Pinnacle Senior Living

Very nice for someone who needs lots of assistance. All people looked frail and needed walking assistance.Assisted living one set price, no matter how much care is needed.

good price. has pool.

When independent and needing only a little bit of care, it was a good place. The food was good. The staff were there when my loved one needed them. After a transfer to the hospital, she returned and was placed on hospice care. And in my opinion, Riverview could not handle the increased level of care. And I had to transfer her to another facility. It was horrible. I really liked the people I dealt with there, but they just couldn't handle her needs after that hospitalization.

My father lived here for about a year, from 2014 -2015. The staff overall was nice, the management was good, when not overwhelmed with elevators breaking down, and gas leaks that resulted in no hot water to the rooms for several days. And the elevator KEPT breaking down. This facility was built to be a hotel, and it was just that for many years. Improvements have been made but it still has a HOTEL LAYOUT. There is NO getting around the spaces that residents can get stuck in, hallways, alcoves, stairs. And there is not enough staff to deal with this. How can staff provide good care when the building is a deterrent? Hotels are designed to give folks privacy, assisted living sites should be designed in a way that staff have a easier time of keeping eyes out for disoriented or confused or lonely residents. If your parent, like my father, has dementia or develops dementia, even if Santa Maria Terrace continues to have a dementia waiver, you should look elsewhere. In fact, have a plan B for this. My father chose Santa Maria Terrace to save money and he did, but his quality of life would have been better in a community designed to work for residents and staff. The activities were few and far between but that could have changed.

The only thing I really liked about the facility was the Marketing director and activities director. With everything else, I was not impressed at all. The rooms did not have central air. If you wanted to have air conditioning you would have to ask maintenance to put in a window AC. There was water damage on the roof and it was not in the greatest shape. It seemed like all of the minor details of upkeep were [Removed]. Also, in your room you only have a half bath. For the showers, you would have to go to the community showers which were not the cleanest. If you want your own bathroom, I would not recommend this facility.

This facility is in my rating fair. I don't believe the services compare to what they sell you on when you first come for your introductory visit. I have paid extra for the assistance to help my mother dress and other needed task she may need. My mother always complains she's not getting her needed assistance due to shortage of care workers. I have come by different times and found her room messy, and her not fully dressed for the day. Doesn't seem fair the client has to contend with facility shortage of staff.

Rehab therapy staff were excellent (PT, OT and Rec Therapy)! Nursing, not so much. Some were exceptional, but had problems with pain management controlled by day shift nursing staff. Prescribed pain meds were withheld despite need. I received only tylenol for post op pain during the day despite working very hard in therapy, which resulted in severe pain at night. I cried at least three times in severe pain which affected my sleep, and was told I should have requested my prn meds (though I was unaware of which meds were prn). Also no wound checks by any nursing staff for 12 of a 14 day stay.

Great staff but not enough, short staffed Not healthy food choices, too much processed foods and not enough for residents, Not all food groups for all meals. Promises outside activities such as bus trips, never seen it. If your loved one has dementia they do little to no interaction.

Pleasant but rather sparse looking. Traditional furnishings, no carpeting in common areas. Very small 1 bedroom not feasible for a couple. Limited activities available for independent residents.

The staff is friendly. But the service and the food is not so good. There is a new chef. But when I ask for a drink or husband asks for ice cream, we never get it. I need to put on weight but they have been giving me the small portion meals, not regular portion. I haven't been able to do the activities yet.

The food the serve to these people is way too 'fancy' And it seems like they serve broccoli veggie mix all the time. The person I have there is a picky eater and they say they offer something alternative. The alternative is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They never have any cold meat such as ham or turkey to make a sandwich. Staff members are constantly complaining about how busy they are and under staffed. They complain to the person I have there so she feels like she cannot ask them to do anything for her, as they will get mad. I've sat in dining room while food is being served and aids sit at table with residences and are on their cell phones texting instead of helping residences or even talking to them. Went one time later at night and could not find any worker. Finally found two and they were both outside, one was smoking and one was on her phone texting. Overall I'm not very satisfied but feel like making a move somewhere else might result in same issues.

My brother has been there a little while and I would have thought that they would have his routine down by now. I have asked repeatedly for certain things, and I just don't get them. For example, I have told them that when they serve him breakfast in his room, they need to open the milk for him as he has arthritis and cannot open it himself. They still do not do that after multiple requests, so he cannot even drink the milk they bring. Any time he buzzes for needing something, it can take an hour before they respond. Some of the staff there (particularly the higher ups) are very friendly, but some of the others act as if they are doing my brother a favor just for doing their job, rather than doing it cheerfully.

The Lexington is a nice place for seniors who can get around easily. But my Mom was interviewed and accepted there even though she was blind and dependent on almost constant help. Maybe the staff didn't fully understand her dependency, but they did when my Mom fell 5 days after she arrived, and ended up in the hospital and then a rehab facility. When I went to the Lexington to talk to the manager, she told me this was not going to work for my Mom, and gave me a list of other places that would be more suitable. We packed up my Mom's room and checked out, only to be told that we not only owed for the entire month that my Mom was there--5 days!-- but for the following month because we didn't give them a month's notice. They wouldn't budge and we paid, but will not recommend this place to anyone.

My Mom was accused of wearing the same thing every day, when she has 3 of the same duster. The colors are only slightly different, but the patterns are the same. Also, When another resident was being a bully toward her, there was nothing done to intervene on her behalf. I believe that is because the "bully" was one of the Lexington's wealthier residents and the Lexington did not want to loose her business.

I was not impressed with this community. The building smelled. The staff seemed ok. I got the feeling that you would need to not know who you are when you get here. None of the residents seemed unhappy, and some of the rooms were nice, but some of them were not very nice at all. Just not the community for us.

They were terribly unorganized with things, they didn't keep to their schedules for their activities or menus. They didn't have a packet to give new residents with a menu or calandar of activities, or anything, they told me it was posted in the dining room. They didn't keep to the activities schedule, one time they had a welcome gathering, I showed up and it didn't happened, they told me they forgot. They didn't know how to make a bed properly the sheets were kept on sideways. It wasn't that they weren't nice or kind but they were just so disorganized.

The caregivers are wonderful. They are sweet, kind and compassionate. We've had no problems or complaints about the staff except for one person who I understand is no longer working there. I'm not sure about the value being that I'm doing her laundry and part of the cleaning and the food has been less than adequate. My mother-in-law has always had a health appetite and she said sometimes she doesn't even recognize what's on her plate. She's eaten lunch that she thought was some kind of fish and an hour later she threw up. We're thinking seriously of moving her but we paid a $2000 community fee and I would hate to think we would lose that. She's in a wheelchair but can transfer herself. She got up about midnight to go to the bathroom and fell and she laid on the floor for 7 hours and no one checked on her. That's the caregiver that's no longer there. It's not their fault that she fell but someone should have checked on her. I'm just really disappointed. We're having to subsidize food and laundry and change her seats.

[name removed] has been amazing for us and we recently began communicating with her, two weeks ago this score was lower. Cleanliness- stairwells could use some help. Chairs in the lobby are cloth and have many wet spots on them. Quality of care - aside from [name removed] and our cleaning lady, there could be improvement. Laundry is not done most of the time, bedding is rarely changed. Yes, we come every Sunday to help, but most of her needs should be met by staff and that's not consistent. Administrative staff-besides [name removed] , it's hard to get timely responses from Admin. Food - I think it's fine, [name removed] complains that she doesn't care for the food but no specific feedback.

Needs improvement in clearness, communication , food and quantity of care. The room size is perfect. My dad had shared room and they were good size. My dad did not join the activity but they were good.

Long story short. She went to Mt Terrace on [date removed]. She fell a couple times while there. Last time she fell was [date removed]. She was supposed to be on a 2-3 hour check and they found her on the floor 12 hours after she fell. 2 weeks later I called ambulance and she went to hospital where she stayed until [date removed] Never went back to Mt. Terrace after that. She went to a different facility for 30 days then has been living with me ever since