Pegasus Senior Living, LLC

I don't feel they really knew now to deal with Alzihemer, Dementia patients. They overdosed my Mom on meds to where she couldn't walk and barely talk. Her Rx is 0.5mg and they were giving her 2.5mg. Which was suppose to be a one time dose. Within a month they increased fee three times to the highest possible than told us we needed to hire someone to come in and take care of her personally or they would discharge her. At the end they admin was complaining she was to difficult. Than we found out they stopped one of her meds without doctors permission. Hospice told them repeatedly what the order was and they still would not give her the medication, because they keep saying it was as discontinued. When my Mom left there they even gave me the bubble packs for the medication they stopped giving her with the rest of her meds. I will stop there for I know this is a lot. I would not recommend this place to anyone.

They promised an onsite rehab facility, yet my mom was there 3 weeks and never once received rehab. Either the equipment wasn't working or there wasn't a therapist available.

I wouldn't recommend the Brookdale Retirement Community. I would strongly recommend to tour other retirement communities before they decide to choose and to read other people's ratings and comments. After I moved to Brookdale, one of my family members read that a few years ago a female resident was s. violated in the West University Brookdale. Most of the office staff was very rude and disrespectful to me during my time living there. I had the worst experience in W. U. Brookdale. I will definitely not recommend Brookdale to my military veteran friends and military groups.

They are a band of thieves! -100! Always ways to improve!

A bad place to have family under their care. They don’t provide the attention they claim to give. They put on an appearance during the first few days, but afterward they treat people poorly, leaving them waiting in their rooms for a long time.

My mom has had a very supportive environment at the Landing, primarily due to the Executive Director,[name removed] , and the Life Enrichment Director, Heather Prindle. I am very concerned that both these people, the heart of the Landing in Queensbury, have resigned abruptly because of toxic local and corporate management. I strongly urge the management to engage with [name removed] and [name removed] and make needed changes to support a positive work environment. When you lose your best people, it's time for some self-reflection and corrective action on the part of management.

They can improve by: Better communication with the families and explaining the financial portion can get a little better

Short-staffed, poor management, uses agency workers in the memory, which means they are not building relationship for ALZ patients, courtyard has a sewage smell.

Memory care was understaffed, no activities on the weekends, and residents often isolated in their rooms because there was nothing to do. Memory care lacked the appropriate care staff for the level of care required. Administrative staff - welcoming and available. Meals were not diabetic friendly, food was often served cold, and Memory care residents were not offered choices. Memory care had some activities during the week days but nothing on the weekends. Not impressed when a resident had to wait for over an hour to use the restroom with assistance after pressing her button.

My mom was a military veteran and had always been a very healthy and independent woman until she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. When she developed complications from severe constipation after spending only 7 months in memory care at the Gardens, we were completely caught off guard when we were told that she needed to FIND CARE ELSEWHERE, IMMEDIATELY. I've been a healthcare provider for 25 years and was mortified with how we were treated. In my opinion I suspect her constipation was related to lack of physical activity and basic nursing care, which they agreed to provide when they accepted her money. I highly recommend looking at ANY OTHER place for anyone with dementia. She spent her last month of life between the hospital and a nurse-run adult family home close to us, which provided a higher quality of care at half the cost. Though my mom passed a month ago, we are still being charged for 45 days of care that she wasn't there for and never provided. Please look elsewhere.

My mother in law lived at Brookdale for one day. Unfortunately she had to go into a nursing home after a hospital stay. We gave notice. We got everything out within a week of having given notice. We were charged the Community fee and 2 full months of rent. They did not even give us one dollar of consideration in this unfortunate circumstance.

We paid over $[removed] K, and my sister Stayed there three nights. She was in the hospital the rest of the time. They did not tell us they were not taking her back until I called to see if they were picking her up from the hospital, or I was. They charged the whole amount, because her things were still in her room. The day they inform me she would not be allowed back, I rested the 160 miles to get them out that night! The money for the remainder of the month was not refunded. When a decision was made that the facility was not appropriate for her, I should have been informed immediately! I was left in the lurch trying to find another place immediately when she was released from the hospital, which I was not able to do. She had to sleep at a friend's house until we could make other arrangements! I cleaned out the room immediately on the day I asked for her to be picked up, enlisting emergency help from a couple of friends, a local one who worked into the night, and another who drove her pickup over 100 miles! Then, no refund was issued. They could have told me I would have to pay the remainer of the month anyway, and I could have multiple trips alone instead of having to impose on friends. The only time I saw her there (since she was only there 3 days) she was sitting alone in a parlor watching tv, but couldn't figure out how to change the channel. She did not talk about the food, but said the staff were bossy, and wouldn't let her do anything.

The staff was friendly and welcoming as they were selling you on the place. We moved mom in and she needed to have meds on a schedule, particularly her anxiety meds. The place was HORRIBLE at keeping the schedule. There were a few times when meds were very late. I would never recommend that place unless perhaps it was for independent living. Extremely frustrating.

DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER THIS PLACE FOR YOUR LOVED ONE! The staff at Magnolia are incredible at touring and the sales pitch. But let me tell you, they will not even do the bare minimum that is part of the rental contract because they are always “under-staffed”. The weekly cleanings, laundry and sheet changes do not happen regularly if at all! If and when they do clean, it’s mediocre at best. The food is inedible. Several occasions they lost our family members medications and spent days trying to locate them while she was left without her diabetic monitors among other crucial medications. And you will be charged a ridiculous amount for a “care plan” and within weeks to months they will do another assessment without any communication and double the monthly care plan, this is how they make their money. Charging lower rent and ridiculous amounts for “care plans” that are bogus and unwarranted. AND, they won’t even do the additional items they claim they need assistance with like showering.

We moved my parent out of this The Havens after 2 months. They did not take care of my father. There billing was horrible, charging us for certain things when they said they would not. Lying to us. Some of my father's clothes went missing. A couple of the staff members were rude to us. People that worked there seem to hate there job. So happy to get my family member moved into a much better facility.

I'm a physical therapist and I can tell you that when my husband was there the administration and the quality of care was extremely poor. I've heard that they have all new stuff and administration now so it may be completely different. I can only give you my experience. I would make sure that there is an individualized plan of care that is being implemented by the staff. Anyone thinking to place their loved one should have a camera in their room and they need to be there frequently to make sure that their loved one is getting the care they need no matter where that is. Families also need to know their rights that sedation is not the first course of action when someone is in memory care and they're having a met needs which are labeled as behaviors. I would also encourage families to educate themselves about dementia, and the specific dementia their loved one has and not to feel coerced into doing something because that's what someone says needs to happen. People with dementia and their representative still have rights.

-No med log kept of as needed meds (pain pills) -Medications not refilled of administered to residents if you don't use their pcp and their preferred overpriced pharmacy. -Response time, means the time between the alert button is pressed by a resident, and the time the med tech tells them they don't have time to bring as needed meds. 45-90 minutes to get requested pain meds. -Nursing staff is rude, defensive, and confrontational if questions are asked by family, and they will refuse to show you medication logs because they either have not documented meds administered, or they don't even have the prescribed meds onsite. -Tables in dining room not sanitized between settings -Plan of care log was not set up for 2 weeks, then not followed. -My family member frequently never left his room for 6-8 hours, because he was in too much pain to walk, staff did nothing. -Laundry rarely done, linens rarely changed. I had to hire a cleaning service! -No "practicing" nurse onsite -AVOID AT ANY COST

I have sent a card every month to a resident. Last week I got all of my cards sent between January and October returned in one fell swoop unopened and marked unclaimed. This was not a postal problem as one of the cards had her room number written on it in marker. I have called the facility twice to find out why these cards were held and returned in a batch. Each time I was promised a response. No one has called me. I am very disappointed that my friend didn't get what was sent to her and that I wasted time, effort, and money for eleven months.

The first year was great. The second year was horrible. They left my mom in her room to be dehydrated, horrible UTI and she almost died so then. They also just let her leave the facility at one point she was down at some grocery store, not knowing where she was or how to get back so I moved her. Don't send your parents or anybody you love to South Hill Village. I can't express that enough.

They tell you hurry you get two months free. You sign up and that first FREE MONTH THE APARTMENT IS NOT READY FOR MOVE IN. One month FREE RENT gone. Then apt not NOT NOT READY LIKE THEY SAY! Bugs, icemaker broken, fridge shelves MISSING, drawers screwed in COCKEYED, new carpet remnants left INSIDE/OUTSIDE, dining .. if you call school cafeteria dining, then lol be sick right, RUDE SERVERS, non communicable staff, leave messages right .. we’ll wait long time if ever for answers, HCA HEALTHCARE OWNS omg, hello HCA!! Omg. Lots and lots of non speaking or understanding of ENGLISH LANGUAGE, plus just RUDE DINING ROOM SERVERS! Promises made and NOT KEPT!! Do not sign for dining as only breakfast and lunch included! $[removed] EXTRA for dinner!! 2 hours between breakfast and FABULOUS COLD LUNCH.