I was excited about moving my mom into Park Place 2 1/2 years ago because they allowed me to keep her personal 24/7 caregivers. We rented a 2 bedroom apartment in independent living. The marketing people were fantastic and did a great sales, I just wish that the rest of the staff members were as qualified. I ended up hiring one of my mom's caregivers to clean her apartment as the cleaning person provided by Park Place never did a good job. It seemed like all she did was vacuum, and was even caught sitting and watching TV in my mom's apartment. They experienced terrible service in the dining room. They would wait for very long periods of time to order their beverages, order their food, have their food brought to the table. They found it difficult to even get the attention of the wait staff. My mom's caregivers told me that the only time the staff members were friendly to them, and to my mom, was when I was there visiting. There were about three items that needed attention when she moved in, I made several requests but they were never completed. I finally got my teenaged son to do the tasks. Park Place erroneously charged my mom's account $20 for a lounge charge (cocktails), and I can't tell you how many times I met with accounting, month after month, to get this taken off of her bill. There were three separate occasions when my mom's caregivers needed medical help so they pulled the red cords in her apartment. Not once did this result in someone coming to the door right away. Every time, they waited and waited, having to call the front desk for help. I can not imagine what that would be like for an elderly person who had fallen and could not get to a phone. About 3 weeks before my mom's death, she had a bowel movement accident on the carpet outside of her bathroom. I made a request for Park Place to get the carpet cleaned but this never happened. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was that after my mom died, in February of 2014, not one person from Park Place contacted me to acknowledge her death or to give me condolences...NOTHING! (I received a personal sympathy card from Denver Hospice, hand signed by 12 different people and they only were part of my mom's life for a few weeks!) I contacted a woman in Brookdale HR who was extremely caring and listened to my entire list of complaints. She said that she would be contacting Park Place with my grievances. I assumed that at some point thereafter, someone from Park Place would be calling me but I never received any contact. I recently heard from a friend, who had a mother and an aunt living at Park Place, that Park Place used to merit the fabulous reputation that it had but that in the last several years it has gone way downhill. My recommendation to anyone looking for retirement living, do your homework and look past the pretty interiors, the delicious meal with great service that they provide before you sign the contract, and the talented sales personnel! read more