My stepmother and I have recently begun to search for a retirement home for my aging father. Beaverton has a number of attractive assisted-living facilities and in mid-December the two of us visited Beaverton Lodge. The reception desk is behind glass and we patiently awaited either of the two ladies talking inside the office to assist us or at the very least acknowledge our presence at the desk. During our approximately five minute wait, one of the two ladies looked our way, but never indicated that they saw us and would be with us at some point in time. After what we believe was an extraordinary amount of waiting, we decided to leave without talking to any staff member. I sent an email to management via their website to describe our experience and never got a reply from them. While I am not willing to assume that the care-givers would exhibit similar behavior, I am still somewhat dismayed that any employee of Beaverton Lodge would ignore someone seeing assistance at this facility. read more