Shipley Living

Lisa

We had a tour of Shipley Manor. It was very nice. They have very friendly staff, and it's very clean. The woman who gave us the tour was very informative. It's just positive, I don't have anything negative to say. They take all the normal precautions.

Bill

My mother moved into Shipley Manor, and I'm very pleased. The staff or the personnel they have working there is very good for her and have been polite and forthcoming with information on a daily basis. It's pricey. It is an expensive place, but I believe she has the care she's needs in there. I think that's pretty beneficial. She is in a private room, but she's in skilled nursing. Unfortunately, even before she had dementia really bad, as well as a hip replacement, she hasn't ever been a good eater. It's a hard judgment for her. She's not really able to let you know. She can tell you she dislikes something or likes something, but she's not that coherent. She's more on soft cereal, and things of that nature. Nutritional drinks and things like that, so she wouldn't be a good judge on how the food is there. They have a lot going on community wise as far as I know. They have a nice TV room. They do a lot of different crafts, and they take them outside. There's a lot to do. Unfortunately with her pretty extreme dementia, she is not able to participate in most of those functions. It is because of her actual condition, not that it's not offered. The facility itself, the location, the conditions, the cleanliness, the people, and the staff I feel is above adequate for sure. We're very happy with it at this point. The staff has been wonderful, and very communicative of the daily condition of my mother. We get to visit her twice a week. They're very helpful and knowledgeable. Considering the condition she's in, they're very outgoing and do very well with her.

Karen

I went to Shipley Manor. It was very depressing. When I walked in there's a main room, and you've got 40 people in wheelchairs, and they don't even know where they are sitting around the television. I find it, it's very upsetting to me. I had a friend in there and I went to the friend's room. It's pretty sad. The room of my friend was pretty much barebones, minimal, like a dorm room with one bed in it, there was a table, a television, and a bathroom. It's like a hospital room. There's an overall medicinal odor.

nothanks!!

I would not recommend this place to anyone. They are under staffed and they do things the way they want to which is not necessarily right for the patient. The nurses only take blood pressures and give out meds which a lot of the times not the right ones. The aids do all the work but there are not enough of them. Patients have been left sitting for hours on the side of the bed for hours with no one checking on them. The patients are belittled and I think the aids are too! The communication is very poor all around. Someone decided that my relative was too tired to eat dinner so no dinner was ordered for her. Please do not use this facility

Christiane1

The physical and occupational therapy department of Shipley Manor was wonderful and very caring. That's really why my friend stayed even after her 100 days of support from the insurance company was up. The food has not only been terrific in terms of what is served, but also how it's served. The general friendliness of the place was really nice. They have two dining rooms with one area for people who need to be fed and the other for those who don't need assistance eating. They have a TV room, and there's a nice lady who entertains the residents with all sorts of activities daily.

Christiane1

My friend transferred from the nursing home of Shipley Manor to the assisted living part in a room with a nice bathroom. The assisted living unit was very small. She still goes back to the skilled nursing part for her OT and PT. The dining area is in a totally different corridor with four tables of four people each. They have a living room with a TV. Basically, the residents just stay in their own rooms. They have outside people come in to play the guitar, talk, or provide some entertainment for the residents.

Provider Response

Caring113667750

We liked Shipley Manor. I liked the cottages, which seemed to be roomier, but my wife wanted to go with the apartments. They had activities like exercise, Zumba, and weight loss. They have nurses on-call, and they would take us to our doctors. They have three meals a day. The place looked very nice.

Dianne16

My mother is living in Shipley Manor. She moved in there the end of October last year. It's the best that we found here. We chose this facility because of its proximity to me and the cost. The people there are extremely nice. The staff is very caring and very thoughtful. They seem to take an interest in each one of their residents. They remember their residents' names. They're very nice. For accommodation, my mom has a two-bedroom apartment. It has a kitchen, a living room, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. For activities, my mom doesn't get involved in a lot of activities but they do have activities for them. They go to different places for activities. They have a bus that takes them to doctors appointments and there's grocery shopping and shopping. They have different games like bingo, Mexican Train, pinochle, etc., and I think they have a bridge club. The facility has a gift store and a library in there too. With regards to food, I haven't eaten there, but my mom says that the food is very good. They serve two meals a day, lunch and dinner, and they seem to be very good and very nice.

caring1614

I got a list of assisted living facilities from Caring.com and Shipley Manor was one of them. I visited this place. The room was fine. They did have recreational activities for their residents. I would give it a fairly high rating based on my visit.

Beware_please

Visit several times and at different times of the day. The facility is often short of staff, is focused primarily on cost saving (for them not you). If you aren't going to visit your loved one everyday...this is not the place for them.

Looking for a place

I visited a place called Shipley Manor. It was a very nice facility. It was also clean. Everything was excellent except the size of their apartments. Their two-bedroom apartments weren't that big.

gorams0987

My experiences with the assisted living facility have been well. Every family member that I've had go into assisted living has enjoyed their stays and been able to recuperate quickly. They've also been treated very well. I know that sometimes people can complain about the food they are served, my family members have always enjoyed the food and even ate there with my grandmother while she was there. The biggest downfall was that not every person had their own room, and if they did have their own room is was more costly for their families. I also didn't like that they forced the people who were staying there to eat, and they basically ran their lives. I think that while it was a nice place to stay after a while the people staying there want to leave. I feel it would be a better experience if they made the facility more homely, and made the customers feel more at home.

chiclet9

My Great Grandmother was constantly ignored. They were consistantly late bringing meals, sometimes she would eat at nine at night, which is unacceptable with her medication. They would take the residents on trips and expect them to walk around at a normal pace. My great grandmother walked with a walker and needed four steps for every one step of a normal person. The staff was rude, unfriendly and downright mean. I would never reccomend this facility to anyone EVER! It had to be the most demeaning place on the planet, and if I had any control over where she was I would have removed her from the facility immediately. I feel she would have lived a lot longer if she was treated like a human being, and not a dog!