StoryPoint West Bloomfield

Nancy

I'm a resident of StoryPoint West Bloomfield. I've been here almost two years now. I don't need help right now except they take my trash, vacuum, wash the floors in the bathroom, the showers, the sink and the toilet, they do some dusting, change the bed sheets, and they do my laundry. I do my own medications. My interaction with the staff is very good. We had a complete staff change, but I'm very happy with it, especially the executive director. It's a woman that I really like a lot and she's got a lot of experience. We also have a new head nurse, and she's much better. She communicates with us much more. Both she and the director have been in contact with me frequently. We have a lot of new aides and I miss some of the aides that they got rid of because they brought in some of their own people. In fact, I FaceTime with two of them. The ones that are here are friendly and good, but I just kind of miss some of the old ones. The place here is much more expensive than my previous place. It's about twice the cost, but it includes more things, instead of adding cost to everything you get. Mine is a studio apartment. I like it better because I have back problems and I have my bed and my easy chair right next to each other. I can go from one to the other according to how much pain I have. I have a TV that I can see from the bed and the chair. I have a desk and I have a couple of drawers for clothes and other things then I have two nightstands. I have a nice shelf by my window. There's room for my plants. The bathroom is wonderful. It's quite large with a big shower, sink and toilet, and it's got a tile floor. The carpeting is beige, and it goes well with my mahogany furniture, and I like that. The lighting is real good. I have pictures on the wall, pictures that people have painted for me and pictures that I've painted. I have a sink, a refrigerator and a microwave. They do not have burners or ovens here. The dining is very good. We have an excellent chef and he also is extremely friendly. He comes out and visits with people, so everybody knows him. Also, if you have a request, he's very happy to get you what you want. He makes sure there's fish on the menu, and they have things like fresh vegetables and dip or crackers and cheese before dinner, and they always have sweet potato. It's very clean and it's not too old. They have six activities a day. They move the trash two or three times a day. They have three housekeepers. They have a special room for physical therapy.