My wife broke her hip in a fall in our home in October of 2019 and was rushed to Genesys Hospital for surgery. After being in the hospital for several days, she needed to go to a rehab facility. I had no idea where to send her and I was shown a list of facilities by the nurses in the hospital, so I decided to check some of them out. In talking to my wife, she didn't want to go to Regency on Hill Rd, because her mother was there for almost 90 days and my wife didn't like the care she received there. I went down stairs at Genesys and looked at their facilities, but I was only shown part of the unit, not realizing that there was more to be seen. Had the staff had a better attitude and had shown me all of the facility, I would have certainly taken her downstairs; they acted like they didn't want to be bothered. I decided to go for a walk along the walking path that surrounds the outside of the hospital and I came across Wellbridge. I decided to go inside for a visit and I was fooled by the new facility and how clean it was. WOW! They even had a friendly staff; I was in awe. Well, guess what? My wife ended up over there for no more than 2 weeks and here is what happen:
Messy pants every morning
Hungry and not taken to the mess hall in a timely manner. When she couldn't get herself out of bed, thay brought her food to her, only after they served the people in the mess hall first (those that could walk, or wheel themselves down there).
During breakfast, lunch & dinner, all staff members were called to wait on tables and serve food, LPN'S, nurses aids and maybe 1 RN (didn't see many of them). Why was all the help taken from their work stations? Because, they were very, very short of help, especially nurses aids. So whats the big deal? Well, those that could not get theirselves ready had to lay in bed with soiled diapers until everyone else was served in the dining room, then they decided to bring her food and she still had soiled diapers. They would clean her and then she would eat cold food. With my son being a doctor in Ann Arbor, he ordered me to get in there in the early AM to help her and that I did everyday for 2 weeks (12 to 14 hours a day, missing work, etc.) Each day, she begged to come home, but I was unable to lift her without help. I would get there in the early AM, clean her up and wheel her down to breakfast, lunch & dinner and sub with her at a cost to me.
They have a system in place, which is impressive at first sight and that is when a patient pushes the help button, the aids run in there and shuts the light off and says she will be right back - 15 to 20 minutes later they come back. She nor I could wait that long and I would help her to the bathroom, before it was too late, what a scam. Who do they think they are fooling? The nurse in charge.
I only saw an RN by request and only LPN'S serviced her. I never once saw a doctor MD, but a doctors assistant.
Physical therapy was a big disappointment: No matter what they did for my wife, they were always looking at their watch. She was allowed maybe 30 minutes of exercise and that included their time getting to her room and getting her ready to go down to their gym. Bottom line, she didn't get much exercise.
When 8 PM rolled around, I was tired, worn out and wanted to get home; she begged me to stay and sleep in the same room with her. Great! Where would I sleep? On the floor, because there was no bed for guests. A kiss good night and a prayer with tears in our eyes and off I went, with guilt in my soul.
After 2 weeks of pure hell, (they did everything they could to talk me out of bringing her home - I had 100 days of full coverage) I brought her home and took care of her with hired help until she went home to be with the LORD on January 5, 2020.
Wellbridge could be a good place to go, if you can walk, or get yourself ready in the AM and wheel yourself down to the mess hall. Other than that, I would not recommend it to anyone. read more