Spring Arbor Senior Living

They have lots of activities. About once a month they hold a celebration for family to come in. We have been to a few which are engaging. carnival night luau night magic show night. I am hoping she is getting the proper here. I've been there at meal time and no one is sitting with her feeding her and it looks like she just plays with her food. She is not losing weight so I am sure she is eating. sometimes the place smells like feces where the residents are gathered I do worry about her being cared for properly and being changed in a timely manner. we were there last weekend and she had soiled herself. I don't know how long she was sitting in it, but it was obvious if you could smell it from down the hall and I think other people will probably sitting in it too. I did get on the nurse about it and said you needed to go and check each resident. people really need to hear the bad along with the good. I know it can be hard sometimes CNA's don't get paid nearly enough to do what they do.

Like it here. Food is questionable. Actives are good. Nice community of folks. Good staff.

The staff is friendly. It's an older facility, toilets are really too low for adults. It could use a facelift. I don't have anything to compare them to. Anything updated will also cost more. It's a matter of personal taste and what can work for the individual. Of course, I never wanted to have to put my loved one in any facility.

The food is absolutely horrible. People are very nice the place is clean, but will be looking for something else because my Mom eats maybe 1 to 3 meals a week, too expensive to have to buy groceries on top of the monthly rent.

We met some nice people at SA. The one thing we were disappointed in was the lack of activities once [name removed] left the Wednesday after Easter. [name removed] was great in memory care with mom. After she left they never replaced her and it seemed like they were sitting in front of the TV the majority of the time. There seemed to be a difference of opinion about whether they were going to fill that position.

Quality of care varies with available aides…some are there just for the paycheck and others truly care about the residents. When problems are brought to the attention of the Patient Care Coordinator, feedback is always promised but rarely given. Apartments need to be cleaned more often and trash emptied more often.

We had some problems with food it was really really bad. We would probably not recommend this community to other families based on the experience so far.

I will say I think there is room for improvement. I thought the activities they planned for the memory care patients during my Moms stay was lacking and looked better on paper. Also, having carpet in the common area or anywhere in the memory care side is a mistake due to incontinence. Being that memory care is right next to the front office, perhaps that is the reason for the strong air freshener you're hit with when you walk in the front door of the facility. I also think that the staff should be pushing water intake because that is essential to dementia patients but of course that would mean they would have to see to toilet needs more often. This is just a few things I saw that could use improvement. There are others. There was some confusion as to whether we needed to supply my Moms linens. The admissions office said no, that it would be provided. The staff in the memory care section said we did. They should be on the same page.

The staff talks a good game. It did not work for my mother. They tried but just was not to be

Nurse aids have a problem about working not doing there jobs and on their cell phones and not doing what the family asked the aids to do by what to put on their love one. Room size are good but not good house keeping.

My brother past away and they charged him room and board even when he was no longer here on earth. Unfortunately, he was there for 3 days but it seems like it was a nice place until you talk about getting your money back for services not rendered.

He won't let people in room to clean or change his bed. These are professionals? I change his bed then nag to get his laundry done and returned to his room. His tv hasn't work right since he moved in. After much nagging it has been determined it's the equipment. We are waiting on new. Once I found his meds in bathroom in plastic cup. The med tech said she watch him take them. When the nurse was in the next day I went to her with the complaint of the meds and you pay $[fee removed] each month. The med tech admitted she lied but I don't think she was written up. That issue could be dangerous. My stress level is still high I go every day. Tried to start every other day but always a new problem. At this point I believe all are the same. There are excellent, compassionate staff at Alto but not all. The aids should not be using their cells phone for personal during the work hours or disappearing for periods of time.

They could improve on there nursing assistants and RN's that speak English, language barrier was an issue there nursing assistants just didn't want to be bothered

Overall. Med staff/caregivers were great. It is a much older population that we expected. The admin staff pushed her to eat in the dining room. There were several times where they said she had to. No other option. When she didn't, she didn't get a meal. It took us a few weeks to get them to leave that piece alone. Unfortunately, my mom just wasn't happy.

I actually lost my mother there [date removed] . She was doing well & to my shock she fell in the night on a Saturday fracturing her hip. I blame lack of care & supervision by the night/weekend staffing. The last few weeks of her life were very disturbing & surprising to me. Most of the personnel were ok, food not that great & a few had bad attitudes. The way I see it with my extreme "facility" experience residents are numbers filling the space. I found a few staffing that truly seemed to care. I would not take my mother there again. Would not recommend. Room for improvement.

What they could improve on would be the food and décor. Staff is great but food and surroundings are terrible. Old and dusty. I would not recommend this community to other families based on the experience I have had so far

Would try to be honest, as far as recommendations that would have to be their decision.

My family member was in this facility for a couple months for respite care. The facility itself is large, clean, and appears very nice, but the concerns are that there is not sufficient staffing for the care of the elderly, especially in memory care. If residents are in their rooms, they are only checked on every two hours. This is not enough for a dementia patient, as bathroom supervision was crucial for my family member. Regular cleaning of patient rooms and bathrooms was also insufficient, and weekend staffing was especially poor. There were multiple occasions when there were dementia patients in living areas alone in groups and there appeared to be no one on the floor to supervise them. The majority of these people are fall risks. The appearance of this facility is impressive, but overall patient care, supervision, and room cleanliness didn't please me.

My loved one is currently a resident at HarborChase at Evergreen Walk and the overall experience has been okay. The cleanliness and the meals are good. The friendliness, staff and care services are okay.

They seem to do everything that needs to be done but sometimes have trouble following through with things we ask them to do. No complaints about safety or adequate care, though. The fact that they accept medicaid after 2 years was a primary factor in our choice.