Commonwealth Senior Living at Cockeysville

We brought our loved one here in early 2017. By late 2018, we had endured 3 different directors, 4 different nurses, 4 different cooks, 3 different activity directors (none of whom had any prior experience in that job), 3 different maintenance men (and six months without one), and far too many caregivers to keep track of. The quality of every aspect of this place just kept declining...fewer and fewer caregivers per shift -although they are expected to do everything from housekeeping to meal service to medication administration to activities on top of providing care- all for minimum wage with no training and no supervision. Dinners consisted of grilled cheese sandwiches and soup nearly every night, activities did not happen as scheduled more often than they did, Residents went weeks without showers or having fingernails trimmed or cleaned- to the point that it became a health hazard for staph infections and sepsis. Rents were raised in February of 2018, and while the facility bought itself a new shed, new roofs, and new shirts for the caregivers, NOTHING improved for the residents. We found out that we were among the few families who actually paid the $3000 “community fee” . We got played by this place - see that you are smarter and look around more than we did.

Greenfield Senior Living was kind of small. They have maybe about 16 residents in the assisted living building. They also have memory care building. We went through the assisted living. The people were nice. The rooms were entirely too small, that's the only drawback. We visited one room and a lady had it so nicely laid out, but it's just too small for two people. I had an excellent tour guide, she was very knowledgeable. The whole place was very small, but it's a close knit community, and the residents get along well with each other. The place is clean. When we got there, there was group of people sitting around in circles and there was a guy who was bouncing the ball to them, so they were getting their exercise. They have many rooms where you can go and do certain things.

Greenfield was smaller and I liked it better. It seemed more friendly and more intimate. The person who assisted me was very helpful and she showed me around. The outside area was beautiful and maintained. They had crafts and trips. They also bring in PTs.