The Opal Senior Living

My father passed away on a Monday. His svc. was on Thurs. The following Monday, only one week to the day that he died, Belvedere already called me wanting to know where their check was. He had been in the hospital for several days before dying, and died in the hospital. His belonging were in the room for only three days into the new month, but they were sure concerned about those three days. Just for the record, I had already mailed the check on Sat., but they didn't give the check a chance to arrive before calling me. How disrespectful!

The facility appears to be terribly and chronically short staffed. Consequently, your loved one is likely not going to get the care or attention that he or she deserves. Furthermore, the staff that they do have could use additional interpersonal skills training because they tend to behave rather coarse and brusque. This attitude may be typical of lower-tier healthcare professionals, but it's still unsettling. My suggestion is to not stop your search at Belvedere Commons.

So I had the pleasure of being in the Venice center the other day [date removed] after being in there a few months ago. It is under new management and she seems to be the sweetest woman I've ever met. cheerful and happy as a result I could really tell a difference in the staff and the residents they all seemed happier and more full of life. However the outside of the building is disgusting dumpsters and trash fill-in the parking lot, dead trees everywhere that need to be cut down and removed. But it seems as though that's an ownership problems seeing as how the faculty has had over 5 admins the past year. Not much the new Administrator can do with her hands tied by the owner and for that I give this facility a one start review. New admin seems great, owner however seems as though he needs to come off some money to make this place look better. I mean it has been in disarray for quite awhile now!

This place is the most disgusting facility I have ever encountered. And I have seen my share of nursing homes, ALF's, memory units,etc. It's filthy from the moment you open the glass door to go in. The smell of urine is so strong it will burn the back of your throat. You can't wait to get out. The person I visited was not shaved nor looked bathed in who knows how long. The bldg is dilapidated. I can't believe that the state has not shut this place down. I am sure it would fail on every level.

The owners of this historic building are letting it deteriorate, nearly beyond repair. The pictures that you see of the facility are a total misrepresentation! The environment is incredibly depressing for the residents, and for the city of Venice.

I don't have a relative living there but I had one experience with them from YESTERDAY [date removed]. While on vacation I am sitting outside a block away from this facility. A guy in our condo area is leaning out his 5th floor window and yells over to me asking if I could help this lady who fell down but who was blocked from my view. I get up and walk over and see her on all fours. I help to get her on her feet and she tells me was trying to enter our condo building thinking it's a Publix, she was pretty confused. I sit her down and I ask her where she lives and she knew she lived at the Venice Center but didn't know where it was at. It was A BLOCK AWAY, YOU COULD SEE IT FROM WHERE WE WERE STANDING. Not knowing it was a block away (because I live 1,100 miles away) I google it to get a phone number. I try to call them, no answer, I call back and a man answers the phone. I tell them I have Miss XXX and he says she indeed lives there. I asked if someone could come get her and he tells me he's a resident and maybe someone can come get her and he says he will tell someone. So now that I know where she was going and it is right by us my wife and I walk her back to the facility, this woman could barely walk. Upon entering we meet a girl that works there and she has this deer in headlight look on her face as we ask if she lives there and tell her we found her. She didn't seem to know that this woman lived there but the guy who answered the phone said she did. This girl was pretty concerned that this woman needed to sign back in and didn't really talk to us. The man followed us outside and told us the conditions there are pretty crappy saying people get food poisoning, wandering around at night and some other issues which I don't remember. If this is a memory center how the hell did this woman get outside? Why are the residents answering the phone instead of staff? So now 4 hours later as I am sitting in the airport to go home I get a phone call from someone from there asking if I called them. I explain what happened and she says she will look into it, 4 hours later, nice! If this lady has kids I'd pull her out of there immediately. The only rating I am giving is the overall which is a zero and as I have no other knowledge of this facility. Whatever Florida government body that watches over these facilities needs to inspect this place.

This place has become a disaster in the past year. It is understaffed, dirty, and poorly managed. The dispensing of medicine is often haphazard. This assisted living facility is not the same as it once was when it was called the Summit.

It is shocking what has happened to this place. It is dirty, understaffed, and the food is bad. No one seems to be in charge, and it was often difficult to find help for my mother. I don't blame the workers as they are underpaid, untrained, and overworked. The new owner has allowed the situation to deteriorate. The residents deserve better than this!

Every time this facility has sold the condition has worsened. The last time I visited there were light bulbs out in the dining room which was horribly understaffed. I was told there was only one person to clean the entire three story building. Finding staff to assist the residents was impossible. The whole situation is awful.

We have had a horrible experience with this facility on the assisted living side. The care is very minimal, the hygiene care is terrible if your loved one needs help with bathroom needs. Yes the staff has been there a long time, but they also have become very complacent in their jobs and it seems they are above reproach with any complaints. I would never recommend this facility for your loved ones care. There are way to many options out there to give this facility the time of day. I normally do not give bad reviews but I do not want another family to go through what we have with the unacceptable care our loved one has been given. They also do not keep the residents rooms cleaned and the bathrooms are not kept clean. A very unsatisfied family.

Turned in our 30 date notice to vacate the facility within a week and a half. Food is fried or frozen, cold, and eating times are not conducive to anyone. Breakfast is at 9:00. lunch at 1;30 and supper at 5:30, however the residents are asked to get to their tables an hour prior to that. Service in the dining room is terrible, never mind they don't even fill up the condiment trays at the table. My mother never had anyone approach her about changing her sheets or wash her clothes. Getting them to empty out her commode took over 10 days before they finally got a system that wasn't at 4 or 5 am in the morning or not at all. Then we had to instruct them to WASH out the commode bucket. I could go on, however it would be more of the same I spoke to them about these issues daily. I never raised my voice even though everything I'd been told about their facility was not entirely true. Paid for the month of OCT. and will bring my mother home with me until her new place is ready.

I have had a difficult time with billing. Many incorrect charges and long time to fix-still in process. They cannot seem to keep staff-are short staffed routinely. This leads to many problems-from delayed med distribution to dirty bathrooms to slow meal service. They charge a lot for any extra service. They allow smoking on patio for residents and staff smoke outside side door.