In the past two years my wife has needed to go into a Rehab enter. The first time was two years ago…read moreafter she had back Surgery. They put her in a facility near where we lived. The facility was nice and seemed to be well equipped but seriously understaffed. It often took a half hour to an hour for an aid or nurse to respond to her call requests. Facility okay, staffing an issue. This time she after having fallen many times in our unit she was hospitalized, They decided to send her to a Rehab Center in Anne Arundel County. This place, though highly rated by Medicare was awful. It was a rather dingy facility in which you were immediately overwhelmed by the smell of urine and feces! It also took an hour or longer for anyone to respond to her calls, often she was told just to "go in your diaper" until we have time for you! The PT/OT facilities were bare-boned and she received barely more than 20 minutes of one or the other during weekdays. And on one of those days they had a group session instead of individual treatment where none of her Rehab needs were addressed! This place was so awful I found myself crying to myself, feeling guilty that she had to stay in this disgusting facility! I fought for and finally received the OK to transfer her to Lorien, Elkridge! I can only describe it as like going from the worst Motel 6 in the world to the Carlton-Ritz! Lorien Elkridge in a very welcoming, clean, well-equipped facility. And the staff, including the those working the front desk, are very welcoming, responsive, kind and caring!! She rarely waits more than 5 to10 minutes when she request assistance. They seem to be eager to get whatever she needs and often do the same for me. The nurse in charge, is on the ball and is willing to put up with my inquires of her medical treatment and requests from me to obtain specific treatments and/or mess (I will admit that my career with the FDA as an expert in both Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals does give me an unique knowledge base.) She gets OT and PT every weekday, often for as long as an hour each! I can't rave enough about this facility and its staff. If you live near Elkridge you definitely would want to send your loved one her if they need rehab. Heck, even if you don't live near here, I would still recommend you check this facility out.

Wonderful building and inviting staff I had the pleasure of joining Lorien in Elkridge during the…read morepeak in pie

If you are looking for a safe and clean facility for your loved one, then look no further! My…read morefather has resided here with White Oak for many years after moving from another local retirement facility. Here at White Oak, he receives personalized, daily care by consistent and kind staff. Catherine, the owner, is very responsive to my father's needs, but also to my needs and questions as well. The food looks and smells amazing every time I visit! We are very lucky to have White Oak Villages in our lives.

After I paid for the property that my mother was living in which has my name as paying on the…read morecontract. I have been going through the process to determine if she is to stay living there or not. When walking my mothers dogs, John Dressel, who supposedly works for Heartlands, (he did not have a name tag on to identify that he actually works for Heartlands) runs over to me and ask where is my mother, who is in rehab and is my mother staying at Heartlands, I told him she stays here at heartlands but I do not know if she will come back. He then ask am I staying there, I told him sometimes and now until I can make determination on her moving out. He then says you are not on the lease. I ask is this for sure, he says I don't know boy, I then ask him what did you say, he says is nigga better without the r, I step back and say I served honorably in my country, I'm an American too. He then says I served too, that does not work anymore. At this point I asked to speak to his supervisor, he then yells, I am the supervisor. I say sir leave me alone, I'm just helping out my mom, he then tells me to "get off the property or I'm going to call the police". I then go to the front desk and ask to speak to his supervisor, he now says the supervisor is not in and that he is going to call the police on me. I then walk off and go to the police station in Ellicott City. I explain to the officer on duty at the front desk the exact same as I'm writing now. I explain that I have to get my mom belongs. I was then told to go get the belongings and if the police come to explain that I'm getting my mothers belongings. I felt threaten by John Dressel and concerned for my life. When I brought this matter up to the front office staff of Eveline Craig, Katie Morris, Kionna Harris, Sherri Sitler, I received no response regarding this matter. Why would anyone want there love one to be exposed to such a toxic environment. That kind of language from John Dressel should not be spoken to anyone. PS. I reported over two month ago of a mixed Asian and Caucasian woman who is heavy set and always wears calf socks constantly watching me asking about why I'm in the building as if she worked there which I was told she did not and was a resident. I was told by Eveline whom works in the front office that it was not personal regarding asking me why I was there by this resident. Yet clearly I was being watched despite me setting up care for my mother living at Heartlands independent housing, despite me telling the front desk staff and office that I was rearranging matters for my mother to find proper care and place to stay, despite the fact that on the contract it has my name as paying for everything. Also the front desk staff receptionist (middle aged Caucasian woman with blond hair) yelled at me on several occasions when I called asking if my mother was ok as I did not hear from her and was not in the building nor area for several weeks yet they attempted to pretend that I was there in the building all the time. They employ a company called Capital City Nurses to assist some of the people who live there in independent living, a women by the name of Binty of African descent with dark hue who is married and was assigned by Capital City nursing to assist my mother repeatedly came late to give my mother life saving medication and on several occasions ask me to buy her a burgundy bag, flirted with me, yelled at me as if I was a child at random intervals after refusing to buy her anything. Also an outside organization assisting with in home care, physical therapy unrelated to me named Bayada reported to me that they found my mother's prescriptions lying on her living room table with the pills scattered out of the container on the table. I reported and documented this to Capital City nursing and they ignored everything. That's the kind of lousy care and selfish behavior you can expect from this organization and associates.

My father was here for just a few months prior to passing away this year. The facility was great…read moreand the staff from the management to the nurses was amazing. They not only took care of my father and allowed him to die peacefully and with dignity, but they were there for our family in this trying time. Thank you Heartland's you will forever be in our hearts.

Khashy and Nicole's team at Ma Maison gets an A+ in my book. Took my dad in during a critical time…read moreand made him feel like family until the end of his life. Tried 2 other big corporate facilities in the area and Ma Maison was the only one that truly made us feel as though he was really part of a family. Smaller houses with less than a dozen residents each made our experience there during the end of his life memorable. I'm grateful for the care and personal attention my father received and recommend that you consider Ma Maison before shelling out the big bucks to a bigger (and IMHO less "personable") facility. Even my teenage son said that he felt the caregivers at MaMaison were nicer to his grandfather than at the other 2 facilities he lived at over the last 2 years!

My family can't say enough good things about Ma Maison. Mom previously resided in a small private…read moreroom in a large, high end facility with a good commons area and impressive dining facility. After about 9 months, she needed more help and that help was not there (even though she had been moved to the lowest level on the 3 Level care ladder). Yes, she had a pendant/call button but the response was VERY poor. She constantly complained and the family finally monitored the call response and the response time was often hours (no kidding). It was a good place as long as you could handle your own bathroom needs and could get out of bed and were generally able to navigate without help. Ma Maison is a small, home type facility with about 15 residents in each of 3 homes. Bedrooms are situated around a common area that is used for dining, TV viewing, recreation, etc. When not sleeping, Mom was almost always moved into that common area and not left alone in her room. The staff interacted very well with the residents. They have a similar problem with staff turnover that all of the other Assisted Living facilities have but the owner is a "hands on" person who knows his staff as well as the residents. I was a little surprised when I first walked into the place after being used to the more high end facility, but that quickly faded. It's clean and well run and you can't go wrong in placing your loved one there. Overall, I would say our experience was pushing a 5 on a 5 star rating.

My mother lived at North Oaks (including in the Autumn Ridge [Assisted Living] section) from late…read moreApril of 2014 until her death in late October of this year. She was in the Independent Living section during her first nearly-three years, and that's where the majority of problems transpired. There was a significant unresponsiveness of "in charge" personnel on multiple occasions: #1: One time my mother fell in her apartment and fractured her wrist. She called me and I got the Security guy to go up there, and he had an aide sent to my mother's apartment - but even though I'd already arranged for my nephew to go there and take my mother to the hospital, the aide *refused* to wait (a short while) until he arrived. #2: Another time, an aide forgot to go to my mother's apartment to dispense her medications (fortunately I was able to get a nurse from the Assisted Living section to go to my mother's apartment). #3: Another time, an aide became angry that my mother had already taken her pills before the aide's arrival (my mother had waited much longer than usual), and the aide - in retribution - didn't dispense my mother's next pill (which was *dangerous*) and she also didn't put out my mother's lunch foods (the latter needed to be done temporarily because my mother's broken wrist hadn't yet healed). Fortunately that aide was fired - but another time, the aide never went to my mother's apartment to dispense the morning pills. #4: My mother was erroneously billed for several things and multiple people kept refusing to delete those charges from her monthly bill (I handled all of those things - but the amount of time and effort required to contend with all of that was absolutely inexcusable). North Oaks has been under new management for more than a year and the situation seems to have improved - and admittedly it's probably a better place than many other facilities, which is why I'm giving four stars when otherwise I'd only give three. Meanwhile; during the 6 2/3 years that my mother lived in the Assisted Living section, there was a significant shortage of personnel during much of that time and a significant turnover of senior staff - although to be fair, covid had commenced about 3 1/2 years prior to my mother's death and therefore the former situation was typical everywhere. A few of the nurses worked there for a long time and they were wonderful. However; the ongoing staff shortage necessitated my needing to hire private aides ten hours/day for about the last 2 1/2 years of my mother's life, because it wasn't safe for her to be left alone for most of 24 hours/day - and she'd fallen in her room and broken her hip when left unattended for several hours before I'd hired the private aides (and I'm still devastated to remember that she was crying out for help and it took eons for someone to respond), so that was the precipitating factor in needing to hire private aides. Needless to say, the cost of those aides was exorbitant when combined with the cost of the facility.

My grandparents moved here and had an absolutely horrible experience. From the moving process, to…read morehaving property stolen, to being uprooted for renovations and moved into a dysfunctional apartment, to the abusive dining staff (only in the early morning when the families aren't around to witness - but I did), to the management that puts residents off expecting they'll forget the problems or just give up because they're old... this place is the pits. Living there was hell for my grandparents and certainly not a welcome experience in their late stage of life. North Oaks does a very good sales pitch and presented quite well but after the money is in the bank, the contract's signed, and a few months into the daily life their true colors start to show. After moving out. receiving back their "return-of-capital" returned took an excessively long time and required much follow up. Moving into this property was my grandparents' final plan. The stress that living there caused gave my grandfather health issues and lowered their quality of life. We wound up moving them to another (IMO far better run and significantly cheaper) retirement center at their request despite the cost and hassle because the conditions wound up being too hard for them there. Moving again caused them further hardship. Be very wary when considering this property for a loved one. Things aren't always how they appear to be from the outside.

Our experience with Lorien Harmony Hall was very cold and corporate. The executive team lacked…read moreempathy and compassion for our father who was in critical need of assisted living support. In August, we expressed interest in Lorien Harmony Hall for our father, who really liked the place when we toured. In October, Lorien's Executive Director, Victoria Rosier, decided to deny my father's admission based on an arbitrary clinical assessment that he needed sub-acute rehab first. They did not acknowledge current medical records, or clinical staff attempts to work with Harmony Hall for direct admission. The appropriate action would have been a peer-to-peer clinical discussion to clarify any questions. However, as the clinical case worker put it "they just don't want to take him". Our family invested $4500 in the community fee, had countless emails with Lorien over the course of two months only to be denied by email for an acute incident. When I told the Executive Director, Victoria Rosier, how disappointing this was, she said she was sorry we felt this way and our $4500 check was waiting at the concierge's desk. The entire experience was devastating and left us and our loved ones without planned support. While I believe the sales director, Chelsea, tried really hard to advocate for our family, I do not believe she has the support of her leadership team or the freedom to make executive decisions. She often had to get confirmation from her Executive Director, Victoria Rosier, to finalize any agreements. My experience with Victoria was not pleasant, she was often rigid and lacked the compassion expected of a healthcare executive. She also did not show the ability to be strategic to achieve a common goal, which was helping our father find as safe and welcoming home. My only advice to anyone is if you are looking for a compassionate team that will work to serve your family's needs, look somewhere else.

Do not place your loved one here!!! Bad experience with a family member being told they were the…read moreright fit and they needed 24/7 care instead of Assisted Living.

My life is now complete because I got 'first to review' at a retirement community on Yelp. I have…read moreto say that I was impressed in every way with Edenwald. When you think of a retirement community you may be one of the people that thinks of a sad place where people are put to be forgotten. That's certainly not the case at all with Edenwald. It felt like a bustling community to me. More than once I thought "I wouldn't mind ending up at a place like this someday." Security wise there is a person manning the front desk at all hours of the day. Ask that person for the guest Wi-Fi password. There is a lobby where you can sit and wait for people where there is also a gift store. I didn't see it but apparently they have a fitness center and pool here. On the activity board they have a listing of all the activities that are taking place on site. They also offer multiple day trips to interesting sites around the area. If you don't want to drive to do errands they will take you places such as Trader Joe's. They have multiple restaurants on site. I got to sample two of them. One of them was a casual cafeteria. The other one was what we called "the pub", which serves alcohol. There is also a fancy pants restaurant across from the pub, but they enforce a dress code. I wasn't doing backflips over the food, but it was much better than I expected and I enjoyed my meals. I thought the nicest thing about the living quarters was that once you go inside and close your door it just feels like an apartment. You have a fully stocked kitchen, which is nice. Even though you have your privacy there are ways in the bathroom and bedroom to alert the staff that you need help. All the amenities in the world wouldn't matter if the people weren't treated right. I have to say I was constantly interacting with friendly people. Multiple times on the elevator the residents would be cracking me up. One man told me that he hoped I wasn't going to the 25th floor because that was his private penthouse. If you have an aging relative who wants their independence but could use the safety/security of assisted-living I can't think of a better place then Edenwald.

Compassionate staff everywhere, not just in nursing services. Independent living activities and…read morethe food exceed our expectations everyday. No more big house, lawn, maintenance- gone. And now we have 14 people on our skilled maintenance crew, plus house keeping services, and our own kitchen/serving staff. We were traveling for 2 months and the security team called twice to make sure we were OK! Sooo happy to spend the rest of my life here.

We may bed my Mim into the assisted living a few months ago. As a prior nurse and Executive…read moreDirector in various healthcare settings including assisted living environments. I have never seen a place like this. not only is the physical environment lovely but ALL. Of the staff are helpful, kind and caring. This is where I'd like to be when I need assisted living and I live out of town. It is clean, does not smell of urine and has residents in the various areas including a lovely terrace socializing. I'm so happy my Mom knew about this place and choose Springwell Assisted Living Shelley Garfield RN BSN MS ( and most important daughter)

its like living at a Marriott surrounded by friends and caring staff. Management is focused on…read moresupporting its residents with good food, and lots of fun things to do.