"Dad is moving into Traditions of Lansdale. There were quite a few reasons for choosing them; the first was my outreach with Spencer, one of the assistant directors. Talking with her was compassionate, just absolutely so nice and so kind over the phone that I knew immediately that this was a place I wanted to check out. When we got to the place, we met the other assistant director, Jennifer, and she was equally wonderful. When we went for our tour, she introduced us to Pat, their maintenance man, so we got to meet him right off the bat and go through the room that they had available for Dad. He told us everything, all the details of what maintenance does and the community itself. She introduced us to Sherry, their activities director. She brought a resident to talk with us immediately, welcomed us, and told us about his experiences with his mother there, and why he likes it so much.
It was so lovely. The facility itself really met our criteria of being very organized right from the get-go. Very clean, all on one floor. It's like living in a huge ranch home with a memory care unit, but my father is eligible for their personal care unit. We liked the size not too big with fifty-some residents in personal care and twenty-some in memory care, which is a locked unit. Everything is so close for my dad, too. Just beautiful, and all the areas for the residents were so fantastic, like a movie room that didn't have folding chairs; it actually has lovely recliners for the seniors that are all the same, all comfortable, just wonderful. A dining area that's just lovely, and you can see where the residents can hang out in a library, a seating room, in their living room, or play cards together. They also have outdoor seating, which is lovely, and everything is very safe. One floor nowhere to fall, nowhere to get lost, nowhere to end up in an elevator, confused. It's a for-profit facility, month-to-month rental. They have nurses, they can get hospice care there, and some skilled nursing, even though there's not a skilled nursing facility. They provide lots of different rehab, like PT and OT, on-site. They also have every doctor you can imagine on site and coming in, including dermatology, podiatry, regular doctors, and gerontologists. It was just all around a really great place. They really give you a lot of options for dad or mom's care to make sure that they're giving, like, if he needs help dressing, getting out to the dining area, showering, all of that great stuff.
We really had a great experience. No other place we went to offered that kind of experience, where they literally, on the first day, introduced us to all of these staff members. It was amazing. The food we did not sample, but they do make it from scratch, so everything is made from scratch. This was truly the one that struck us as the one we were going to choose."