The Arbor Company

The community is friendly and supportive. The facility, however, is poorly constructed. For the amount of money being spent, a little more attention could have been made when installing windows, hardware, updated appliances, placement of the electrical closet, etc.

The property is beautiful and the building was very well maintained with lots of great amenities and features. The staff was great and gave my love one and I a detailed and informative tour. The cost of the community was outrageous and way over priced.

Solana looks like a Marriott hotel inside and it is supposed to give you the impression that everything there is first class, but it's really NOT! As a former nurse and employee in an assisted living/nursing home environment, they appear to be short-staffed here - especially on the weekends. This is evident when there was a fire drill and no one prepared our mother in advance or made sure she was out of her room - made us all wonder, did they even realize she was there? They certainly should have. Every Resident there should be accounted for in such an occurrence. We also have issues with the food and the dining room staff in particular - they are primarily 'kids' who do not know the meaning of the word professional and are poorly trained in customer service and a can-do attitude. Solana Management should address the need for appropriate training of the Food Service staff immediately. Food and the overall dining experience is a very important part of Residents' daily lives. As for the food itself, its covered in sauces or gravy and there is a real lack of healthy options - the vegetables are overcooked to mushiness and no real salad options for a salad lover like our Mom. Fried food is a not a favorite of the Residents either - occasionally but not regularly. We will be revisiting on a regular basis during mealtimes to monitor the level of service in the dining room as well as the quality of the food. This is not a cheap place to have our parent and we expect much better than what we have seen so far.

I think so far it's okay. I haven't heard any major complaints. It's still new and as I get a chance to spend some more time there, I will know more, but for now it seems to be okay.

Things are going so/so. It has been a bad time (with the holidays and everything). Although it would probably be the same anywhere, I just feel like there should be more feedback from the staff especially about medical care. There have been some communication issues, but they have done a good job with everything else.

The apartment is just lovely and it is the entire grounds are clean and nicely kept. Most of the people who work there are very pleasant. There are lots of good activities and trips- even if just to the supermarket and shopping. The food is ok -- does not always come out hot and the new Sunday brunch does not really work out well for people on walkers - not sure why they started that. But for the most part a very nice place to be.

Compared to the two other places: Manassas Health and Rehab and Burke Health and rehab Sudley was great. My biggest concern was their lack of concern with my Mothers' falling and the lack of any answers after she fell and broke her hip. She made it through surgery and after being moved to Burke Health and rehab were the lack of care ended with her having 7 compression wounds and a trip to Faifax INOVA Hospital were they took pictures and said we did not to send her back so we asked Sudley to take her back as we were still paying for her room through all this and they turned us down saying she required more care than they could provide! There were patients in the Memory Care in worse shape than Mom. We turned to them after they said once Mom was a resident they would always take care of her no matter what. We were heartbroken!!! Mom died 2/10/2014 at PW Hospital in Manassas,Va. four months after she left Sudley. My sister and I were with Mom every day no matter were she was and you learn FAMILY must be there to protect them or they are at the mercy of those caretakers. We had no idea that Memory Care places were so in need of caring loving people that see this as a calling! There is so much more to Mom's story we loved her dearly. Thanks for caring.

It's only been a week....too early to evaluate

I had to move my brother into the area on very short notice and moved him into The Residence on a respite stay basis, to allow time to let him see his options. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated rapidly, and other than the hospital, he never saw another option. The places I had a chance to look at in my compressed window of time were pretty comparable on a quick look. I choose Residence because it seemed less fro fro-y for a male. I also liked the orientation program they had to help new residence get acquainted. The time there was chaotic due to his health issues and lack of time to get his local health care team established. The staff at the Residence were very supportive throughout the time. The few residents we got to know seemed content there. Although my brother did not have the opportunity to participate in anything, it seemed like there was a good variety of activities, including a theater complete with popcorn machine. Due to our unusual circumstances, I don't know if the issues we encountered are normal or not. It is possible my brother needs would have been better met in a nursing home, but his time was so brief, we didn't have a chance to explore that option. I believe the staff did try hard to do their best. But my brother complained about poor response time when he called for assistance, and I did experience delayed responses a couple of times myself. Access to the building after 6:30 is challenging. I waited up to 30 minutes for someone to answer the phone to let me in. I understand they have rounds to do, and staffing at night is minimal, but as I work during the day, I frequently got there after hours, so an easier way to contact someone to open the door would have been nice. They did bend over backwards to help me get my brother situated when he came in. Most people were always pleasant and warm. My brother did feel that some of his issues were due to people who didn't speak English as their native tongue. Most seemed to speak well enough in my opinion. I do think in better circumstances The Residence on Greenway may have been a place for my brother would have been comfortable, and would have enjoyed many aspects of it.

The facility was very nice but was not affordable.

The food is pretty good, it's a three, they have choices, so if they don't like what they are having they can always order something else. They don't have enough staff, they need at least two more people. The response time is supposed to be seven minutes, and has been 10-20 at times. The aide has walked away from her in the bathroom and left her alone, which is concerning. The nursing staff is useless. The communication is not good. The director has corrected some of the things that have been brought to her attention. The aids are wonderful they are very caring and very sweet, the nurses are nice but they don't do anything but hand out medications. Overall I am fairly pleased, the atmosphere is great, they have a lot of things to do and the place is pretty nice. The apartments come furnished. We had to buy a bed, but you can bring in your own things or use theirs.

We toured this place while looking for options for Mom. It seemed nice during the tour, and the staff were friendly, but the atmosphere was just not right for Mom. It was too big, and I knew she would not be comfortable moving around the place, which would keep her from participating in activities.

Improve on communication with the medical staff. Overall I do like the way the staff works as a team and tries to work with the residents to make sure they get involved. It's still a work in progress for me

Facility was clean and inviting. The food was usually very good. Administrative staff was professional and friendly. However, some attending staff were slow to respond and some were less than professional.

The staff all need to be trained as far as medical emergencies. The room is a decent size my dad says the meals are decent.

This was hard for me to rate. The bottom line is my mother was in memory care and she was difficult. I discovered that the staff really didn't know how to redirect dementia patients and my mother wasn't treated with kindness. I felt sometimes the staff actually made her behavior worse by the things they said to her. Administrators acted like they cared, but the med techs, nurse practitioner, and the manager of memory care would tell me all the time what behaviors from my mother would get her kicked out of the facility. It was a very stressful time for me. I felt like they couldn't wait to kick her out. My mother is at [community removed] now. She is still difficult but staff works together with the director and nurse manager to come up with ways to redirect my mother and reduce her agitation. She is treated with respect and understanding by staff and often is helpful in getting my mother's cooperation. In addition, [community removed] is less expensive than Arbor Terrace.

I would like to recommend that [name removed], the valet, get a $[removed] love tip from Mirabelle for going way above in helping my husband , [name removed] and me when getting in and out of the car. He is pleasant and goes way beyond what is expected.

It is effectively " custodial" care. Basically my mom is cared for, but the thin staffing, low pay and nature of the work mean that details are often missed

Arbor Terrace Senior Living is just too expensive for us. They need to hire more help, if possible.

A lovely place. A lot of effort goes into building upkeep but memory care services suffer because there are not enough staff to work with and care for clients. The services staff are good but they need more just to do the things they are supposed to do.