Lifespark Senior Living

I would not recommend All Saints to anyone looking for a place for their family member. There is only a handful of staff that were amazing. Other than that, it was a horrible experience. Many residents, including our own parent had medication errors given. Many times meds were not sent when away for a weekend, they never had the meds re ordered, and no accountability. Several residents would use the emergency call button and would not receive assistance for well over 45 minutes. In one case, a resident had to use the bathroom so bad, that after 30 min of no staff responding, ended up having another resident help her to the restroom instead. Staff chatted with our family on many occasions and would tell us that staff would only go to rooms of residents they liked. If they did not like them, they would ignore the call light or make excuses. They are short staffed at all times, and the aides do not have adequate time with the residents. Very high turnover in staff. The director is not customer service friendly and VERY unapproachable. Other staff have commented how much she is not respected and has been cold to our family many times. I have seen her act like the residents are a burden instead of part of the family. They do not have a low sodium meal plan there. The meals are horrible- very high turnover in cooks. They do not accommodate the wishes of the residents and provide fresh veggies or fruit. Food is cold, high in sodium. The activity director was AMAZING and the activities planned were lots of fun. That was the one perk and good at All saints. The community has heard bad things about All Saints and I would encourage you to check out other places before sending your loved one here. Beautiful building, just horrible staff and care for your loved one. It is hard to leave each night.

The Waters contributed to my family's unhappiness and my mom's misery during the final year of her life. Despite a few kind and caring staff members, the standouts were those who treated my mom disrespectfully, one of who was verbally abusive, and the head of nursing, who was unresponsive to requests for change and detailed complaints. In general, management exhibited a lack of professionalism and concern. The Waters is clearly not set up for elders with frequent care needs. (My mom was of sound mind, wheelchair-bound and incontinent.) Care visits promised (and paid for) every three to four hours ended up being 7 or 8 hours apart (not good when someone is incontinent). Staff would speak over mom mom when attending to her, complaining about their jobs or discussing other topics as though my mom was not there. They'd sometime speak in their native language rather than English around her. Food was decidedly second-rate, and lack of wheelchair-accessible apartments was also a big down side. Laundry was spotty (literally and figuratively; several items of clothing were ruined due to improper laundering). The facility might serve the needs of those who are largely independent, but if a resident's needs increased, the Waters is clearly not the place unless some massive staff and management overhauls have occurred since 2013.

Our mom and Landmark resident went to hospital couple of weeks ago – and was abruptly diagnosed with a terminal disease. Mindful that Landmark would offer no exception to its visitor ban, we scrambled to remove mom from facility and divide care-giving for her so that she could see her family. That meant a sudden leave from jobs in the midst of an economic collapse. I sent letter to Landmark seeking to appeal to their compassion and high ethics, asking for a credit for final month’s rent when they provided us no service, for our family that has been ravaged by illness and financial distress. After a delay, Landmark’s executive director told me she was working on “financial piece” with my mom’s power of attorney, suggesting a credit was imminent. In truth, no credit was even offered, and exec director callously mislead me so that she didn’t need to directly refuse my appeal for help.

If you are looking for an assisted living facility for a loved one, there are other newer, better managed and staffed facilities near by, which are also less expensive. My Mom was there for 3 years and had a horrible experience, if you do have to put a family member here, even temporarily, make sure to set up a nanny camera (that is now legal in Minnesota) in their room.

I don't usually write reviews, but this one is important to me. We toured several senior facilities before we finally chose the Landmark of Fridley. What a beautiful place it was, and still is. I live in another state and it was important to me that someone I love so much was taken care of in the best way possible. I have siblings who visit and check on her as well, but being so far away, it was comforting that we picked a place like the Landmark. As it turned out, looks are deceiving, and all the promises were ways to get a family's trust. After talking to my siblings, I came back to Minnesota and we had a meeting with the new director, who just started and he too saw things that we complained about. He made notes and asked for a follow up meeting before I left the state. He began to make changes, but because of health issues, quit!! Again an administrative change, and it has been downhill ever since! There is NO respect given to the elder people there, especially as their needs become more. And the director seems too busy to talk to the family. My senior relative can't go outside without a family member present. She comes to the front desk to see if they have something for her to do, and they are getting tired of that. They called my sister, and she had to find another place that would pick her up and take her to their facility to do activities. I am not sure what they are being paid to do. She goes 2 times a week, and the Landmark would like her to go every day. No one doubts that she is ready for some sort of memory care, but not what they consider memory care. Our relative is high functioning and should be kept busy to maintain what she still has. Landmark has their memory care residents watching Sesame Street and playing with Tinker Toys. We just moved her into another facility. She is now in a memory care program for high functioning seniors. Hopefully they will keep her brain active and challenged. I know dementia is a fast, nasty disease, but I also know that mind stimulating activities and communication is key and also taping into what used to be important to them. (Like simple cooking activities for those who used to do lots of cooking, and art or craft classes for those who enjoy that). The new place where our relative lives has the right idea, and I was told they are encouraged to visit with other residents. She is also encouraged to walk and goes outside regularly. Shame on you, Landmark, for not getting to know your residents and for not not making them feel important. Also, my sisters had to come in and do cleaning which the Landmark was supposed to take care of. If you are understaffed, Landmark, get help. I used to get a calendar emailed to me so I could see what was being done. That stopped after the first director left. If you are looking for a place where your loved one would be stimulated and happy, please look closely and ask questions of other residents and their relatives before signing on the dotted line!

The Landmark in Fridley: Incompetent, inappropriate, untrained high turnover staff. Miserable care, unsafe oversight. Food is terrible. Activities demeaning and childlike. The Landmark staff do not understand seniors or seniors with dementia. No one in charge of facilities/cleanliness. Unstable nursing processes.Don't be fooled by the beautiful entry way or their promises - both deceiving.

We moved our mom into The Waters of Minnehaha, Memory Care (Mpls) last spring with high hopes. Although the facility is nearly new, we were fooled by the “chandelier,” & our experience was shocking & unacceptable. Here, on a regular basis, we witnessed neglect & maltreatment to a vulnerable adult. With much communication requesting “their promised care,” requests went ignored & mom was uncared for & neglected for hours & hours on a regular basis, without being checked. A sample of life -few if any daily “cares” administered, no grooming, stench odor, no prompt/assist to bed clothes, left alone for hours pacing, not put to bed, curled on a loveseat all nite, blaring loud radio or TV, bright lights all night, no interaction by the selectively “mute” staff, as it is not in the job descript to talk to mom.AIDES don’t do their job, NURSES don’t do their job, DIR NURSES doesn’t do their job and MANAGEMENT doesn’t either. This is sadly the normal acceptable culture here. Many more grieving stories of this place, too numerous to mention. We moved our mom.