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I recently had the opportunity to volunteer at Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home, and it was a truly rewarding experience. During my time there, I assisted by passing out food and drinks to the residents. Although it may seem like a simple task, it allowed me to interact directly with the elderly residents and contribute to their comfort and daily routine. The environment was warm and welcoming, and it was clear that the staff genuinely care about the well-being of every resident. I enjoyed being able to help make mealtime easier and more enjoyable for them. Many residents expressed appreciation, and even small conversations made the experience meaningful. Volunteering at Sayre Christian Village strengthened my sense of community and reminded me of the importance of service. I am grateful for the opportunity to give back and would highly recommend volunteering there to anyone looking to make a positive impact.

My name is Jackie D. Floyd. I am the President of the VFW Auxiliary Post 8535 in Henderson, Texas. We collect money at each of our monthly meetings to send to National Home to help support the great things they do for our military and their families. We also donate extra when we can. The support they provide these families is amazing. National Home is there to help them transition into their new life. Without these homes for them to live in and a community to survive in, some families might not make it. They are a great organization for our military and their families. Thanks for all you do.

The staff at Benjamin Healthcare Center are truly exceptional, going above and beyond to provide compassionate, personalized care every day to the residents they care for. Their dedication is evident in the smiles of the residents, who are not only well-cared for but also always look clean and happy.

My father and mother were looking for a respite/personal care facility where they could live together until my father received a hip replacement. The Philadelphia Protestant Home was highly recommended to us by a friend. When my mother and I arrived for a tour we were greeted by Kim McGeary, someone I would consider to be an excellent representative of PPH. Kim's kind and cheerful demeanor immediately made my mother feel comfortable and at ease; as the anxiety brought on by the thought of leaving her home, even though it was to be a short-term stay of a few months, had her feeling very anxious. Both my mother and I were so impressed by the friendliness of the staff and how they seemed to really care for the residents. It was evident that they treat the residents more like family than patients. During our tour we were told about the multitude of activities and events available to all residents. Home cooked meals in the facility's dining room excited my father who has a hearty appetite. PPH is very nice and clean and well maintained - a lovely facility indeed. When my mother saw the double-room she and my father would be sharing it was freshly painted but empty as the room had just been renovated. However, Kim assured us that they would provide all furnishings from window treatments, wall mounted TVs, lift chairs for their sitting area and more. We would also have the ability to make it "their room", by bringing in items from home. In that I cannot be with my mother and father every day, I left feeling my mother and father would be well cared for during their stay and I knew we need look no further. I am confident that The Philadelphia Protestant Home will make a great home away from home for my parents!

Where do I start? The director of nursing (Joe) is a bully, a dictator, a liar and a chronic racist. He is a total wrong being to be a head of nursing department even any department of the facility. So impatience, puts the blame he suppose to take responsibility on you just to make you be the quilty one. Talks and response disrespectfully. It was an ugly experience coming across him

Absolutely the pits! No management structure, there is no moral support only rudeness. Not to mention unhealthy conditions for everyone making everyone poisoned potentially due to their guilty knowledge of toxic mold in all apartments and allows them to be occupied. Mine for example is inhabitable

I have a been a paid consultant to more than two dozen non profits over the course of my business career. I offered my services to this particular nonprofit on a pro bono basis, because I was so impressed with its mission and its management. There’s is a noble cause; to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. And that includes the isolated, the lonely, and those plagued by dementia. And they do all of that with the use of patient support kits which care givers, medical personnel, and family members truly need, desire and deserve. If you want to support a deserving charity, look no further.

Due to a debilitating urinary tract infection my husband needed Respite Care and as fully paid members of a Human Good community we were accommodated in the Assisted Living section. After the Respite Care time was up he continued to stay in the same room for several more weeks while recuperating, all the while paying the rate of assisted care for the room. I requested my husband be moved to a fully designated Assisted Care room as he continued to improve, and I was assured his name was on "the list" for this. Then, Westminster Gardens offered an inappropriate shared room in Memory Care (a locked down, Covid infected facility) which did not meet our needs. The crass agenda of HumanGood/Westminster Gardens showed itself as they then announced in a HumanGood team meeting with myself and the state Ombudsman for Elder Care that my only option next for my husband was the room in Memory Care not one in Assisted Living, or I could take him home or find an outside facility to help us. The CEO at WG stated their agenda was all about 'selling' the inappropriate room to me for my husband because they were not going to accommodate him in the level I requested. Of course their agenda benefits HumanGood by thousands of dollars at our expense and cuts off our avenue to appropriate care as my husband has rebounded remarkable well after the infection. In fact now he is home and needs little or no care from others . My husband was to be denied what should have been coming to him in Assisted Liviing level because HumanGood/Westminster Gardens wanted to "SELL" a room in Memory Care. Once again we see the almighty dollar as the bottom line with this so called non-profit. What a disgrace. Beware before you sign any contracts with HumanGood. They do not have your best interest at heart!

I would NOT recommend Serving Seniors of Scranton (area includes Monroe and Pike counties) for 3 reasons based on experience.<br>1) The Ombudsman job description is to be Impartial when receiving complaints. When I contacted the Ombudsman they actually made false accusations against me the family member. It's not a good look when the Ombudsman just repeats something false from the Senior Living Center that I'm complaining about. The Senior Living Center whose former employees say "they will lie to your face" in reviews about the organization. I was hoping to receive caring and investigation as advertised for our loved one who is a resident. I don't call the Ombudsman when the senior residence is stepping on someone's toes - I contact the Ombudsman when there are multiple blatant violations that I have documentation for.<br>2) The services are advertised as confidential. I didn't see that happen during the complaint process. I filed a complaint, and when we spoke there were references regarding my loved one like the Ombudsman simply asked the senior living center their side of the story and they lied and the Ombudsman ran with that. Also after the complaint the senior residence had actions that appear to be directly in response to the complaint.<br>3) I had no idea there is a setting of Retaliation by the senior residence after getting a complaint. We experienced that and it was detrimental to the family and tragic for our loved one the resident. Reaching out to the Ombudsman probably made it worse for our loved one's experience instead of better.<br>It was very disillusioning to find that the safety net for residents did not exist for our loved one. I hope future families don't experience the pain we did. Our experience certainly showed what really goes on at senior living centers (at least the one in NEPA) and that the Ombudsman doesn't seem to be there to hold them accountable in order to protect residents.

The patient care team does not answer the phone, return calls, or pass messages along to patients in their care. It took 4+ days to get connected by phone to my elderly relative who was desperately waiting to here from family. On one of the days I tried to reach my relatives it took MORE THAN TWENTY phone calls to reach him. My 20+ calls, which were between 10am and 2pm were routed to various lines that were connected to:<br>The wrong room;<br>A nursing station that never picked up;<br>A patient care line where I was instructed to leave messages that were not returned;<br>And a the office of a random property management company that was closed for the weekend.<br><br>Floor staff are kind, but whoever is in charge of running this place needs to be put in a diaper and left in bed for a week or so without any way to contact the outside world.

Judson care center is nasty. The staff are lazy , the food is disgusting and the place is dirty.

At the time, I was working as an equipt Tech & purchasing agent out of Respiratory Therapy, at St. Peter's Hospital under my boss Mike Shannon. Mike kept gaining more, usually small depts., to manage and I, nearly always, inherited the equipt. repair/ purchasing duties. I was known as the guy who knew what was going on and how to find what ever you might need in the hospital. One day Mike, told me to join on a trip to St. Margaret's, a few miles away. I found out on the way that Mike volunteered there as best he could. It was his organizing skills that helped the most. I had been a certified floor tech in R.T. and had seen EVERYTHING from premies to people 103 die in ways that most people couldn't imagine. I thought that I was immune, but I doubt that I could have lasted more than 3 days in that place. Those people are heroes.

I just returned home from my second stay in 11 months at Bayview Rehab. I cannot praise highly enough for the tender loving care given me by the staff from head nurse to the cleaning staff, who would stop and hand something which I needed but could not reach.

We are giving this a two because of the excellent nursing we received while there. Even that cannot offset the fact that we were released from Physical Therapy and Swallow Therapy all too soon. It also doesn't make up for the fact that some level of mold was in our room. When we entered, we asked about mold and were told there was none. To be on the safe side, we brought in our own Dyson filter that heats and cools. There were two days that we didn't have the filter and had to rely on the HVAC system in the room...my husband vomited on those days. We informed management and while they did send someone to work on it, all they did was add another level of filter to the unit. On the last day we were there, I placed a petri dish mold tester on the HVAC unit for less than 10 minutes and it grew mold. I will upload photos in my next post.

I have been a member since 1999. Over the years I have volunteered for many of the programs, events and been a sales person in the resale store. My favorite program is Operation School Bell. As each fall comes to Michigan, the ladies of Assistance League are out in force helping low income children prepare for winter. These good people distribute free winter coats, hats, gloves, tee shirts and warmer garments, underwear, socks and books to children in need on a grand scale. These distributions are held in 3 counties and bring a “store” to each school being serviced for that year. All of the funds used for these distributions are from grants, donations, fund raisers or sales at the resale store which is run solely by the volunteers. Believe it or not, this is but one program of many that help children, adults and seniors throughout the year.

I loved working here because not only did I develop an appreciation for who I have in my life, and the generation before me, but I connected with the people there. I would always get excited to go and spend time with the people there. The people are so nice and help you to build relationships with men and women there.

I moved there in March of 2015 with My 3 month old daughter. They leave you there with No phone in case of emergency. Go trough your room while you are away. Tell you what to eat, How to dress. You cannot have any money. I washed clothes in the tub and hung up in my room to dry. Rules!? BS! They're nazies and Prison guards who judge you and treat you like a low life criminal. They left me and 3 month old daughter in a HOT room because the air conditioning didn't work and REFUSED to put is in anothet room it was 110 outside for 4 days. When I complained about how hot we we're, I was called Overly dramatic. I went to the library and was told I was on Blackout and was NOT allowed to leave. You had to communicate by leaving notes on a board you were spoken to with disrespect Do yourself a favor and DONT GO!! I left, Moved out of state and now own my own home. Have an amazing Job make good money and My daughter is 3.5 happy and healthy. You CAN do it without them. Trust me

CANHR has been invaluable to me. This organization has offered me expert knowledge and assistance in helping navigate social services, dealing with complex government programs and agencies and has found solutions that no one else suggested or seemed aware of. The staff members have been caring and responsive, and to my surprise, free of charge. I’m very grateful for their help.

My mother moved into Seacrest in 2004 and spent the last 10 years of her life in independent living there. The caring nature of the staff made her last years the best they could possibly be. I was so impressed that my wife and I decided to volunteer there and have become very involved, supporting Seacrest in any way we can. If you are considering a retirement home for yourself or loved ones, please visit either campus and you will not be disappointed.

For the past 10-12 years the Friends of the La Cañada Flintridge Library have been happy to hire Redbird's Vision to provide our community with Informational Programs for all ages.<br><br>The scope of the programs has included but not limited to: Ethnomusicology; Storytelling; Native ceremonial (powwow) dance styles & their history; Traditional Native regalia & it's proper use; and Local Native history.<br><br>Ms. Roberts is very active and also provides for Native Communities with an annual blanket, clothing & toy drive.<br><br>Unlike many Powwows, the Redbird Powwow is not a "contest" where dancers vie for cash prizes rather; the Annual Redbird Powwow is instrumental in helping Native Families in need, via donations & "give-aways" and welcomes All People.<br><br>Ms. Roberts is most humble and is always willing to be of service in so far as to provide educational opportunities and assistance to Native families in need.<br><br>We are more than pleased to have worked w/ Ms. Roberts & Redbird's Vision and look forward to working again with her soon.<br><br>

Menorah Manor is a professionally run health care organization. I have personally experienced the compassionate care they provide to seniors, in the nursing center, short term rehabilitation program and the assisted living residence. The Menorah Manor team definitely lives true to the organization's mission of providing the best possible care in a warm, homelike environment. This community is so fortunate to have such a gem!

Stein Hospice was wonderful in the short time I interacted with them for a loved relative.<br>Their nurse was so helpful in offering suggestions which helped my relative have a peaceful end. I'm very grateful for their service and only wished I had called them in sooner. I highly recommend Stein Hospice for caring for your loved one!

Summer Picnics:<br>Monthly outdoor picnics are outstanding fresh air opportunities offering the opportunity to enjoy the classic summer party regardless of limitations. Staff pays particular attention to clients preferences for comfort (wind or temperature) and diet. Entertainment is provided and for those who prefer to stay indoors, the picnic lunch is delivered

Dear Nancy and Staff,<br> <br>It’s good to know there ARE people out there who really do make a difference.<br> <br>A million thanks to you and your entire staff for the amazing care that you gave to Roberto during his final days. I know that there were numerous times when you went above and beyond to make sure that he was receiving the best in every aspect of his stay at the Center for Hope.<br> <br>You should know that on the Sunday before he died, Roberto told me that Peggy’s House was a “****** 6 Star Hotel” and everyone there was “wonderful”.<br> <br>We miss Roberto everyday but we are comforted in the knowledge that he was loved right until the end by the Angels at the Center for Hope Hospice.<br> <br>Thanks again!<br> <br>

My sister was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at 40 yrs old. My sister is physically handicapped and has cerebral palsy since birth. She had to have a mastectomy and came to San Juan Nursing Home for rehab and healing post surgery. She had a wonderful experience with all the staff and they were all very caring and conscious of her needs and made her feel at home. Being in the nursing home with her from dusk until dark witnessed how the staff were constantly giving all of themselves to take care of all the residents and families. I would not hesitate or think twice about were to place my family if the need were to arise again.