"My elderly mother has dementia and had hip replacement surgery and after hospital stay, I was…read moregiven a list of Rehab Facilities for her to stay for PT and OT after surgery, and I was given a recommendation by a friend who had a relative have their Rehab stay at this facility - North Park Health & Rehabilitation in Phoenix, Arizona. It was a slow recovery for my mom, because she stopped caring to get better, after surgery and hospital stay. The staff at the facility were caring and supportive during my mom's stay. They took the time to understand her needs and treatments and were also helpful providing advice and support throughout her recovery process. My mom also had an issue where the date came where she was being discharged and the facility she previously lived would not take her back because they expected a hospital bed to be delivered and there was no need for her to have a hospital bed, because she was successful in getting out of her bed with PT and OT and she did not have a medical need for a hospital bed. This discharge experience became havoc for myself and my mother to locate a new place for mom at the last minute and North Park Case Manager along with my mother's Insurance Case Manager quickly resolved the issue and handled this problem immediately and resolved the issue and my mom's discharge and transport was a better experience to move mom to her new home." - Betty

I wish I could give ZERO stars…read more Our family's experience with North Park has been deeply disturbing. My father-in-law was admitted on September 9 able to walk, eat, drink, communicate, and carry on normal conversations. Within days, we watched him deteriorate dramatically. By Tuesday, he was chewing food and spitting it back out. By Wednesday, he looked extremely weak, noticeably thinner, confused, and "out of it." My husband immediately told staff that something was seriously wrong. HE was the one who raised the concern that his father appeared dehydrated and pushed them to give him IV fluids. When they first attempted the IV, they could not obtain access because he was already so dehydrated and had to call another team to obtain IV access. Despite his continued deterioration, he remained there. The lack of communication was unbelievable. NORTH PARK NEVER CALLED MY HUSBAND. NOT EVEN ONE TIME. My husband called THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY to find out how his father was doing. Getting an answer was a daily battle. He often had to call two or three times, sometimes more. The phone would ring and ring. He would be told to leave a message and that somebody would call him back. Nobody ever called him back. So he would keep calling until someone finally answered and gave him a brief update. This happened day after day. Meanwhile, my mother-in-law was physically at North Park EVERY DAY for approximately 5-6 hours and witnessed much of his decline firsthand. On Thursday and Friday, my husband repeatedly told North Park that his father was having serious difficulty swallowing. He specifically explained that it seemed as though his swallowing muscles were no longer working properly. We were told about speech therapy and were still being told to try to get him to eat. But this was not simply someone who did not feel like eating. We were watching a man who had been eating and drinking normally progressively lose the ability to swallow. By Saturday, he could no longer swallow even WATER. Saturday morning, my husband once again called North Park himself for an update. That morning he said he had had enough and told them he wanted his father OUT of North Park and sent to the hospital. ONLY AFTER my husband demanded the hospital transfer did a CNA speak with him on behalf of Dr. Hassan. My husband NEVER spoke directly with Dr. Hassan. Through the CNA, my husband was told they wanted to continue caring for his father at North Park, run additional tests, and obtain a chest X-ray. My husband strongly disagreed. He repeatedly explained that his father had been declining extremely rapidly and needed hospital-level care. The conversation became a heated verbal argument because my husband was demanding that his father be transferred. He insisted on the hospital transfer. I want to make this very clear: my father-in-law did NOT end up at the hospital because North Park suddenly recognized how seriously ill he was and proactively decided to transfer him. MY HUSBAND PUSHED FOR THE HOSPITAL TRANSFER. Once he arrived at the hospital, doctors found SEVERE DEHYDRATION, an infection/colitis, and BLOOD CLOTS IN HIS LUNGS. The hospital physician told my husband that his father was "very, very ill." Our family had been raising concerns for DAYS. If you have a loved one at this facility, please visit frequently. Call. Follow up. Write down names and dates. Document conversations. Do not assume someone will call you back simply because they tell you they will. Most importantly, KEEP ADVOCATING when something does not look right.