Claridge Healthcare Center Lake Bluff, Illinois 60044
Claridge Nursing home is the worse place on the planet
The first night he arrived we were told that he was unable to get out of bed because they wouldn't give him a walker. The reason was that he had to wait 24 hours to be accessed to find out if he needed one. We knew he needed one because he had just spent 5 weeks in the hospital learning to use one and was very capable, The first night he got up and began wandering the halls without a walker. He was and still is very confused and forgetful and wouldn't stay in bed, So he wandered the unfamiliar halls looking for a bathroom. Lining the narrow halls are chairs, people in wheel chairs and people milling about so there are many things to trip over, The staff are rude and incompetent and ignore the patients,especially the ones that are bedridden, The room was filthy.
I've waited to write this review because I wanted to give the owner an opportunity to remedy the situation before I went ahead and wrote a less than favorable review. And I've done this on more than one, two, or even three occasions. I'm constantly letting her know regarding the situation at her business. she's very diplomatic. she tells me she will look into it and that we'll work together to rectify the situation. However, this hasn't been the case time after time again.
I've given up. I go everyday to make sure that my father are as well cared for as they can be. I will do some of the cleaning which should be done on a daily basis -- washing mugs for instance.
Take any good review with a GRAIN OF SALT
Here are the facts
Facility Info
Claridge Healthcare Center in Lake Bluff Illinois has a 44% occupancy rate with 101 residents using its 231 beds. They are not part of a multiple nursing home ownership and are a For Profit nursing home.
Claridge Healthcare Center has a below average registered nurse per resident per day of 29 minutes compared to the Illinois state nursing home average of 53 minutes. They had 30 deficiencies in its past 2 state inspections compared to the IL average of 11 and complaints compared to the IL average of 3. Claridge Healthcare Center had 19 fire safety deficiencies in the past 2 state inspections which is worse than the Illinois state nursing home average of 12.