If there was an option below one star I would be checking that. My 90 year old mother was transitioned here for short term care after a hospital stay for a cardiac event. She had mild to moderate dementia upon arrival and after a 7 day stay at Sara Brayton declined to severe dementia. The staff was mostly uncaring and very rude, although there was one or two that were decent. While in a confused state on day 2, she was put into a recliner by the nurses station to be watched while in an agitated state and had a fall and was transported back to the hospital. Thankfully, no broken bones. But this is their idea of supervised care. I found her in bed on occasion naked from the waist down and wet. There was never the appropriate things needed in the room, specifically diapers that would fit her and I had to chase someone down to get these every time. She did not know to use the call button and thankfully her roommate watched out for her and called when she tried to get up for the bathroom or I am sure there would have been many more falls.The food, by the way, was of low quality, not nutritious, and served cold.
After day 2 of her stay here I tried to get her discharged into the care of our family but was told that if I did that it would be AMA (against medical advice) and we would not receive any home services (which she is entitled to). Turns out this was not true according to the social worker (Lisa Cabral) who I was finally able to track down after 4 days. Lisa was efficient, knowledgeable and caring. I believe she is totally overworked. We never had an admissions meeting so when I did track Lisa down, it was both an admissions and discharge meeting
The nursing facility's doctor is a sports medicine physician and came in to see my mother once - very rushed and largely useless. The facility is old. My mom's room was very small and the TV did not work well enough to be watched. In addition to all of this there was a Covid outbreak and I counted at least 8 patients with signs on their doors. Covid protocols were lax and patients are not tested upon arrival (or at least my mom wasn't). Physical therapy was by no means consistent and she was never visited by an occupational therapist or speech/language pathologist to determine swallowing function.
Medications were never administered on time and I had to go find nurses to get her pain medications and lidocaine patch which should have been given regularly,
There was no routine in place for personal hygiene and I had to ask that she be washed. Never cared for dentures.
We were told they were doing a routine chest X-Ray but were never told she was diagnosed with bi-lateral pneumonia. We learned this after getting her home and going through her meds- she was sent home with 2 heavy-duty antibiotics which made her really sick. Although then we took her to the hospital again and the hospital said she did not have pneumonia. So I do think the facility mixed up her records.
In summary, this is a totally sub-par facility and I hope this review will help other families make an informed decision about their loved one's care. read more