Vibrant Life Senior Living

Vibrant Life 1. Overall experience. 3-in the beginning, there were challenges getting everything squared away with his medications. The clinical coordinator was helpful in working together to get a process in place when new/short term medications are needed. We worked well with the director to get the needed paperwork for his admission. 2. Cleanliness. 3-the cleaning staff keep his room/bathroom cleaned. The laundry is done regularly. 3. Friendliness of staff. 4-everyone is personable and each staff member has a good relationship with our dad. When I go there, they are pleasant and work with me on what is best for our dad. 4. Quality of care. 4-the staff are willing to help our dad with whatever he needs and gives him his independence when he says he doesn't need their help. 5. Meals/Dining. 1-our dad says the food is always cold/ room temperature. There are staff who will heat up his plate in the microwave, but some foods don't re-heat well in the microwave. 6. Activities. 1-there aren't activities he's interested in doing. From what we've seen, there aren't many memory care activities. One of Vibrant Life's services is memory care. 7. Value for Cost. 2-it's common knowledge senior care is expensive. However, when rates increase by a couple hundred dollars per month, it is a challenge to do private pay. With that being said, our dad needs the 24/7 oversight and care. He is getting this from the staff and us collaboratively.

Overall the cna's and nurses were always nice, but cna's changed almost weekly and always short staffed. I would tell others to visit it (or any facility ) a cpl times before making a decision, make unannounced visits so you can fully see the on goings, spend at least half hour or more and really ask questions, maybe talk to residents. I know everyone's situation is different but it still boils down to having to make the decision on which home would be best, I was very comfortable at vibrant, they were expecting me, but after a few weeks that changed a lot, with unannounced visits

My mom's building is clean and nicely decorated. My mom loves the food. Her private room is beautiful! Also big with a bedroom, living room and bathroom. They have lots of things to do. Mom loves and wins at bingo quit often. There is however problems with laundry. They take her basket to wash and bring it back with someone else's clothes. Almost every time. She's "lost" almost all her clothes. I have spoke to staff many times but nothing gets done. This is very stressful for her. 95 % of staff are wonderful and are very helpful with good attitudes. I would recommend this place if laundry was done properly.

If a friend asked I wouldn't recommend vibrant life. Some of the aids are very friendly and my mom gets along well with them, but the management is difficult to work with. They are very short staffed. The only time the room gets cleaned is if we ask them to clean.

They never cleaned his room. I had several convos with the director on my dad's care and her providers stories were completely different than my dads. They did not provide the level of care that they promised and I had to be on them daily. They never gave him a shower; only sponge baths in 6 weeks. Some staff were super nice and some were lazy and mean.

My loved one is currently a resident at Sodalis Superior Township. I think it would be helpful if they set up a few family meetings during the transition to Assisted Living. I also think it would be easier to work through the bumps and things if there was a weekly Forum for the first month or so.

The community was fine, but my loved one needed more attention than what the community could provide to them. It took a while to get medication management straightened out with the community. The communication with the staff was ok. I was expecting to have some kind of welcome from the staff and there was no type of care overview during the transition into the community for my loved one.

We toured Vibrant Life and we were not as impressed as we were with some other places that we saw. The location was also too far for family.

Rooms small no personal bathrooms in rooms. Main building away from Alzheimer's facility so we couldn't see it. Didn't sit with family to find out concerns. Felt rushed.

The rooms they provide for the residents would be about a three out of five. We would not recommend this community to others. They just raised our rates, and they have lost our loved ones hearing aids which we had to pay back.

Most people are there for dementia and cognitive issues. My father in law has all his mental faculties but no physical mobility. Staff is pleasant but usually not enough people to care for all the residents. My father in law has to wait hours to get cleaned up with bathroom issues.

My mother was at Vibrant Life Senior Living, Temperance for a short time. The communication was not good she had a stroke and they didn't notify me right away. They did take her to the hospital. As of the moment my mother has not gone back and i haven't been having good communication trying to get an answer from them. Another thing i don't like is that they don't have private bathrooms. I liked that the staff was friendly and the community is kept clean.

My great grandmother is an senior living here and I'm very happy with the second shifts girls and supervisors that goes above and beyond for my great grandmother however she does not like the care and attention lack thereof from the nurse coordinator and morning staff she says their very rude and always gossips about other staff around others, the nurse coordinator doesn't care about what the residents have to say and doesn't take out the time to make sure their taken care of, the place has bugs in their lighting and in a few in the bathrooms, the place smells really bad when you enter although there are air fresheners around you can still smell poop in the air no matter what, I WOULDNT recommend bring your loved ones here unless you have no no no other option, they don't treat their staff fairly and have a few working so much my great grandmother thinking they live there, you can tell they are short staffed and continue to overwork their employees, I'll give this place 3 stars only because their second shift Sterns lodge employees are great! Everyone else it's much to be said.

I would give them a 1 on everything was not pleased. What they tell you to sign pen to paper to does not happen

I would tell other families looking into Vibrant Life Superior Township to talk to the current residents and/or their family there currently before committing. They really need to improve on intake assessment and care planning. Engaging with residents and/or family were wholly inadequate. Based off of our experience, I would not recommend Vibrant life to others.

After an assessment at a local dementia hospital, they said they could handle my wife's behavioral issues. They did not follow the medication guideline from The Bronson Lakeview facility and at the end of the first full day sent her to the Bronson ER after an altercation with a poorly trained "med tech". The ER doctor called me and said she was calm and cooperative and they were sending her back. The next morning the facility manage and I found her sitting on the floor because no one had came and helped her get around for the morning . The following morning I found her alone in the dining area trying to find food with her hands because they were not helping and had not given her her glasses to see. I gave my 30 day notice that day. In the three weeks she was there she was showered twice. I was told that I could not do it because of liability. This was their High care level building for severe dementia residents. If your loved one needs help, go elsewhere!

New Friends/Vibrant Life is a laughing joke!! Food isnt available after certain hours. The cook leaves and then nothing. Maybe a gram cracker. Lodge 2 is where my father was. Fell 3 times. Undocumented. Had his neck broken in three places. Left all night on the floor another time. Needed surgery, staff doesn’t have proper care for after hospital stays. Staff isn’t trained for dementia patients. No nurse on staff! Food sucks!! No coffee! No checks on people in their rooms! Don’t put your loved on in that place!!!

Remaining anonymous due to fear of my mother in law being treated unfairly. The nurse on staff at this location is very rude. She doesn't meet the demands asked of her and I've watched on many occasions her yelling at the staff and threatening their jobs. I feel so bad for those girls, I feel the need to speak up where they can't. I've voiced my concerns but my calls are not returned from the executive director, who seems to turn a blind eye to most of the care staffs concerns. I'm seeking help from the Better Business Bureau in this matter. This is the only way I feel as if I can help the defenseless girls that work long shifts and are met with hostility and belittlement. They really do a great job when it comes to the care of my mother in law.I'm keeping a log and dates with other family members of such behavior. I'm proud of the girls who put a smile on day after day when met by the negativity subjected by their own management team. Protecting a bully in NOT a strategy for protecting an institution. Professionals should be smart enough to know that bullies create potential liability and should be focused on confirming bad behavior and getting it to stop, which is not the case in this situation. It's sad that the workers here have to deal with such undermining behavior. As a person who works for a Human Resource agency, the management team here needs to come together to make this place a decent place to come into. I've always been a supporter of the under dogs and this place definitely lacks leadership.

my parent is here and does not get the care she needs. it is almost all dietary related - they only serve pre-packaged meals that are high sodium, and high carbs - with most of the residents requiring a low sodium and low carb diet. Seriously - it's a HUGE problem and with multiple complaints, multiple meetings - it just is not changing. And it's not at all healthy. There is a major problem here with staff - so much turnover - and the kitchen staff is the major center of it.

Managers are never there and never answer their phones or return your calls. Can’t even find out how my wife is doing unless I go there and there’s nobody who knows anything about her meds or to tell your concerns to. The turnover is bad as well. Looking at other places.