I have lived here 8 months.( That Joe who reviewed on Edgewater's page has never lived here.) One…read morestar is for location, the second is for the staff who are stellar! Chartwell could be sued for breech of promise as far as I can see. We have no transportation and will never have. After 4 months we got a bus for events only.We do not have a hairdresser or spa treatments available yet. We do not have enough patio furniture to sit on the shaded patio. But the biggest problem is that they will not hire enough staff and they are not willing to give this place the boost it needs to get off the ground. It is a lame duck. The present staff often works double shifts if someone is sick. Are waitresses usually expected to also wash dishes while serving and to bake as well? They bend over backwards for us but I think it's abuse. One poor girl worked the night shift on the front desk then had to clean rooms all the next day because someone was sick. Cost is everything. Skim milk is too expensive, bottled water is too expensive, we can't get toast for breakfast even though a resident donated a toaster. but we have butter and jam after much lobbying for it. We also had to beg for cereal, dry oatmeal, milk, (2%) ,fruit. It took about 4 months to accomplish that. The kitchen is on a strict budget and our trained chefs are hog tied as far as we can see. There should be a house keeper, a maintenance man and a tech to fix all the malfunctioning TVs, phones and answering machines that don't work. But, this all falls to our one maintenance guy and he is overwhelmed solely with structural and equipment faults in this building. We have formed a Residents Association to deal with all our problems. If you are thinking of moving here I suggest you wait another year or so until Chartwell lives up to its responsibilities and promises. All of our problems stem from Upper Management, not anyone who actually works in this building.

First the staff here are very friendly and supportive. The facility is beautiful and a perfect…read morelocation. We enjoyed our first few weeks here until we tried to get things fixed. The corporate control stifled every attempt to fix things. Many of the managers here were let go with no reason given. This leaves us very frustrated.

Review of Long Lake Château - A Disheartening and Hurtful Experience…read more Our experience with Long Lake Château has been deeply upsetting and disappointing. My aunt, who is living with Alzheimer's, was accepted into this independent living facility--a decision we hoped would bring her safety and support. Unfortunately, the opposite has been true. At the time of her admission, there were no long-term care homes available, and my aunt was placed on a waitlist for more appropriate medical support. Long Lake Château accepted her knowing her condition was precarious and that she required more assistance than a typical resident. We trusted they were up to the task. That trust was misplaced. While in their care, my aunt contracted lice. Instead of approaching the situation with compassion and understanding, the facility charged her an outrageous $8,000 in cleaning fees--a devastating cost for someone on a fixed pension income. They then repeatedly tried to withdraw these funds, causing over $1,000 in NSF charges from her account. After my aunt suffered a fall and was hospitalized, she could no longer remain at the facility. Rather than express concern for her well-being, Long Lake Château began aggressively pursuing payment--despite knowing that the sale of her condo (which would help cover these costs) has not yet closed. We continue to be hounded by messages, demands, and payment threats. Not once have they asked how my aunt is doing. Not a single well wish. No empathy, no humanity--just invoices and pressure. This year has been incredibly hard for our family, and Long Lake Château has made it even harder. It feels like they operate as a for-profit business first, care facility second--with little to no real investment in the health and dignity of the seniors who live there. To families considering this facility: Please be cautious. What you see on the surface may not reflect the reality once your loved one is vulnerable or in need of extra care.

Our experience with Longlake Chateau (October 2020 to January 2021) and its staff was horrific. The…read moregoal of this place seems simply to separate seniors from their money. The marketing agent will be relentless. With no interview or assessment process in place to see if a resident is an appropriate fit, her goal seems to be to get anyone with money into the spare rooms. Our 89-year-old relative suffered some health complications that left her with temporary mobilization difficulties. As a result, she spent all her time sitting on her couch in her room. No one knocked on the door to see if she was adjusting well. (They have a "hospitality manager", who was conspicuously absent at all times.) Bland meals were dropped off at the door, with no one noting that they were being returned uneaten. The manager claimed that the room was being cleaned regularly, but the reality was that the carpet didn't see a vacuum during the first two weeks of her stay. The garbage can ended up overfilling so badly that we took the garbage home with us after a visit. For any senior, moving into a different residence - be it independent living or not - can be stressful. You'd think an occasional knock on the door might be the human thing to do. Maybe see if she needed help with the TV or walk her into walking to the common room. They definitively showed their true colours when, after only two weeks, our relative's health took a turn and she ultimately ended up in palliative care. Two weeks of residency cost her ten weeks of rent. Not a hint of help from their Community Business Director and little sympathy from the manager. No break for the meals missed. Charging for housekeeping that was inadequate. In fairness, it could have been worse, as their first demand was to hold her to the full twelve weeks, ($10K from a senior on a fixed pension). If a senior becomes palliative during their initial three-month contract period, would be nice to see a bit of compassion. But compassion and caring are not what Longlake Chateau and Atria are about, and the dollar is the bottom line