Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation

My mom is at Providence. The staff has been better now than they were before. They are better trained and seem to be doing a good job now. They go out to shop, but they don't have a lot of activities. They show a movie on Fridays and give them popcorn, and every once in while, they will have somebody come in for entertainment. The room is a hospital-type room with two beds, a little dresser, and a shared closet. I wouldn't eat at Providence. It is like institutional food and not very good. The dining area is just a big room with nothing special to it. They put all of the residents in this one big room, and they don't always help when some of them do need the help. They need to improve on the attention given to the residents. Sometimes they leave them in the common room by themselves. With their care plan, they don't always follow up. My mom sometimes isn't taken to the washroom as often as she should be taken; I've found her wet or with stool all over her. They just need to follow a routine with the residents. The cleanliness is fair. It is not really dirty, but there are times where they have not cleaned properly.

My 85 year old mother, an Alzheimer's patient (Mild/Moderate), has been in respite care at this facility while I have been arranging her relocation to be closer to me. The memory care unit of this facility is relatively new (less than a year old), but I have been thoroughly impressed at the level of care she has received. The people are EXCELLENT. The only reason that this is not 5-stars is that the facility itself is somewhat dated but otherwise well maintained.