Peregrine Senior Living

My dad was there 3 months and in that 3 months many problems mostly with his hands on care to the point we have moved him out . There is a new administrator who understands the place needs an over haul so really hope things improve and that my dads new place provides the care we expect and he deserves .

Life Guidance is terribly run. Much turnover with directors. unsupervised staff. Management does not listen to concerns

Life Guidance is extremely expensive here and you dont get what you pay for. Turnover is pervasive and they have gone through three LG directors in less than one year. Aides are good but basically they are doing it all with minimal supervision and support. Most of them are burnt out as they are overworked and underpaid. Director does not take action and dismissses complaints. Very little communication with families, no support groups. Looking to fill beds and take your money. Poorly run.

You need to consider retaining a relationship with a primary care doctor instead of relying on the facility to provide medical care. It is for this reason that I've rated core services as "0" as my loved one was not given timely or effective medical attention. As medical care is outsourced, you should reconcile how much you pay for these medical services against the care actually received. I learned this lesson but my loved one suffered the consequences. With this rating, I hope to prevent this from happening to someone else.

I mainly disliked the Atria Shaker, but it was a beautiful place. First of all, the original person who did tours did not show me around that day. It was expensive, and we didn't meet their financial requirements. I also have relatives who volunteer at the Atria Shaker and they have witnessed the staff speaking and behaving in a detrimental way. It was not a great place.

When I first walked in they had a vase filled with dead flowers in murky water. I really felt like I got a sales pitch. I didn't feel like my mom would matter to them.

my mom is not interested in this facility because of the small living area for her and my dad

Due to covid there was a serious disconnect with communication, when we would call and ask questions we would get a different person every time with a different answer. Our loved one did contract covid while she was there, and luckily it was a mild case but we had to take her out so she has been staying with us. They will not let her come back into the community unless she tests negative three times and quarantines for the 14 days which is confusing to us since the other Atria's guidelines are not like that. They also did not help explain the laundry schedule, house keeping schedule or activity schedule to her while she was there.

The food is not good and by the time they get it to your room it is always cold. There are few activities and the ones scheduled are frequently cancelled. Usually they get cancelled because staff did not show up to work. The only good thing is that it is near a Stewarts so you can get something decent to eat there.

You are basically alone in your room 24 - 7. Cold food is delivered with a small cup of soda for a beverage (coffee in the AM - cold). It is awful. There used to be activities but they were slowly eliminated. It is isolation.

My parent is in Peregrine and has been for about a year. This place seemed great at first but is rapidly going downhill. The Director is very mean (to her employees also from what I hear) and really doesn't KNOW the residents. There is a new nurse that seems very abrasive and hard to understand. The place is a revolving door for employees. The last review I can find is about 14 months old. If I were you.....I would keep looking and GOOD LUCK! Very few people really care about your loved ones like you would like them to.

Peregrine's Landing-Memory Care Unit Assisted Living facilities are for profit senior residences that target seniors and their families at a time when they are desperate for help in keeping mom healthy and safe. The Admissions/Marketing representative at Peregrine’s will make promises that the staff cannot deliver. [removed] The Memory Care Unit at Peregrine’s offers adequate physical care of its residents. The staff is very nice, however they are not trained to offer the emotional and behavioral support that residents with cognitive impairments require. For example, one resident was witnessed trying to leave to “go home” when she realized that she could not leave without setting off alarms. This was very upsetting to her and she could not understand why she was locked in. The staff did not offer any techniques to distract her away from the door, instead they told her she could not leave “without a doctor’s order”. The situation quickly escalated and the staff did not seem to know how to handle it. Unfortunately, the resolution to problems such as these is to call the physician for sedatives or send the resident to the emergency room for evaluation. Is this how we want mom to be treated? They also have staffing issues here. This is evidenced by employees working double shifts and staff scrambling to find replacements because the relieving shift worker called in sick. When you see this happening you can imagine that mom is not getting the attention that she deserves. It is also worth mentioning that the food is overcooked and bland, which is really sad considering meals are the only thing to look forward to here. And yes, that marketing person will tell you that if mom does not like what is on the menu then there is an alternative choice such as sandwiches, but you will never hear the staff offer an alternative to the two choices that are on the menu. I think you should reconsider your decision to move mom in here. Good luck with your search. Please also watch this Frontline video entitled Life and Death in Assisted Living: [removed]

There is not enough space to express how horrible this place is. From the management staff to the aides they do not care about the residents. Money is the only thing they care about.They do not check on residents in rooms as promised. I know for a fact they never checked my loved one from 9pm until 7 am. Protocol was to check every 1/2 hour! The aides are horrible if resident is dozing at meal times they don’t bother to wake them or feed them when they wake up. They will lie right to your face that they did something when I knew for a fact they did not. No one keeps in touch as to progress or regression of patient. Aides will tell you they don’t have time because they are short staffed. Turnover is excessive. Overall do not place a loved one here it is not a good place.

I would recommend they investigate a different place. The care staff is understaffed, they are more interested in gossiping, they delay in helping the residents. I saw this first hand.

My Mom entered the community in November just after Thanksgiving. The claim to be a memory care facility, but they are not equipped at all. My mother suffered from Alzheimers and we need a place for her to feel safe and secure. Instead this facility did nothing except let her wonder the halls all day. The put food down and if she ate, fine, if not, no encouragement or help. She ended up in the hospital for 10 days on Christmas eve and this was the beginning of the end, By the time we moved her in January to a new facility, she was not able to recover and passed away on [date removed]. She was healthy in body before this experience. This facility should not be called a memory care facility. They simply do that to make more money. I would never recommend this facility for any person who need memory care at all. The staff that worked the kitchen, floor and all aides were lovely. Simply ill equipped for this care. Terrible experience.

They were doing a lot of construction but our loved ones room was always clean. Even though our loved one was there for a short time, we did see a lot of different activities so they seemed to be very good. They certainly can hire staff - it felt like the place was being ran by technicians rather than LPNs. It was very difficult or our loved one to receive medication and even the smallest of problems turned into the biggest issues. Our loved one spent more time in hospitals than at the community itself. We are not very happy.

Before signing the paperwork, make sure to read over everything, before sending your loved one there.

Staff left my father alone in another room (50's diner) to eat because all tables in main area for dining were full of residents. After a fall my father was isolated to his room right after coming back from ED because a worker from peregrine exposed him to covid. I tried to tell them he would fall again, he was just discharged from ED, confused and unsteady. I said this was unsafe and was ignored. He did fall again the next day however they never notified us of what happened, the ambulance notified us when they called to ask what hospital they should take him to. Another issue was my dad was wearing other residents clothes and his clothes were always missing, and many never found. This was a huge dignity issue. There was a lack of follow though when we asked for physical therapy although they did admit they dropped the ball. I understand no place is perfect but the problem was a continuing pattern of lack of follow through and dignity issues, and unsafe monitoring plans.

Perigrine talks a great game They know all the key words and phrases they make lots of promises It’s all talk off a script well rehearsed and presented to you and repeated when you have concerns The doctor with traveling doctors and nurses association is a straight up bully and rude don’t try to be an advocate- it’s not pleasent Do not send any loved one here unless they are at a high level of functioning I sent a vibrant happy healthy , other than Alzheimer’s patient to this facility 3 moths later He is in sub acute care at greenfields I thought perigrine because it was small and intimate would be exceptional FAR FROM IT So much mis communication! Ask three people the same question on the floor And iPROMISE you will get three different answers Pretty sure they make it up as they go along Big Big Big Disappointment I wish I could say more

Staff does not care. Friend was in quarantine and was forgotten, no supper or breakfast. Had to wait hours for assistance after pulling alarm Very expensive for service offered If your loved one needs help this is not the place