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    Caleb Hitchcock Health Care Center - Spacious common area

    Caleb Hitchcock Health Care Center

    5.0(1 review)
    0.1 mi

    My Mother-In-Law (in German "Mutter-Schwiegersohn," a.k.a. "Oma"), which she is every bit of, in a…read morepositive way. Being 86 this year, living alone with a bum foot from a previous severe case of shingles, she took a bad fall in June '16. Resulting in a fracture left humous (above the elbow). The tough old bird endured 4 days in the hospital and corrective surgery. Now with 2 limbs down, she (& the family) were faced with recovery care. Upon being discharged from the hospital she was placed in a recovery unit in West Hartford due to a lack of availability elsewhere. This facility at best was a nightmare. The family quickly jumped on board and found an opening at Caleb Hitchcock Health Care Center, 2 days later. Oh my! What a difference. Caleb was quickly coined, The Country Club for Care. The facility is up-to-date, well managed, and not lacking any amenities for elderly post-operative rehabilitation; Physical Therapy (PT) and Occupational Therapy (OT). Private rooms with bathrooms and a home like appeal. The public areas are designed to allow residents plenty of activities at every level of mobile ability and skill level. PT & OT were conveniently located in each unit and very well equipped. The staff warm, skilled, and open to any needs of the resident. Believe me, my Mutter-Schwiegersohn had plenty of unique needs and requests while there. Some very challenging, while others very humorous, but the staff (& family) never failed to meet her needs. After weeks of rehabilitation and most importantly occupational therapy, Oma successfully graduated her care. She was discharged this past week (Sept. '16), but not without Caleb follow-up and home evaluation. She came home with a walking device and other home modification were made for her to remain as safe as possible. Fingers crossed. Thanks Caleb & Staff for everything!

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    The McAuley

    The McAuley

    2.7(3 reviews)
    3.9 mi

    The McCauley is outwardly a decent looking place and does have some friendly front desk and sales…read morepeople. We were impressed enough to have my mother move there from Florida when she needed a smaller living space and available nursing care. It was not long before we came to understand that the saying "all that glitters is not gold" applies. Turned out to be a place that ostracized my mother from evening meal dining because one has to be "invited" to a table of people already grouped through friendships/familiarity. In the year or so my mom lived there, she felt like an outsider in the dining situation and ate all her all her meals in her apartment. She made friends with immediate neighbors but socially could not fit into the social network created by people living there before her arrival, even though she was a gregarious and fun loving person. And, the management was quite insensitive to the exclusion of my mom from the social cliques their facility had facilitated even after we complained about the situation. We were so sorry that we took great efforts and great expense to have her live there. Be careful if you are considering this place for any person you care about.

    The hardest thing about getting old is the isolation that develops as your friends die, your family…read moremoves away, and even the cat sleeps too much to be company. So the best thing about the McAuley is the community. Interesting people from diverse backgrounds who support one another and make life exciting again. Even the people you don't like -- age does not make us saintly -- are generalyl kind and helpful, forcing you to reciprocate in kind. The second best thing about McAuley is it's location, smack in the middle of West Hartford, minutes away from shopping, theater, restaurants, museums of every variety, etc. And if you don't drive anymore, the McAuley provides free transportation to medical appts. and very low cost rides to anywhere else you want to go. The food is great, the apartments charming, no what your decorating style, the programs are widely varied and generally excellent. and the staff is kindness itself. So don't wait till you hear the angels wings. If the house is becoming a burden, if you're bored out of your gourd because there's no one left to do things with, come to the McAuley and play with us. Make this, the last semester, the best it can be.

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