Cottages of Clayton Inc Assisted Living

My mom fell while at unassisted facility so she thought assisted living would be best. However, she's fallen about 3 times in her 6 month living at COC and unfortunately there's no emergency alert to notify staff. In addition she is severely depressed because the food is not nutritious. She's used to fruits and vegetables. I understand this is a low income facility, however I agree with my mom "seniors fed corndogs several times a week for dinner" is not acceptable. Seniors require a balance meal with at least 2 servings daily of both fruit & vegetables, dairy, etc. She is stressing the family because we can't help with the malnutrition she is suffering due to non interest in eating foods served. If she had a kitchenette & fridge she'd be able to cook. Now she Is frantically searching for a better facility. Is there anyone else family member complaining?

The Cottages was not good at all. We had an appointment, and the administrator didn't show up. When they took us on a little tour, it was smelly and dirty, and the people didn't look like they were getting attention. The common areas were unkept and in need of updating.

Toward the end of my mother passing, she didn’t want to leave The Cottages. She wanted to stay there because she could no longer care for herself. She was into the early stages of Alzheimer’s and then she just stopped eating; so they made it where she didn’t have to move again. She ended up spending her dying days there and so they made accommodations for my mother. The staff was great. They had bingo there for her and my sister Linda used to go buy little gift for the people like when they won the bingo game. She just did that on her own because they took a good liking to my mother. They have bus rides too. They take the people to places but I don’t think my mother ever did any of that. I think they had like a cleaning facility where they would clean the people’s room but my sisters did that for my mother on their own. I have two sisters down in Dayton and I used to go there once a month because I live in Columbus. My sisters used to come and get my mother laundry and do her laundry for her; they just didn’t want the workers to have to care for her like that. I would recommend this place to anyone who needed a place to stay. It was big enough that you could feel comfortable. You had enough space; you could even walk amongst the grounds. They had a place where you could sit and enjoy the sunlight. I think if I was in my 80's and I don’t want a house or anything to care for, I would love to stay there myself so that would be my recommendation. My mother was very happy. When she went there she said she liked the place and when we had hospice to come they even made a comment that it was a nice place.

This is a very well kept Living Center. The staff,from management to to maintaince people take great pride in their work. There was not one time that i was there to see a dear friend that i ever noticed one person slacking off. Every resident had each and every need and concern adderessed in a timely and proper mater. The meals were outstanding. The medication was dispenced properly and on time. There is even so much activity planned for the residents.The facility even planned outings for the residents.They were helped on and off a bus used to transport them with the utmost concern for their saftey