Now, let's get this straight, there are so many people who work their little buns off and get no recognition. I obviously can't mention everyone who is amazing. I'll have to do that in an update. But I am going to mention some of the superstars. So many of these people clean the messes of others, thanklessly. Might as well get appreciated here.

Let's start with the good. I actually was first a resident of their sister facility Jacob's health care. Talk about a nightmare. I can't even bring myself to write a review because it's traumatizing. But I was so happy to come here and see that it was basically the Bizarro version of Jacobs! So, I recommend that the people who complain about the food and the response time to the call lights here, enroll themselves at Jacobs. I could have my light on for up to two hours before getting someone to come in. It was awful.The med situation is 2,000,000% better than Jacobs. These are the only two facilities I've ever been to so all of my comparisons will be with Jacobs.

Nursing situation is better. There's always a few bad apples anywhere you go. But for the most part these people actually know what they're doing. I had to argue with the nurses so many times at Jacob's because they would do crazy things like try to make me take sleep medication for anxiety. I'm not joking like a sleeping pill for a substitute of an anti-anxiety meds. It was total chaos.

Food portions are very decent. Food is about as expected. Bland and over cooked. But having said that, with a lot of salt, I at least can eat two of the things on every plate. Which is a new concept.

Now, for the bad and ugly. I'm wondering where this job was when I was in my 20s and allergic to work because I partied so much. The people who work here are allowed to no call no show as many times as they want, come in late even by hours, have hands where you can see the dirt on them, come in under the influence, have breath that smells of alcohol, be MIA for 5 hours, sleep for hours, come and leave as they please,intentionally break protocol that jeopardizes the residents health, in general not do their job at all and my personal favorite, drop residents more than once in a very short time span.

How lucky am I that there is 1 employee who exhibits all but 2 of those behaviors?! Rome wasn't built in a day, but to the credit of mgmt, I have spoken with them and they have made large strides to making this place more all-around perfect.

Now,The superstars!They're in no particular order, so nobody get offended!
There's Brenda, who could best be described as a ninja. She literally puts a new level to the hard worker. When she is working a shift, you know that things are going to get done and they're going to get done well.She does everything you need in a quick manner with a smile.When the scary workers are working, she actually picks up the slack and takes their rooms because some of us don't even want the scary workers to touch us. So she takes on her residents as well as the residents of the scary workers.

And by the way, none of these people complain. The things that I know are things that I found out independently. Because it's just so rough. And one thing I've always valued almost as much as how the clients are treated, is how the staff is treated. It's really important to me that they're taken care of. So I keep my ears and eyes open because I don't like places that don't take care of their employees.I don't know about anything personal or behind the scenes that goes on with their jobs they just come in, do the work and do it well.
Lucy She-ra! She's really strong and not just emotionally! Often doing many peoples work.
I'm going to have to start lumping people because this is already a novel. Sheena, Cristal, Rachel, Nina, Serenity, all work like crazy yet, keep a great sense of humor about them that keeps me laughing. Which is a tough thing to do in the morning.
Destiny is such an asset. Josh, Forest both go above and beyond no matter how much work they've been doing previously.
Nurses Cara, Brooke, Art and Tita all go beyond the call of duty with zero griping. I honestly don't know how they do it.
Now you can see why I can't mention everyone in one fell swoop. Because it would quite literally be the longest review in history. It's basically already in second place for that position.

So you've got some really rough situations. But then you've got some truly magical people that make it all worth it. In the end, I can at least say I would absolutely recommend here over Jacob's. And speaking to a couple of the other residents it seems to be better than the other facilities that they went to as well. You just have to remember that all of these places are understaffed and overworked. It's just the way. I feel safe and taken care of here and I'm lucky to have my roommate. So all in all despite the scary, I am happy to be here over Jacobs.