Uplands Village Community

Richard L

Fees are HIGH HIGH HIGH to join 20,000.0 and monthly not bad. like $600.00 BUT, Uplands itself, is in DEBT by like $18,000,000. Will it go bankrupt yet? dont know. You can't sell your home there , no one want to buy it, and the company (501cd) non profit wants 20% of your home value when you sell , whats up with that ??

Reviewer#JM190822b

My mom moved into Uplands Village Community. We chose this because of the availability and the facility itself. My mom had a hard time adjusting, and they've been really good and very patient with her. They were very accommodating to us. My mom seemed very happy and content. They've been doing a great job of making her food to order because she's very picky. They have an organ, a piano, games, puzzles, movies, church services, and Bible studies. We had some choices with getting my mom her own suite. We were able to select what we felt was good for her. It's the lowest-cost place that we looked at.

Byron

Uplands Village had a very good, fairly new, and well-equipped therapy area. I've heard really good reports about that, but not so much with the assisted living and nursing facilities. They have a certain amount of social activities. They bring in the meals from outside, and they're planning to prepare them in the facility.

Leith

We thought we were making a wise decision four years ago by moving into Uplands Village Independent Living at relatively young ages, 63 and 59. The entrance fees were low, $15,000 each and monthly fees were low, $320.00 each. However, in the four years we lived at Uplands, monthly fees increased 90%. The reason? Uplands is presently $13 million in debt. This happened due to poor management. When we arrived 4 years ago, Uplands was $7 million in debt. For years, fees had not been increased to cover expenses. Just before we signed our contract, fees had been raised about 100% to $320/month which we thought was fair. We anticipated fees would increase 4%-6% annually. However, Uplands incurred an additional $8million in debt . At this time, the salary of the Executive Director increased to $250,000/year, egregiously above salaries in the area with comparable responsibility. Also, Uplands continued to "invest" its endowments in a philanthropic organization with low returns and also continued to contribute funds to local charities. These factors necessitated staffing and service cuts to decrease operating expenses and an increase in independent living fees of 90% in four years. Because we could no longer afford Uplands, we were forced to leave. Uplands insists upon enforcing the contract requiring us to pay Uplands 20% of the proceeds of our house and $210/month in maintenance even though we no longer reside in the house. Uplands is a UCC affiliated religious organization that does not pay taxes.

Virginia

Uplands Village is a wonderful place to live. The people are wonderful, you can have your own home, or you can go to assisted living, and now we have a new memory care unit. They have dining facilities in the assisted living section, and a diner where people can go for lunch or dinner. We have an enclosed pool and all kinds of activities. There's a church near the campus, and we have treasure sales and auctions each year. People play Bridge, and there's golf and lots of fishing. It's cheaper than anything I looked up in Florida.

Caring106877450

We've been members of Uplands for 18 years. We knew people living here, and that's how we knew about it. This community has individual homes. We have a lease on the property, and we built a house. When we leave, they will try to sell the house, and we get so much for it; that's the way it operates. We can be anything we want to be. We're free to go and do as we please. We're still mobile, and if we want to go somewhere, we go. We cook our own food, do our own shopping, and do our own laundry. We have a lady who comes in and cleans twice a week. We do have a yard. There is a 24-hour nursing service if we need it. The staff are very helpful, and we get along with people very well. There is just a little bit of dissatisfaction amongst ourselves in the way things have developed over the years -- the policies and the atmosphere created by new management. They have made some changes that we do not like, and they have increased our monthly rate.