Brenda is the most compassionate and caring individual in senior living placements. As a sales…read moreconsultant in senior living, whenever I was presented with a difficult or urgent placement, she is the first person I call. I know I can trust her to go above and beyond to find the right new home for any senior. She truly cares about not only her clients but their families as well. I would highly recommend her services!

A year ago Brenda encouraged us to get help for our Mom. As she has a long term policy I didn't…read morethink she would qualify at that time. But since, she really does qualify so we again contacted Brenda. She was right there stepping in to be that lighthouse in the dark helping us avoid the rocky shoals to guide us safely to port! Believe me, you NEED Brenda with her many years of experience as you DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. She gave us advice that we didn't even know we needed. She even suggested Whitewood Gardens which we checked out first. Sure enough, it was a smaller 39 bed assisted living unit and privately owned, not corporate owned like the place my Mom just moved from. What a difference! So Brenda was professional, kind, very caring, extremely knowledgable and even had the perfect place for Mom as her first suggestion! What more do you need? Just contact Brenda if you have a loved one who needs help. She is the highest rated care advisor with google in the whole state of Oregon!

The elder care business is a complicated industry with so many rules and regulations...it just…read moreseems that working with someone who knows what they are doing would be the best first step. One of the most important things for a person starting a business in home health care or opening their own assisted living facility is that they need to talk to people who have experience in the industry and are willing to listen and advise. Alyssa at Oregon Care Home as all those traits and is the most patient, knowledgeable, and easy to work with business consultants that I've ever met with. I have no reservations at all in sending my clients who are even thinking of getting into the business of elder care to meet with Alyssa.

From the owner: Do you want to open a senior adult foster care home (AFH) in Oregon? Work with an experienced…read moreconsultant to open you home and have a successful business.

I am not happy with staff they constantly bully the disabled people they lie and I am so i wanted…read moredeal with lies and them being short with me I will never trust them they take advantage of the system

Cherry Blossom is a beautiful facility, with some excellent caregivers.  However, our experience…read morethere ended up being a nightmare.  Mom has Parkinson's, and had in-home care for three years, prior to moving into a facility.  We had always been thrilled with the caregivers and agency providing care (previous on-line reviews I've left about my mother's care have always been glowing). Cherry Blossom did a thorough assessment of mom prior to her moving in (interviewing her at length, plus gathering information from her doctor, her family, and her in-home caregiver).  Based on that, they told us the rate would be $5400/month.  We knew the rate might increase over time, as her needs increased.  When I reviewed that initial plan, I was pleased to see that it was thorough and accurately described my mother's condition and needs. However, just two months after she moved in - with no change to her health status - the monthly rate increased by over $2000.  Two months later, it increased another $2000 (in four months went from  $5400/month to almost $10,000). All rate changes were retroactive (and added on to the current bill); the final monthly invoice was over $11,000! Who knows how much higher the monthly rate would have skyrocketed, had Mom continued at CB. Side note: I just saw another reviewer on here with a similar experience. CB responded to that reviewer that maybe the family had not been 'truthful' about their parent's needs. That could not be further from the truth for us - we provided accurate information about our mother, and I trusted that the care plan written by CB was a correct representation of that.   Cherry Blossom attributed much of the change in mom's care plan to her behavior.  In the final care plan (where they assessed the $10K monthly rate), they described behaviors we had never seen in mom.  The new plan stated that she now needed 2 caregivers at all times (although she weighs 100 pounds, and her PT describes her as a '1-person transfer'). On the multiple instances we visited her after this new care plan (when we were now paying for 2 caregivers), she still never had more than one caregiver assisting her - for toileting, dining, dressing, etc.  The evening/weekend med aides were wonderful. Unfortunately (from the beginning and on multiple occasions), I observed the regular weekday med aide being very abrupt and rude in her interactions with mom.  They developed a contentious relationship, which led to challenges at medication time, and could have contributed to the behaviors CB described.  The written reports I had a chance to review, describing her 'negative' behaviors were almost all initiated by that one individual. Ironically, several other med aides and caregivers at CB told me that mom was their favorite resident; enjoyable and funny.  At CB, Mom spent almost all hours of the day (except for meals) in her room. They said that she elected not to participate in the few available activities, which surprised us, as she has always been very social (she has difficulty ambulating and needs a caregiver's help to get into her wheelchair or get started with her walker - so if they didn't help her, she sat in her room). At CB, she had multiples falls each week (likely because of spending so much time alone in her room). Her room was also almost always dark - shades pulled down, and overhead lights/lamps usually turned off.  When I visited I would always open the blinds and turn on the lights, which she preferred.    We have moved mom to a wonderful new facility.  In the months she's been there, we have not heard any reports of the 'difficult' behaviors described by CB.  She often spends time doing activities or just enjoying the community room with other residents. The difference in social atmosphere at the new facility is palpable. On most days, many residents gather for hours in the community area (as opposed to the 2-3 residents I typically saw out and about at CB).  Mom has a positive relationships with her caregivers.  She has only fallen 1 time in her months in this new facility (probably because she now spends much of her time in a group setting, rather than isolated in her room with the door shut).  When she is in her room, the lights are on, shades are up, and her door is open to the community space. Her care plan appropriately says she only needs one caregiver to assist her.  The plan was recently updated, but the monthly rate this new facility initially quoted us (almost four thousand less than Cherry Blossom's final rate) has not increased.  The new facility's administrator is wonderful, flexible, and works with us on solutions when needs are identified. We are so happy we made the move; it is a much better situation for mom.

I was hired on for day and swing back in August. I…read moreexpressed that DAY SHIFT was preferred and was told by Laura that she could work with that, and I was given swing shift instead. When I confronted Laura about it, she then told me she wouldn't be able to schedule me for even 3 days a week if I were to do day shift, which is a lie because again, all staff are working doubles day into swing or swing into night, so really it's Laura managing the schedule super poorly, . Laura will lie to you in the interview, and tell you she can work with what you need or give you a certain position, but then put you on swing, and as a caregiver. when you approach her telling you what she need, she'll express looking at the schedule then say she cant give you those days. The employee turnover rate and staff working doubles is awful because of the way Laura runs the schedule, she DOES NOT care about her employees at all. The staff there are seriously overworked, because Laura doesn't know how to run a schedule, she should not be in the position she is in at all. She will over promise and not deliver DO NOT WORK HERE My best experience was with other caregivers and residents, management is extremely poor, and shouldn't be managment.

I love working for this company in their Kids program. We support I/DD adults and kids and this is…read morethe first place I've worked in the non-sectarian non-profit arena that continually shows their employees how much they value them and the work they do. They pay decent wages, offer great benefits, and do all they can to accommodate your scheduling needs. I have 42 yrs in the workforce across multiple fields and 37 of them in caregiving and SPED teaching. THE Program is beyond what I expected.

ALSO is an amazing place to get employment services for people with disabilities. They are…read moreresponsive, professional and caring about their clients. I would highly recommend this place to anyone.

Arcadia is wonderful. So many activities to keep residents engaged. The food is amazing and they…read morehave baked goods out all the time!

I've had an Incredibly weird experience twice now. About 3 years ago we toured the place as…read moreprospective renters, for my grandmother specifically. We were interested initially due to the social media posts about it being an active community, which was a huge selling point for us. We ultimately did not choose to move our grandmother here due to lack of communication. They would request something, and then go silent for weeks at a time. Fast forward, and I'm now a nursing student looking for part time work. Arcadia came up and I decided to apply, heard back immediately and scheduled an interview. I'll keep my experience short but my "interview" or lack there of with Austin Black was something I have never experienced in my decade in healthcare. It will make a good dinner conversation for years to come. Overall, a sloppy facility plagued with poor communication, inconsistent follow-through and seemingly incompetent leadership.

Incredible firm to guide me through my chaotic divorce. Down…read moreto earth, caring individuals, who are very apparently in the field for the right reasons: to help others. Nathan Jones was not only professional & quick to respond to emails, but he showed immense compassion towards my experience. If he knew he would be busy & may be unresponsive; he consistently held courtesy to let me know the day prior. There are so many law firms to search through on Google, which is stressful when you're already experiencing enough stress. I feel very fortunate to have stumbled across one of the best ones.

I had a consultation with an attorney whom I absolutely loved speaking with. He was kind, caring,…read moreand offered such supportive advice I practically hired him on the spot. He was unscertain about a couple of issues he wanted to double check with another attorney whom he said knew more about registered domestic partnerships, and asked that I give him a days notice before signing with them. I was ecstatic, I thought my search for an attorney was finally over! Unfortunately, I never heard from him again. I sent a follow-up email to the general business, I called, and got nothing. No response. My friend who had referred me, gave me his specific email - nothing. I called one last time and got the attorney my friend was using only to find out he wasn't the one I'd spoken with (I had conversed with several attorneys and had not written his name down as all others had sent follow up paperwork & I had assumed this would go the same way)....... anyway, I spoke with my friend's attorney & asked him if he could speak with the attorney I'd spoken to because I wanted to hire him or would have to go with someone else due to time constraints. I never received a call back. I guess what I'd like to say is that if they couldn't have taken me on as a client I never should had been offered a consultation (which I paid for btw & believe I should be refunded for). Perhaps they were not comfortable taking on a domestic partnership case? I don't know, but It would have been nice to have been offered an explanation as to why no one ever got back to me, or as to why you would offer someone a consultation and sound so positive about representing someone and then never bother to respond again? It is just absolutely not a way to do business, or treat someone in this type of situation. Incredibly disappointing.