Viva Senior Living

They did not clean the rooms. They routinely let her run out of toilet paper, clothes were lost. There were no activities although the showed us daily calendars of activities prior to signing up. They expected people in memory care to advocate for themselves. It was bad.

I LEFT COMMONWEALTH SENIOR LIVING 8 WEEKS AGO. THE FACILITY I AM AT NOW IS FIRST CLASS. THE NURSES, PATIENT CARE WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ROVIDE ME THE BEST CARE. I AM FINALLY GAINIG MY STRENGTH BACK AFTER WHOLESOME MEALS. MY GNAT BITES I HAD AT COMMONWEALTH HAVE HEALED BUT HAVE LEFT SCARS. THE NURSES HERE CHECK MY SKIN WEEKLY TO MONITOR THE HEALING AND MAKE SURE I AM NOT SEPTIC AS A RESULT OF THE BITES.THEY ARE DILIGENT IN LEAVIG MY DOOR LOCKED SO THAT NO ONE FROM MEMORY CARE CAN GET I N BED WITH ME AT NIGHT. I HAVE MADE FRIENDS AND FOUND SUPPORT FROM THEM AND MY THERAPIST TO OVERCOME PTSD BUT NIGHTMARES CONTINUE. I HAVE REPORTED A COMMONWEALTH NURSE TO THR TENNESSEE BOAD OF NURSING FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY. I WILL BE FILING MORE RPORTS WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. I AM NOW HAPPY, SAFE AND WELL CARED FOR . THIS FORUM SAYS NOT TO BE ABUSIVE BUT READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND YOU WILL SEE THE TRUE COMMONWEALTH. OAK RIDGE. AVOID THEM!!

My uncle was here for a about a week and died. He never had any health issues, the only reason he was placed here was because the family was not able to give him the 24/7 care. They claimed he had a heart attack but I became aware that even though he had a doctors order that his food was to be cut up and fed to him, they left him and he choked on chicken and that is how he passed away. I don't understand if there are staff there 24/7 why wasn't he helped? I had friends who also had family members that went there and they died within a week or two even though there was nothing medically wrong expect that they could not fend for themselves, there should be no reason why 4 people died in one week. They ran out of gloves and was touching people, their food, their medicine, etc with their bare hands. I have not seen anyone wash their hands. This guy named [name removed] that works there gave me the worst attitude when I confronted him about the use of gloves. Plenty of others shared the same story.

We brought our mom their based on a good recommendation. The sales department was very compassionate and delivered a message of the facility being a close knit family that everyone keeps an eye out on our love ones. We moved her in as respite. Realizing she wouldn’t be able to return home. In less than 30 days it was recommended to move her to memory care. Sad to say memory care seems to be no man’s land. She turned for the worse with no ability to reach out when needing assistance. We had a few family meetings with the facility and promises we’re made but the never did anything change. Unfortunately my mom passed. No one from the staff was there when we came to pick her up her remains, not one word of condolences. A week has passed and still nothing. It hurts to think we placed her there for care and now she is gone. Management doesnt understand the needs of their residents. I can’t figure out what She was paying for as a high level of care! Upset with ER trip.

My mother went into this facility able to be self reliant and after 2 years and three falls of which we we were unaware of along with terrible care my mother’s overall condition went from good to bad. She was moved from one room to another for no apparent reason which caused her to have another fall while trying to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night . This fall put her into the hospital. At this point we moved her to another facility where she receives much better care and oversight. Do not listen to the company A Place for Mom if they did their research they would never have recommended this place. Do your own research for your loved ones.

I have recently tour Heritage Hill's community and at first, I was impressed, but that quickly changed. While touring the facility we overheard staff members talking badly about a certain resident sitting in the hallway. That instantly turned us away. I hope for the sake of those residents something is done with that staff member.

This place is horrible and you should avoid at all costs. Some of the support staff are nice but the people in charge are rude and unresponsive. My resident was not well taken care of and the were numerous trips to the hospital. The place was filthy and there were mouse droppings in the dresser and around the room. I could go on, but you get the idea.

For a place that has 105-122 capacity, the are not bringing in many new residents. Not many visitors to participate in activities. If you do place your loved one here, you must check on them ALOT!!!! The building is nice, but there were constant problems with the Executive Director regarding issues of communication and accountability. We had to file a complaint with the Center For Aging and the Pa Attorney General's Office. If you look at their Facebook page, it's the same people in every picture. They have potential but based on a family member's stay there, I would never recommend them unless the Terrace was in a family's price range....

My brother has been at Commonwealth Oak Ridge for 4 years. Recently they called EMS to transport him to Park west for evaluation. When they arrived he was soiled and extremely wet. They asked staff to change him before transport..they refused. They brought him back because Park West said the bad behavior they claimed was not present. Commonwealth called EMS back to transport him to a different hospital. Again he was soiled and wet and again the staff refused to clean him up. The EMS drivers cleaned him up and had no problem with his behavior. The EMS driver called me to report the severe neglect. They said he was being mistreated. I pay over 5000.00 a month for his care and they have not cared for him as they should. No one should be treated this way.

staff is warm and inviting when you are placing a loved one. after my wife was placed there the staff that runs the place became difficult to deal with. they did not return phone calls in a timely manner if at all. they seem to have a don't call us we'll call you attitude. in my opinion my requests and concerns regarding the health and care of my wife were not taken seriously . access to her was constantly restricted due to covid outbreaks among staff and residents. she passed away after only five weeks at their facility. no one at any level of the commonwealth community reached out to my family from that point on.

We purchased furniture for my father in law--- bed, mattresses, chest of drawers, linens, and a chair. He spent about 4 days there. They will not give us back the furniture. My husband has gone in person, emailed, called, and contacted the corporate office. His clothes were stolen when he was there also.

Our mom came here in Feb 2019. She has dementia, but medication has helped her manage her behavior. She walked, talked and danced when she came in February. She was in Personal care, but enjoyed going to dances in Memory care. She started using a walker early April and then she fell later in April. She was first sent to the hospital and then to rehab. That's when we learned she suffered muscle weakness due to lactic acidosis because she laid on her side for a long time. In rehab she walked with a walker, but with someone behind her, as she feared falling again. She came back to personal care at the Terrace in early May, but we all agreed she needed to move to memory care for full care. New mgt took over mid June. Things started to go downhill. Staff not responding to phone calls, concerns, etc. Our mom shared a room, as this was all they had in memory care. Finally in early August she moved into her own room on a different floor. That's when the new floor's aide noticed she had a blister, covered with a band aid. We knew nothing about it. No real explanation given. Our mom became incontinent because she would call for bathroom assistance that didn't come in time. We would find urine drenched clothes in her hamper. Urine stained sheets on her bed. She doesn't even try to walk anymore, just stays in her wheelchair. On [date removed] my sister and I were both visiting. We assisted our mom to the bathroom and saw she had a bedsore. I went to get the nurse in charge and the memory care director. Both said they knew nothing about it. How can that be? Our mom has full care. Someone is bathing her, dressing her, changing depends. We called the new Director that day. When she finally called back she was defensive and rude. I waited until Friday for her to follow-up. She didn't, so I called again. She called back and had no info as to how this happened. Finally Wound Dr came that Monday and said she has a stage 2 bedsore. That blister we saw in August was stage 1. He had to debride the area and gave treatment instructions. This is so not a place to put your parent. Our mom went from walking and dancing, to a fall that left her scared to walk, then a bedsore, dirty linens and weight loss. I would never recommend this place to anyone.

Depressing, staff was friendly enough but could not even get unoccupied rooms opened up with the keys they had. That is concerning. Kitchen where food is prepared was run down, dirty and unacceptable in my opinion. Staff member let me know they were changing over and would not be called Greenfield anymore. I did not inquire as to why but hopefully they will remodel kitchen and fix doors.

My mom lived there for a year in 2016. They were supposed to dispense her meds, but they got them mixed up so many times it was frightening. At one point they kept trying to administer another woman's meds (eye drops) and we knew this because my mom kept telling them it was the wrong eye; around the same time Mom got very confused and I had to send an advocate to assess how they were dispensing meds. Immediately the confusion disappeared! A few months later, Mom went through a period where her doctor was trying to find the right meds/dosage for her issue and I discovered that they *never* documented the dispensing correctly. As her symptoms changed I kept asking for the dispensing records and learned they were making it up as they went along. At one point (in ongoing rounds of trying to get the "correct" records) they provided me documentation that they had dispensed a med days before the doctor had even prescribed it! I was communicating with a "medical director" at their Falls Church headquarters trying to get the correct records--this went back and forth for a long time, while Mom endured many changes in meds; her doctor sometimes made changes thinking his script was off without realizing that Greenfield had not yet implemented the latest script. In the end they sent a registered letter that my mom had 30 days to vacate!! Anyone reading this knows (1) how much you pay up front just as a move-in charge, and (2) how long it takes to find a suitable location with a vacancy. But this is the way they do business. In practice, there are some good people who work there and some who are unethical and incompetent; unfortunately their headquarters contains leadership from the latter category.

Please be aware that there have been changes in the corporate management since summer 2017. This is NOT the same place that produced the former good reviews. Budget cuts, staffing cuts, [Removed] of maintenance and personnel problems = bad atmosphere, bad care, and a bad experience. Look for something else!

This place is unacceptable! My father was found dirty several times and had a period of insomnia that was never reported to us. Also, their pharmacy and psychologist dropped them. We were told that a new psychologist was on staff but after an incident we were told that he didn't receive the evaluation he was supposed to have. High staff turnover and treated rudely by management after raising some concerns. Daily staff was nice when they weren't quitting.

Not impressed with level of care provided to residents. One resident was asleep on a bench in the hallway, one was slumped over in a wheel chair with no attention being paid to them.

Service has declined since under new management. No one is responsible on or off site. Something needs to be done! I have repeatedly tried to contact in house and off site management via emails, phone calls and on site visits....No Response!!!

Did not like. Nursing home atmosphere

I would not recommend this facility. We showed up and outside there were cigarette butts all over. It was filthy when we went in and the tables were all sticky and it smelled like urine. We saw the room and it was very tiny and only had one small window so it was practically dark. Everything is an add on price. We did not see any residents while touring and we found the person we spoke with to be unprofessional.