ONELIFE

They did a closed door evaluation of my mom and bumped her to memory care which nearly doubled the cost. They assured me she would get the individule attention and activities to keep her stimulated, every time i visited no matter what time of day my mother was sleeping, previously she never napped. She hit her leg and had a silver dollar wou d that was not treated and they called and said tiny wound ttear. Staff never interacting with patients they were doing puzxles themselves. Every time I was there there were othet elders needing help but no one to be found. They never took memory care to the concerts or other interesting activities, as stated ,offered in the main assisted living. I pulled her out after two weeks. Wrote to shee if sny sort of refund but was charged the next month and apsolutely no communication back. Terrible place and experience.

This place is a joke! After my mother had two falls earlier in the morning that day they finally took her to the hospital around 6pm that evening to have her checked out. They asked if I could go to the hospital and relieve the care taker that assisted her to the hospital because they were short handed and they needed her back! When I got my mother back that evening I pulled up to the entrance and there was a care giver sitting out front in a wheelchair, on his cellphone, having a cigarette. I asked if there were any more wheelchairs and he said no. He did offer the one he was sitting in when he noticed I was struggling to get my mother out of the car. Never offered any assistance, just continued smoking while on his phone. It just went south from there!

Since moving into the Springs my parent went down hill very quickly, My Dad fell many times while under their care, they will mention their dome security system which is in each residents room. The problem is no one reacts in a timely manner, I have NEVER seen any caregiver running to a room when an alarm goes off. Also, without notice they will disengage the alarm system in some residents rooms. Many times 10 or so residents are in the TV room without an aid or nurse anywhere in sight. In this time there are fights between the residents which sometimes results in physical touching. We moved out after only 3 months and sorry we ever moved in. Pauline the administrator is very weak and seems as though she does not even care about your concerns. The nurses at the Springs will call you at home to either come in to care for your loved one or they will tell you that you have to hire one on one care.

The administrators are very incompetent. They make excuses and pass the buck. They jerked me around. Not giving me paperwork in a timely manner which then took more time to get properly filled out by physician. They came to home wearing a name badge with Memory Care boldly written on it which I made her remove after arriving 25 minutes late. She forgot to bring the paperwork and I was informed I would have to go to the facility to pick it up. \In the end they jacked the price another $800 stating my mom was tier 3. The woman is ambulatory, she's not incontinent, she's coherent in the moment... she just can't remember things. Though she is a feisty one. \And, for $6500 they won't even do the residents laundry.

Like others I was fooled by the glimmering image Waterhouse portrays. They are constantly changing management and it seems there is a new face at the front desk each time I've visited. The Executive Director seems friendly on the phone but is very fake once you interact with her in person. It's really unfortunate as she ultimately makes promises she cannot keep. When I first came in for a tour, it was lunch time. We went into a neighborhood where staff were serving lunch to the residents. The girls seemed nice and even said hello to my family and I while we were in touring. We decided to move mom in despite other reviews we had read online about this facility. Mom seems to be doing okay, but has since been very unhappy. The bathroom in her unit always smells of strong urine as though it does not get clean. Staff are constantly trying to keep other wandering residents out of her room and we are always finding other people's clothing in mom's closet. When we bring it to the staff's attention, they say they don't know who's it is if it isn't mom's. Dinner time is a disaster with staff rushing people to eat and immediately trying to rush them to bed. Also, we pay alot of money for mom to be here and the dinner items do not reflect the gourmet meals they promise. The offered hot turkey melts that were hardly presentable with soup. Their is a substitute menu on some of the tables that say those items are available at all times, but when mom asked for a specific item from the list, the staff said they went to the kitchen but the oven is off, so she could have a cold ham sandwich with chips or the meal they brought to the neighborhood. We are already considering moving mom to a different facility. They never have activities going on except for maybe a movie in the living room of the neighborhood and staff are always coloring printed sheets or scrolling on their phones. The staff don't pay attention to the residents and it's clear they don't care. It's really disappointing and varies greatly from the day time staff who are so sweet to my mom and my family.

Scam artists - - everything looks BETTER than wonderful when you tour the lovely facilities, and you only find out later (after all the expense and emotional upheaval of moving) that this is a Circus Act of utter incompetence... empty promises of "the best" in memory care including the integration of Teepa Snow's research and programming. NOT. There's a constant revolving door of questionable minimum-wage contract aides who may or may not have a high school education and have NO IDEA who Teepa Snow is or what she stands for. It's ALL HYPE to get you to move in, and then you see the deeply disturbing truth that it is nothing more than a facade: a lovely new building, beautifully furnished, full of incompetent [removed] for caregivers--who sit around watching reality t.v. and texting on their phones rather than engaging with residents. Residents are treated as cattle, with little regard for their dignity... if this is what you want, at a PREMIUM PRICE, then go for it. Most of us have wised up and moved our parents out once we figured out we'd all been scammed. They could not even pass their state inspection, and have had "Restriction of Admission" notices posted on their front door since the first visit. Meanwhile, anyone with a shred of integrity has quit (you will notice the prominent signage "Now Hiring!" at the driveway entrance; they cannot keep any staff). Most of the residents' families have made the easy decision to get their loved ones OUT of there ASAP, and if you're smart, you will save yourself the emotional turmoil and expense of finding out the hard way that "all that glitters is not gold."

We were hoping for a facility that truly took care of your loved one! So disappointed with this Vernon hills facility! Entire original managment team with exception of administrator is gone! All fired! New hires are a huge disappointment! Can't find anyone when you are there and try calling this facility ., they don't answer! Dishes are filthy and food is bad! They have residents falling everyday and wonder why? Go visit and the staff will gladly leave you with 30 residents..alone! Horrible and terrible!

Look elsewhere!

Unfortunately when we chose this facility for my husband we were really in need of a place for him quickly. They were very accommodating and helped us place him within one day. That's about the only good thing I can say about this place. My husband was only there one week before a nurse visited him at the direction of his doctor and noticed that he had developed horrible bed sores, rashes and uncontrollable blood pressure and blood sugar levels. He had to be rushed to the hospital from there and ended up in ICU for over a week. [removed]. Needless to say he did not go back there. It was a nightmare trying to get my money refunded, which eventually it was. I would highly recommend that if you are considering this place for yourself or your loved ones, you think twice about it and run as far away from here as you can. The facility is very old, dirty, smells really bad inside and the staff is anything but friendly. I would never recommend this place to anyone.

Terrible place for anyone, if you want your parents to suffer this is the perfect place.