Agape Care Adult Family Home

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Initially, I was really pleased with Agape Care with what they would offer for my father and at that time they didn’t recognize that he was not yet living with anybody especially people with other medical issues. He was very uncomfortable, and he was not used to the food that they provided. He lost some weight, and he just has a particular diet that he has had, and it’s not the typical diet that people have when they’re trying to take care of their health. He grew up on a ranch with meat and potato, and he very seldom had noodles. They are really cut and dry about his food, with lots of butter and cream. That’s not the best healthy diet for other people in different circumstances so he lost a lot of weight. His room was perfectly fine, and they let us go in to a smaller room to get in there a few days early, and then he was moved in to a larger room which was great and very appropriate for him. It had nice windows. I wasn’t pleased with the bed because my father complained about that after about a week. The only other thing that I really was kind of disgruntled about with his room was the lights were always low, and it was hard to get light bulb to put into his light, but his room was perfectly adequate other than that. I think the people were very nice, and they were in process of a new owner, new manager, new staff in general, and along with that comes kind of a little miscommunication although I believe they got much better at it. He was there for two months and establishing their particular workers and what they do. One thing I didn’t care about was dad had to get to know many people, but he seemed to adapt okay to that. I know they’re trying, and I know the new owners are trying, but what I can tell you is I would not recommend anybody for it. Not with my dad’s experience -- it was not great for him. They weren’t setup for him either, and they recognized that at the very beginning so we paid more because dad was going to be outside their normal scope and when they found, he wasn’t really outside their normal scope. I would not recommend the place as much as I like the owner, and she knows how we feel because I’m an honest person and she is too. It was a mutual separation because he never really fit in there with the other residents, and he needed to be in a different place, so it’s a mutual leaving. It was easier for most of the family to get to see him more frequently.