Complete Care at Glendale

Glendale is one of the two nursing homes in my town. It was the only bed available for my grandfather. He has Congestive Heart Failure, Renal Failure, and Cirrohsis of the Liver. His stay there was unfortunately more worse than it was better. First of all, the facility itself is clean, sanitized, and well furnished. However, the service wasn't what I expected for my grandfather. What upset me was that the nurses did not bathe him regularly. thus ended up with a horrible jock itch. Another instance that upset me the most was the doctor put him on a strong doese of Amiodarone which is actually a fierce medicine for heart patients that is supposed to regulate the heartbeat. This medicine made him confused, delirious, fatigued, he made unusual repetitve hand movements that easily lasted for hours on end, and what made me sad is that he didn't even know he was doing it. He also said phrases and sentences that just absolutely made no sense. The nurses and doctor did nothing to reverse this and myself and my family thought my grandpa was a goner. He ended up developing pneumonia after that. At my grandpa's age of 85, he uses dentures. The nurses misplaced his dentures and he was eating without them for weeks, and the ladies at the front desk gave my mother a hard time about it at first until finally resolved the matter. Lastly, the nurses also misplaced several of my grandpa's flannel shirts. It just wasn't what I pictured for him.

My girl friends grand father is a resident there now. My grandma and aunt stayed there a few months ago for about a month. Its a nice place, The first time i went there i was surprised to be greeted by a big fat orange cat. I also felt it had a kind of "homey decor". As i walked to my grandmas room i noticed the "dinning room" with a big flat screen tv with some residents playing wii on it laughing and having a good time.I wont lie i liked the place already. After walking down a large hallway i found my grandma's room. More homey then nursing home. It had a large stand up closet next to each bed and a tv hanging from the ceiling next to each bed. Not to bad i thought. My grandma on the other had was much less happy to be there (understandably so) and wasn't afraid to let the staff know it too! That's what surprised me about the staff, they just took it with a smile never getting mad at her or anything. They were very professional. I haven't been to many nursing homes in my life, but i can tell you it was pretty nice. Im sure my grandma could have been placed in a worse one for the same money. They even let me take her 130 pound German Shepard into her room when i would visit! So in a nutshell no its not the best facility but its pretty nice and the staff were happy and professional. Id recommend it to anyone.