WellQuest Living

My mother moved in here a year ago. The décor was a little tired and the food was boring but it had a great vibe and great location. Since then, the management has changed. They are remodeling which I hope will be an improvement but the food is horrendous and very limited right now and there is no break in the fees. There is no microwave in the apartment. I was also hoping there would be some people to help with heavy lifting etc but they say she would need assisted living, which she does not need. The worst issue though is that there has been no hot water for 5 days and they still have not fixed it! They also cancelled her housekeeping for the week. Again, with no discount in her rent (4300 for a one bedroom). I am very disappointed and I don't want to have to move her but I can't worry about her not having hot water and food. This is ridiculous. I have called the management and have not gotten a call back.

We submitted an application and deposit for my 84 year-old mother to move into this community with the assurance that a full program of diabetic care including the administration of insulin and blood sugar checks would be provided. After waiting 6 months for the community to open, we were informed after her assessment that the community would not have the necessary licensing to provide this service. It was false and misleading advertising, and I would not trust anyone there with the care of my aging parent.

I would tell others to not waste their time or money. The community does a lot of bait and switch on business deals. They don't have the staff to keep the promises they make. My loved one does nothing but complain about the food. The community promised transportation to the store, and then they backed out due to the pandemic. It took over a month for the community to come in and clean the apartment. No one knew where recycling or waiting a month to take out trash. They don't talk about the full prices upfront, until the contract is signed.

I took my parents for a tour to this building only because I heard great things from a friend. Beautiful community but was mortified during my visit. I over heard the management being very rude towards her staff. She said some horrible things which were completely unexceptionable. I completely left the tour. Absolutely would not put my parents at this facility. Before I left I demanded the mangers name so that I can report her to the state for abuse. Please beware of manager [name removed]. I apologized to her staff for her behavior. I felt horrible. Very thankful I seen this before I moved my parents in.

My parent is a resident at this facility. The staff is/are fantastically kind and thoughtful although, like most of these facilities (low pay), there is a lot of turnover. The main problem I see is that the food is quite awful. There is lots of fried food and very poor quality ingredients and recently, again, everything on the plate was an awful dark brown breading that was inedible and sent back to the kitchen in its entirety. My parent recently tried to eat the roast beef sandwich and gave up because the tough meat couldn't be chewed. Elderly folks get more and more enjoyment of food as time progresses and this should be a very high priority fix. I wish I could force the CEO of this facility to eat the food for a month. This facility is also very expensive and the apartments are dingy and old (the tile shower was moldy at the beginning and still is - the only fix is to remove the entire shower and start over again). The common areas were recently redone but I don't see any work being done on apartments. On a positive note, the garden area is lovely. I am very disappointed with the situation and wish I could move my parent but it's too late for another move. Again, I can't rave enough about the kind people who work there. It's the CEO/owner and the profit motive that is at the root of the problems at this facility. I have tried here to give credit where credit is due and to honestly provide the downside as experienced over many many months. If I had it to do over, I would definitely not choose the Pasadena Highlands.

My parent is a resident at this facility. The staff is/are fantastically kind and thoughtful although, like most of these facilities (low pay), there is a lot of turnover. The main problem I see is that the food is quite awful. There is lots of fried food and very poor quality ingredients and recently, again, everything on the plate was an awful dark brown breading that was inedible and sent back to the kitchen in its entirety. My parent recently tried to eat the roast beef sandwich and gave up because the tough meat couldn't be chewed. Elderly folks get more and more enjoyment of food as time progresses and this should be a very high priority fix. I wish I could force the CEO of this facility to eat the food for a month. This facility is also very expensive and the apartments are dingy and old (the tile shower was moldy at the beginning and still is - the only fix is to remove the entire shower and start over again). The common areas were recently redone but I don't see any work being done on apartments. On a positive note, the garden area is lovely. I am very disappointed with the situation and wish I could move my parent but it's too late for another move. Again, I can't rave enough about the kind people who work there. It's the CEO/owner and the profit motive that is at the root of the problems at this facility. I have tried here to give credit where credit is due and to honestly provide the downside as experienced over many many months. If I had it to do over, I would definitely not choose the Pasadena Highlands.

We had a terrible experience with this community. Our loved one was only here for 3 weeks, and in that time she feel 5 or 6 times, and had an infection that went mostly ignored. The staff seemed friendly at first but the level of care they provided was absolutely terrible. We moved our loved one out, and would not recommend this place to anyone.

I visited here and found it extremely depressing and pretty much soured me on senior living

AVOID. My father spend four days at the Highlands. Despite being on notice that his care needs exceeded the level at which they assessed him during their intake evaluation, they provided no additional service before letting him fall twice. He ended up in the hospital. While the Highlands agreed to release him from their 30 day notice requirement, they refunded only $2200 of the nearly $6000 we had paid four days prior. That's $1000 a day just so they could prove their [Removed] handling of their residents.

I would not recommend this community to anybody. I'am having a horrible situation with them at the moment. My father stayed at this community for six days, and he had a bad episode, due to his dementia. After being evaluated by his physiologist, he informed me my father could not live on his own. Once I told the community he would have to move out, because he needed more care than they are able to provide. They are still trying to charge me, even though he is unable to stay there. They have been inconsiderate, and not understanding of our situation. I would not recommend for anybody to take their loved one to this community.

I would not recommend this facility for assisted living. They made promises to me that were not kept. I lost money as I had to remove my parent and find different living arrangements. Sam Ogden, the manager, was totally uncaring and unhelpful.