European Christian Care

Dad was at European Christian Care for only 12 days. The place was very clean and all the residents are kept very tidy. But when my mom and I went to see my dad, it was obvious to me that he was very, very sick. George, the owner, was not around so I called him and he said that my dad had been sick the last couple of days. I was dismayed because he didn't take action to call or alert us. He didn't do that until we came and saw dad in that state. He even wanted to come first to the facility before I called the paramedics, and was trying to justify the situation. My dad is 90 years old and had Alzheimer's. I think he let my dad suffer needlessly longer than he should have. He had severe pneumonia during those last few days. He died at the hospital the next early morning. He only lasted about 15 hours. For other patients who were there, it left me with a great concern if George knew what he's doing. He had only one lady named Sophia working in the house who can't even speak and understand English completely. She's a very diligent person, attentive, patient, and I thought she was trying to do the best she could. But when you have patients with Alzheimer's they don't communicate very well themselves. Sophia's lack of communication skills at a critical point was detrimental. So even if she had wanted to call the paramedics, she couldn't because she couldn't even talk to them.