not care. Almost no staff. They were prisoners, not allowed to go outside in a closed in area because the staff were either unavailable or too busy checking their phones to offer assistance. All of these issues were repeatedly addressed with management. I even sent this photos to the director. Do you think anyone cleaned it up? Nope, it was a stye until the day she left. She died 7 weeks after leaving there and I live daily with the guilt of making the last many months of her life a living hell because I doubted what she told me. I would nit wish that place on anyone. They are just in it for a quick buck. They then tried to keep two weeks of money paid in fees by saying that I didn't give proper. I gave exactly the notice that was in their handbook. It took months and they finally refunded part of that back to me. Iwent all the way to the CEO. Of course I heard nothing from the CEO and the upper level manager that I did hear from paid lip service, but I suspect just wanted to make me shut up and go away.

The Business Office practices and record keeping are less than par. The communication has been insufficient in attempting to resolve and accounting matter, and rather that work on the issue, the staff have been finger pointing at each other for accountability. Needless to say, due to turnover, some of those involved are no longer employed, so those remaining have used them as a scapegoat. Hence, I am in the process of filing a formal complaint.

Recently moved my Mother out of here . They are short staffed in all departments. I used to chat with the staff often and it wasn’t nothing but complaining and Overwhelming for most of them. Not enough Aides or Med techs my mother was given her medicine 4 hrs after the set time and this wasn’t a 1 time incident it was Multiple times my sister and her husband had called . The Food is Bad the Cook who runs the kitchen is her unprofessional uniforms are nasty and some of the staff wear regular clothes .. just because something seems like something doesn’t mean that’s the truth and I’m very dissatisfied

DO NOT SEND YOUR LOVED ONE HERE!! Corporate fired most of the managers -GOOD MANAGERS and now they make the buildings share them per staff. The ED is never in the building and I am told constantly she’s “next door” . When you reach out to her she’s very rude and condescending. She seems very disinterested in what’s going on in the community. The staff is running the building and they say so themselves because they have no leader. The medications are never on time and they are constantly running out. Doctor’s appointments are missed on a regular basis. Activities has been bad for a while and is worse now. When we call we never receive a return call back. Administrator is the worst about that and then nursing. We visit and she’s never there, so we have to talk with the nurse who seems to be doing her best, but not equipped to run a whole community with no help. Some days the odor is so bad that I have to hold my breath going down the hall. I am looking for another dementia unit ASAP.

I can tell you up front that Harmony of West Shore is NOT a place I would recommend.People need to be aware of how bad they are.

Harmony on the Peninsula to be greatly inferior to the numerous other facilities we have experienced in care standards, staffing, and management. The facility looks clean and well-decorated. But the problems run deep, stemming from leadership that turned over by 100% in our 1.5 years there, and became more disorganized and disconnected with each new director. The current executive director claims to be experienced, but she admittedly has no medical background and is a poor and disliked leader, evidenced by chronic unhappiness and turnover of the already understaffed care provider team. The food is passable, but the mealtime service is even worse, riddled by understaffing and disorganization. In one of many examples of lapses in care, our mom with late-stage dementia was forgotten and left to nap in her uncomfortable chair in the wide-open dining hall after one meal ended, and then discovered that she was

My mom has been there since 2019 and it has been declining since then. No consistency in the director role for several years and therefore poor leadership for staff. My mom has been sent to the hospital 2 times and the last time the EMT’s warned me about what they see there. Pathetic. If I could move her without doing harm to her I would in a minute! Skip it!

It was a horrible experience and my mom is longer there. They were overcharging me. I had to constantly fight with them. There billing department had no idea what they were doing. The executive director was clueless. I did not find the staff helpful. I found out that sometimes at night there was not a staff person on my mom's floor. There would be 1 staff person covering both floors of assisted living.

Poor care for memory care. They don't cater to special diets even with physicians orders. Allergies to gluten and lactase are not the same as dislike for a specific food. It's a health issue and it's not there policy to care. I don't understand why I filled out paperwork noting the allergies. They were aware when they accepted him as a resident. On top of the monthly fees we are also buying groceries so he has something he can eat. I was there [date removed] and once again, he had diarrhea. Why do they keep feeding him food with gluten. He has dementia and can't always make such decisions for himself. We thought we were paying Harmony to look after his care. 24/7 nursing is only for emergencies otherwise I have to schedule home Healthcare. He was at [removed] and received far better care, working nurse on staff and they made sure not to feed him gluten.

They do not perform any of the promised, written, agreements. The food is disgusting, the light housekeeping as a joke vacuuming with a broom, not one time have they checked on my mother, that was the reason I chose this location, for peace of mind while I was traveling for work. They don't call like they said they would, we tripped the emergency cord and no one showed up, she went without water in her bathroom for 3 days, the community van does not move. I've never seen anyone getting in or out of the van other than employees with their lunch. The first bill was a cluster, no one knows what they are doing, especially the leasing staff, the move in specialist, all horrible at their jobs. I gave notice 10 days after move in that my mom would not be staying. I'm anxious to see if I have to hire an attorney for the community fee to be returned.

My parents intended to join the community. They met with the nurse, who was a lovely person, and learned that their level of care would be determined AFTER they moved in. My Dad became very anxious about the uncertainly of the cost. We informed Harmony that they would not proceed with moving there. Harmony did not return any part of the Community fee ($[removed]) because my parents did not give notice within 72 hours (they didn't even meet the nurse within 72 hours!). Communication became difficult with lack of response to text, email or phone. Finally an email was sent stating they would be "released" from the contract and that Harmony would "waive" the community fee if they changed their mind. There is legal and ethical and while they might have been legally within the contract terms they were certainly unethical by deceiving seniors. My parents never moved there so I can't comment on the care provided.

This is in regards to the Independent Living section: The fall/winter 2023-2024 season began a series of days where the heat and hot water does not work in different apartments. This issue has been going on for months with no resolution. There have been more than 1 maintenance/HVAC personnel attempting to fix the issue permanently, however the repairs only last a few days at best, even when new parts are ordered. The elderly are already at high risk in extreme temperatures but are being exposed to under freezing temps repeatedly. There has been no offers to move residents to empty units if available and residents are prohibited from using space heaters. There has also been an ongoing issues with the showers flooding from construction debris getting into the pipes some kind of way that hasn't been figured out yet. Staff turnover is constant probably as a result of low wages and resident complaints of the building issues. The facilities otherwise look nice because it's new.

We decided to choose them based on all the promises they gave. The facility looks to be running down. Carpet and walls and interior old. They promised to update my mother room with new carpet and paint. Along with bring the room up to handicap accessibility. But have not in over 10 months. They knew mom mom was in a wheel chair and needed 2 people to help out of her chair and into her chair or shower. And we paid extra. We even hired a extra care person to come in 3 days a week to clean and do laundry and help her. Even though that is part of the care. They continue to have staff issues and food issues. The health dept has been involved. If we can find a new place we would at this point.

The management keeps turning over and nobody there knows what is going on. They keep trying to take more money out each month than what they are authorized. First they didn't take any money for the first four months...their bookkeeping is a train wreck!!!! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE AT ALL!!!

It was a horrible experience. I feel like they took advantage of my disabled veteran. Mom, they overcharged us and she didn't even make it there 7 days before she was put in the hospital at the VA and she's been in ever since. I have major major issues with Harmony at oakbrook. If I was independently wealthy I'd buy the place and fire everybody! I would tell others to make sure the management team is stable during my brief time. Every single member of the management team either quit or got fired some even after being promoted.

Don't bring people you care about,80% of the staff does not care about these precious helpless souls. I was there 12 hours a day seeing what went on behind those doors, I was terrified and helpless leaving my brother there when I when home to sleep. ultimately he died there, and they did not refund me the amount of money I overpaid them for that month. I certainly hope someone with authority catches this business for what they are, I spoke to many for help. they never responded.

It was horrible! The only nice thing there is the building. They are always under staffed and the staff that are there do not care about their residents. Do NOT recommend!! We ended up moving our loved one to a different facility where she was very well taken care of.