Greenspring Continuing Care Retirement Community

My parents moved to Greenspring in 2018, and I''m grateful they did. I felt Greenspring did everything possible to keep residents safe during the coronavirus pandemic, and have done an amazing job vaccinating residents and staff. The staff are unfailingly kind. Their apartment is very nice, and they...

My parents moved to Greenspring in 2018, and I''m grateful they did. I felt Greenspring did everything possible to keep residents safe during the coronavirus pandemic, and have done an amazing job vaccinating residents and staff. The staff are unfailingly kind. Their apartment is very nice, and they were able to keep their two cats. So far the only gap I''ve seen is that they don''t really have services for middle stage dementia. My mother is too far gone for their excellent day program, which is geared towards early memory loss. It won''t work for us, because residents can leave the activity whenever they want to, and the ratio of staff to residents is too low. On the other hand, she''s not yet in bad enough shape to require a transition to Memory Care. The ideal solution would be some kind of adult day care service where they would keep Mom safe for part of the day so that Dad could have a break, so that she could remain in her home a little while longer. We would happily pay extra for that. But this is a temporary problem - as Mom declines, I''m sure Memory Care is around the corner, and I''m confident the care there will be very good. We did try Home Service visits, but they kept sending different people, which was stressful for both my parents. Another challenge is the lack of two-bedroom Assisted Living apartments. If they had those, my parents would have already moved to AL. An under-utilized but fantastic resource are their social workers. I''m in frequent contact with their social worker, who has helped us navigate many challenges with my mother''s care, and understand how Greenspring services work. I would highly recommend Greenspring, but when visiting, make sure to think into the future and visit the assisted living facilities. It''s easy to get caught up by the lovely Independent Living apartments & amenities, but that stage doesn''t last forever.

Old people