National Church Residences

Our experience at Water's Edge of Bradenton has not been a good one. We placed my mother there because of the activities director and he was let go shortly after my mom moved in and they have not replaced him. My mother is still high function even with her dementia and in the memory unit, there are not enough things for her to do. We have asked that they take her to the assisted living area so she can be a part of their activities and join in the dining room there, but this just is not happening and it has been very trying for me to get them to follow through with anything and they always seem to have an excuse for why it has not happened. Right now I would not recommend this community hopefully things will start to change in the future.

My mother was asked to move from her assisted living home because it was a multi-floor community with no ability to restrain residents from leaving floor. They suggested First Community Village where they had locked doors and they stated more care for wheel chair residents. We weren't even there 1 hour before the nurse's aid left her alone, she got up and fell face down on tile floor. Ambulance then hospitalized for several days. They assured me this would not happen again. She was moved to another room on her return and it was very dark and uninviting in this lock down area. While there her new physician started to prescribe meds that made things worse. She started have small strokes and I asked what can we do to help her? Meaning speech therapist, something. This same physician told me, "what do you expect, she's old," What?? Needless to say between the fall, the locked institutional like environment I insisted, to the director, they get my mother out of there and into a decent room and fired that physician. They put her in a much better room, new physician, charming room mate with somewhat nicer nurses. They lost her hearing aids, not once, but twice. Every time I came there (at least once a week) I would have to dress her, feed her in the small eating area myself. The mini strokes became her demise within 10 months. I would "never" recommend this "nursing home" facility. Walk through it and you will not see one smiling patient. It will break your heart, as it did mine, but was too late for my mother. God rest her soul.

The front office management is terrible and all but possibly one are snobbish and rude.

The first community my son and I toured – she was kind of snippy, she said, “Your down payment will be $400,000. Will that be a problem?” I won’t refer people to this community. I like the community I moved in much better and they were a much more reasonable price as well.

Attractive facility and centrally located. Most of the staff are friendly but not well trained. It is expensive and exceptionally poorly managed. The only successful program is Physical Therapy, the manager there is good. The most common answer to any question is "Gee, I don't know." The food is expensive and only average in quality. Housekeeping in the apartments is a joke. The Healthcare (nursing) wing is horrible. DO NOT leave anyone you care about there. My father was there and everything bad that could happen to someone in nursing care happened to him. He fell, got MRSA, cdiff, and bed sores. He was there to recover from surgery, but after all the infections they gave him he just couldn't recover and died. At present (2019) they are building a new addition which will be even more costly than the existing units. I wish I could say we had a good experience there at some point over the 10 years my parents lived there but there wasn't one other than friendships with the other residents.

Bedbugs are all over this building and have been for at least 7 years! You will not be informed of the infestation before signing your lease and moving in.

Autumn Grove was a horrible place to live unacceptable management treat people differently not equality. The place is one step above a nursing home. Management is very unqualified. They do not execute conflict resolution. That is a requirement from the national association of apartments.

Arrived as a step down from Riverside to the 1st Community Heath Care Center. Never got a Guidebook, or orientation. Staff at times wwould not answer the call button. Social Worker called all the shots and implied although we had a right to leave she would code AMA. No empathy or discussion mostly condescending. We stayed additional days for their covenience and paperwork was completed in a matter of minutes. There was no Therapy on the last day and paperwork was completed in minutes not needing a whole day.

Autumn Grove is not a good place. Way to much drama. I've been looking for a new place as well since the first day I moved here, but it's very hard to find something. Also very dirty place. People live like pigs here. I hate it hear so much.

My 79 year old mother submitted all of the requested paperwork 6 weeks early and was told by [name removed] that she was eligible to move into the next available apartment that came available[date removed]. My mother was excited to hear this news from [name removed], the unprofessional inept representative that also conducted a walk through with my mother on [date removed], who did not process my mother's paperwork in the 6 weeks prior. On the next day, [date removed], [name removed] called my mother and told her that she could not move in because she was approx $[removed] over-income and blamed my elderly mother for this oversight. [name removed] told my mother that she has other people to worry about besides my mother and didn't have time to process my mother's paperwork in the 6 weeks she had it. The website for Panola Gardens Apartments falsely advertises: "Regardless of income level, every senior has earned dignity and respect." My mother was lied to and disrespected by this facility. [name removed] needs to be reprimanded.

Have friends there. Hallways always stink & are dirty. Mgr, Maint & social worker play favorites & are lazy. Mgr/Maint speak bad about tenants. Some tenants have waited a yr for repairs to be completed then gave up waiting. Complaints to Corp office ignored. Tenants have to clean laundry room at their expense & empty trash there & outside & sweep walks for tenant safety. Potential tenants get one smell before entering lobby then turn around & leave.. They and tenants families, friends & visitors refer to Mgt & owner (Nat'l Church Residences) as slum lords. Can't rate minus stars

Moved out late Autumn. Dirty and stinks inside bldg. Mgt is liar and lazy. She plays favorites with tenants who kiss her butt or do some of her work. Maint is also lazy. Some of the ladies there think he's creepy. Stay away from any place owned by National Church Residences. Cannot give enough zeros about that nasty place or worthless stacf.

We move out early Fall. Can't rate with minus 10 zeros. Staff there super lazy, Mgt lies. Tenants live in fear of Mgr and eviction if they complain.Last reviewer told truth. Bldg dirty and stinks. Complaints to corp office are ignored. Mgt plays favorits with tenants.. STAY AWAY from this place. National Church Residences is only a name and has nothing to do with any church.

Moved my Mom here almost a year ago. Still having issues with getting her paperwork. Told it was done wrong by former staff. Sounds like they are making excuses. Basement in horrible condition, musty and dirty. At the time she moved in they said they were doing updates, but I have seen no improvements. This place needs a good cleaning and updated. Visitors like my family are addressed rudely. I had requested maintenance leaky window about 10 months ago before shut down. No one on maintenance after hours or weekend. Clothes lost in laundry, room dirty, bathroom hallways basement. Refrigerator has not been cleaned since she moved in. Items mailed lost by facility or not given to Mom and held by staff. Now facility is closed due to Covid so I have no idea how Moms living conditions are. I would not recommend putting a Loved one here. Mom is 92 moving again would be hard on family and even harder on her.

My mother was in the Water's Edge memory care facility for four months in 1919. We were charged the highest fee for her care. The staff was insufficient. She was forced to sit up in the morning in her wheelchair so that the staff didn't have to assist her when she was awake at night. She had white gold and silver rings and three watches that were ALL stolen. She couldn't report this because of her advanced dementia. The staff also stole the Ensure drinks from her personal refrigerator and the unopened carton of water bottles. This is a shameful facility that has no business touting themselves as a "christian" organization. They insist on charging us because of hospice items left in the room. My mother is now deceased. A very bad facility!

Mother was taken to this rehab and is a fall risk after hip surgery. She was told to go to the restroom when she's not supposed to get out of bed. Then was told get rid of her waste in the bed pad and then call for it to be changed. I asked where was the bed rails to be told some 4 hours after her arrival the stna needed to evaluate if she needed them. The next person I asked stated the doctor had to order them. When I called for the nursing supervisor it took 20 minutes for a response then I get someone with no badge identification and in my opinion was NOT the supervisor or this place hires clowns for administration. When pain meds were requested they stated they had no order from the doctor. When approaching another nurse I was told they hadn't had time to review her records. Im scrambling to move my mother. DONT SEND family to this physicality!

Run. Don't walk away from this place. My mom was in there for nearly a year. It was a blessing to remove her. The administration staff is very unfriendly. I have heard them say negative things about family members of the residents. The turnover of help is amazing. I heard the office manager yell at staff down the hallway. I was there when the alarm went off alerting staff a resident was walking out the door and no one responded for 5 minutes even though they were in their break room. My mother had numerous items missing from her room. The food was not acceptable. Worse quality than cafeteria food. My mother lost 15 pounds while in their care. National residence and the Ohio dept on aging need to take a closer look at this facility and the way the residents and their family members are treated.

My father-in-law was there for several months. The staff made excuse after excuse for the unsatisfactory care. They did not give him all his meds, which caused several medical complications. My sister-in-law had to search the medicine room for the medicine she provided but was never administered, and never filed with his meds. Then after complaining about the incompetence and constant need for monitoring by several of his children, they punished him by refusing to let him go outside for fresh air. We discovered unlocked doors and no one at the desk to screen visitors on several occasions. They talk a good story when you are searching for a place for your loved one, but once you move them in its a different world. We know there has been a change of some of the staff, however, I would never recommend this place! Thank god we found a Wonderful place for him. He is happy and well, and all his children can sleep at night without worry.

Our experience with Legacy Village ended up being a very poor one. My loved ones lived here for a number of years as independent living, and everything seemed fine. However, everything changed when Mom got sick. Legacy Village did not end up coming through on ANY of the rehab or skilled nursing services that they claim to offer. After her hospital stay whenever we would try to bring Mom back to Legacy Village they would always have some reason why she couldn’t move back, despite their advertisements saying that they offered the care services she would need. If your loved one only needs independent living Legacy Village might be a good option, but do not depend on them being able to handle any care issues that come up. After our experience I strongly recommend avoiding them.”

I made an appointment for a tour when we arrived no one was there to do a tour. I was told they don't work on Saturdays.