Ave Maria Home Assisted Living

I can truly say that this place WAS amazing, however, the tide seems to have unfortunately shifted in the last few weeks. As I understand it, they decided to force everyone to go to 12 hour days, which has caused many issues. I have noticed a shift in the caregivers attitudes, and certainly in the care given to my loved one. Most of the staff here are older lady’s that just simply can’t give as good of care being forced to work 12 hour shifts. I have now been to the facility twice, within the last three weeks and have not gotten inside the facility, due to lack of staffing. One caregiver , at times for the entire house. It is sad, but it seems that all of the facilities get money hungry from the top of the food change. I was in hopes that this facility would not follow suite, but I was wrong it seems. Just to be clear, I have sang the praises of this place and all of its staff for over a year now, I’m sad that our experience has suddenly shifted. Very sad I pray that the management will see the decline, and quickly reassess and keep it about the patients needs and not about more money.

My mother was at Ave Maria in the memory care unit for 2 years and she really was treated very well. Mom had lived with me but as the Alzheimer’s became a little worse and I was working as a nurse full time it became overwhelming. She really adapt ed very well to the St. Luke’s memory care unit. Each resident has their own room that they can decor with their own familiar things . The residents are together in a very home like situation and -they eat together at several large tables and they also had a open den like room with a TV. They have an activity director, Amber who is wonderful at her job. After 2 years Mom had a mild stroke and needed more care so she was sent to St Joseph’s greenhouse at Ave Maria. Again she received great care. Ave Maria has 9 individual small homes called greenhouses that serve 10 residents in each home. with meals and separate rooms in each house which is very nice.