My mother was a resident there in 2019. She had Alzheimers and dementia. One evening in the spring the staff upset my mother who was holding hands with another resident. They tried to pull her hand away and she became agitated. When they lost control of her due to continued harassment and bad skills, they called the sheriff and paramedics. They didn't call me until paramedics arrived. I was not close to the facility. I could have calmed her down and avoided this mess! When My mother was released from a hospital after a week which did nothing for her, Sonata Boca Raton told me she couldn't come back without a hired aide. So aside from paying monthly rent to Sonata, I had to pay $1,500 a week for an aide AND then told I was being charged an additional $400 to Sonata for having the aide,(??)...all for the problem THEY created! Does this make sense?? Then her visiting Dr. was prescribing the same 2 types of medication (over medicated) which made my mom sleepy all day. She was no longer walking or talking and not too responsive. My aide noticed the change too. I complained at a meeting with the director at that time, (Michael Graham) and the Dr. They didn't like that I complained about her physical/ mental status. Dr. relented and took her off of that med. It gets worse,...Sonata's assistant in the Alz. building started to do harassing types of things like tell my aide that she couldn't sit with my mom in the dining room during meals, (but another aide was allowed to be in the dining room?) then accuse my mother of hitting another resident in the dining room during dinner...(No witnesses to this). When I confronted them about this they had an assistant lie for them. He wasn't in the dining room either, he was in his office. My aide was in the tv room next to dining room, she knew the truth about this and told me it was a lie. This was all leading up to excuses for them to send me a 45 day notice to move my mother out of Sonata Boca Raton. This was in late fall of 2019, there was still a week or so left in the month I paid for. But I found a better place for my mom thankfully, especially when Covid hit.
**Fast forward to 11-2021,... I receive a letter from a COLLECTION AGENCY stating I owe Sonata Boca Raton $927.00! This after looking at Sonata's billing invoices where they show that they paid me $1,400 refund, (which I don't recall getting from them). If I supposedly owe Sonata Boca $927.00 why would you refund me $1,400 back?? Why not deduct the money you say I owe you Sonata???! I don't see where I owe them the money they say I owe.
I'm looking into suing Sonata for the many months of paying $400 they forced me to pay out of my mothers account to them, when it was their staffs fault I had to get an aide in the first place!!
This place was poorly managed. I hope they fixed their problems since 2019. Be careful on choosing a place for your loved ones. Don't be smooth-talked by a hired person like I was. read more