Garden Crest Assisted Living Facility

Joanne

The two people I met at Garden Crest Assisted Living Facility were nice. Everybody was having lunch at the time in one big room. There's a pretty view. I think you would have to share a bedroom, and my cousin didn't want to do that, but it was OK.

Ricardo

My friend is currently at Garden Crest Assisted Living. It looks old. It looks dingy. It's not very warm or welcoming. Half of the staff seems like they're decent but there are one or two that are not so good. My friend complains that the food is not very flavorful. Since she has mobility issues, she can't make it to the dining area, so they bring the food to her, and a lot of times the food is cold, too.

Marguerite

I took my sister to Garden Crest Assisted Living Facility. It came highly recommended by two different friends who had stayed there and they had a high regard for it. It looked clean, and it was well run, but physically seeing what it would be like to live with strangers was what persuaded my sister that she preferred to live in a crowded household with teenage kids. The tour was very good and very helpful, and the place looked good. There's a nursing element to it and an assisted living element to it. They were very kind. They arranged for us to park close to the front door, so my sister didn't have to walk a long distance. They were very informative and very kind. We had to walk through the nursing area in order to go to the assisted living area. The room had a bed, a dresser, a chair, and a small table, and they said they were willing to receive other furniture if they could accommodate them in terms of the availability of the room.

Phyllis

My mother is at the skilled nursing of Garden Crest. They called my sister in New York and took the time to discuss my mother's illness, what happened and what they plan to do. I like that. My mother's room is clean, there's no smell, and they're professional. My mother can talk now, which is unbelievable; it's a miracle. We could ask as many questions as we wanted to, and they didn't talk down to you or anything. As far as my mother is concerned, they knew their business. So far, so good. I haven't heard my mom complain about the food at all. They had chairs, and if not, they would go get a chair and bring it to your room. There was also a TV in her room. I think the food is about average because you have to really watch it. Sometimes they can't take really hot food, or they have dentures or something like that. But they check it out to see if it's suitable, or that the patient can handle it. When you sit on the inside, you can tell that it's been used a great deal, but there's nothing dirty and you don't see or smell urine, that kind of thing.

Lillian12

My mother stayed at Garden Crest. The LPNs and RNs were really good, and the CNAs were pretty good, but a couple of them were kind of abrupt. The doctor showed concern and care, and he was really good. Her room was not 100% clean because she was sharing it with another lady, but overall, they would try to keep it as clean as possible. It could have used a little more cleanliness to do somethinga about the smell.

Vicky21

My aunt had a fall. Garden Crest is in proximity to the hospital that she was at, and she is there for physical therapy right now. They are very attentive to her needs. She is in there as an assisted living resident as well. The place is really pleasant, and the staff is really good. There are some minor issues, like my aunt has a preference with the taste of food which cannot be accommodated. But all in all, I'm satisfied with where she is. She had some issues with some of the staff members, but the director there has been very attentive to her needs and really looks after her too because I'm not always there and she doesn't really have a lot of relatives to check in on her. They're very gracious to look out for her and keep me abreast of anything that has happened. Particularly, she was in the assisted living side and needed to have surgery. All of that was pre-arranged with the director of the assisted living side so that she could go back to the facility on the nursing home side to have her therapy. All of that arrangement just took a lot of burden off of us. I was grateful for that.