La Paula at Main

At first, La Paula was ideal for my father. It was close by my home and it was a home setting, what he was used to. The aides were good, except for one who didn't speak English well. It frustrated my father even more because of the language barrier with most of the staff (only two of the aides are American). His meds were not given by a nurse but what they call medicine assistant and/or the aides. The meals sucked. They feed them sandwiches and soup everyday for dinner. No variety of wholesome meals like vegetables. Too much pork as well. What were we paying for, just room and board? The activities were not stimulating, as the majority of the residents are advanced in Alzheimers. It is very depressing for my father, because he could not really interact with them being that he is early, mild dementia. In order to delay the effects of dementia/alzheimers my family and I knew we needed to transfer him out to a better facility. One with Nurses medicating him, one that would provide nutritious meals especially with him being a diabetic and one that he could have therapeutic communication with staff as well as residents. My father resided there for 6 months.

Things are going well since my aunt moved into this community. She is still trying to adjust to all of the changes but everyone has been very friendly and accommodating. We are very happy with everything so far.