Elmcroft of Northridge

For the years I had my parent in the Alzheimer's Care, it started out with very good care as I would pop in at various times of day or evening. I did notice that the employee turnover was frequent, but that did not change the quality of care until they acquired all of the licenses needed to grow and when I removed my loved one last year the ratio was 12 residents to one employee. (I asked the day we left what that ratio was.)

Clothes, shoes, and a wheelchair were missing the day I removed my mom and I gave a few days notice thinking that they'd be aware of gathering her things, but not to be.

I got an irritated response when I nicely insisted that I get the wheelchair I brought there back. (They were handing me a chair with only one leg which was totally unsafe.) And after an hour of searching for that wheelchair's legs I was told that as far as her clothes and shoes, "well they'd have to wait and they'd call me when they found them." I have yet to get that call.

The management staff are so nice and loving, as were the staff on Heartland Village, but as they have increased their number of residents, it's been too much for the florr staff to privide the quality care I wanted beside the rate increase for the coming year made it an easy decision to leave.

by Verified visitor, Jan 2011