Hill Valley Healthcare

Saratogo Grove was a very nice place while she was there. The facility was expensive, which is the same every where I guess. I think it was pretty good. A couple of times we had to clean her room but overall the cleanliness was good. Overall it was a good experience considering the bad situation.

I toured this community while looking into care options for a loved one. The facility was well kept and clean, and all of the staff I met seemed friendly and professional. We ended up selecting another community, but this is somewhere I would have considered as an option for my loved one.

This was one of the places we considered when we were looking. It was nice and a lovely facility. This just wasn't a great fit for our grandma, mostly due to personality. We just couldn't picture her walking around and enjoying herself there.

only allows about. 30 meals a month

Very friendly place and clean. I feel a studio would not be big enough for my mom. She would like to have a small kitchen area too. This place is 25 years old and they keep it looking good.

Seems very nice. It's an older facility but appeared to be well maintained. Nothing fancy. They have many activities for the people living in the independent section. There were no odd smells. The dining room was nice and they have a chef on site to cook all meals. Met with Kathy Nance. She gave me a list of the room sizes and their prices. It's nice that they have a beauty salon/barber shop on site as well...

My loved ones have been here for about a year, and I feel like so far things have gone pretty well. The facility itself is nice enough, the food is good, and they provide a few different levels and types of care. And I feel like the quality of care they provide the residents is one of their strong suits.

My mother-in-law has been in this facility for a number of years, and they do a great job. Her level of care is high, but the staff are very friendly and compassionate and do a great job of keeping her comfortable and safe. They're very about keeping the family informed about any problems or situations that come up.

This was expensive, they did not seem to be willing to work with an insurance company or any kind of facility like that because she's on medicare but they require private pay. They didn't want anything to do with medicare. It was very nice, I was very impressed with it, everybody there was very friendly and it was very clean. I have been in so many assisted livings and nursing homes and I know they smell. I know it's not an easy thing for them to take care of and I also know that accidents happen with older people, but I was just really impressed with the cleanliness.

in the past few months, I have seen some things which need some attention. the oak dining room for instance does not have enough servers for the # of persons to be served without having office staff brought in to wait on tables, some independent persons are made to move to the manor for persons that require special care however one person in fact is getting on fine with border line dementia and is being moved from a apartment to the manor saying they need special care although another person is allowed to remain in the independent apartment because they have a care giver, a person to stay with them and assist if needed while the other person is made to give up most of their possessions they have lived and loved with because they do not have a care giver..is this right without giving this person information on a care giver..????????.

My parents are still getting used to the routine at the community. Most of the staff are good most of the time. They accommodate dads dietary needs, however he does not like the food. I have not seen a lot of activities in the memory care unit. I would recommend this community.

[Name removed] is great and helpful.! [Name removed] is pretty good as well. The nursing staff is not very friendly and do not come when my mom pushes her call button on her pendant. The staff is on their phone while giving medications and does not have a good attitude when working with the residence. I would be very careful recommending this place to friends.

My loved one is currently a resident at McKendree Village. Overall, the experience has been okay so far. My loved one still has some complaints that we are sorting through.

I didn't like the community. It felt very dark and gloomy. The atmosphere was not friendly. I didn't like everything being a gray color. The halls all dead ended. I didn't like the elevator. To be honest there was nothing I liked about it. It didn't help that we went to another community first which was so bright and inviting.

The main challenges we've had are around maintenance availability and follow through of my loved one's cottage and horrible lawn care (supposed to be included). Overall though, it's been a blessing. McKendree is also the only facility that we found that offers Independent living AND allow pets.

I toured McKendree Village and I didn't feel it was as secure as other communities we saw. There was access to the elevator and that would've only been dealt with by an arm bracelet. We chose another community because my mom was extremely exit-seeking, and I didn't think it would be secure enough.

Our mother has been in long term care a year now. We visit 4-7 days a week. The food is good, she is happiest about that, although they struggle to stay on a schedule. There are some very good employees, but, there is a lot of turnover in "technician's" and this has led to a lot of negligence, especially during the weekends. They only order incontinence "diapers" in size large, for use on every occupant regardless of the severity of their incontinence, or, physical size. Since the family gets charged back for these as "supplies" the least they could do is order the right capacity and size. Too many times we have stopped by for a visit and mom either reeks, or, has a puddle under her, and "techs" are gathered around the nurses station gossiping. Bells and lights ringing constantly. This is supposed to be a step up from public funded long term care, but, it is run like a warehouse.

Staying on 7th floor of 17 floor independent living tower, had toilet back up when just flushing urine! This facility is now non-profit so you must provide all sources of income plus last 2 years of income tax records! The facility is over 50 years old and the independent living cottages, some are in bad/uncared for state!

The assisted living community area's were nice but the rooms still had regular tubs with grab bars. Not great if you have mobility issues. Could use an update.

I had a pleasant tour of this community. Everything went very well, and I enjoyed my tour. This is a nice community with kind. The staff was very friendly. From what I saw the community looked nice. It was a pleasant experience, but I didn't feel like this was the one for me.