Testimonials

“My name is Dave Delamarter. My wife, Gaynell, is a resident in the Cascade House, having been there about three months.

This notation is to commendably acknowledge the staff of ElderHealth and Living Memory Village. It is difficult in choosing a care facility for a family member. One finds themselves reading, studying and asking: “What will be the best care center for a wife, husband, etc.” There were three things that entered into our families decision: honesty, integrity and a servant’s heart. We found these in the above mentioned facility. Therefore, our decision was made.

I have met twice personally with the administrative staff, and individually, and found you to be very clear and concise in your care plan for Gaynell. You have worked closely with our excellent PCP, Dr. Shadi Miller, and a pharmacist in establishing a prescription plan which would meet Gaynell’s needs. Thank you! Your team dedication, hard work and commitment is done professionally and deserves recognition. You have listened to me, asked questions and made suggestions of which I appreciate.

Please share this notation with your staff our (my) appreciation for their hard work, achievements and constantly demonstrated positive attitudes. I know the challenges are many!

With above being said, we as a family, and I as Gaynell’s loving husband, commend her to God’s continual presence and your care.

Respectfully submitted.”

-Dave Delamarter and Family

“I would like to say thank you to the staff here – past and present. Even the first day when I came in to see if I could place my mom here. I wound up bawling on the intake coordinator’s shoulder, and she just kept handing me Kleenex. Even on her last day, sweet Joelle was moved to tears while tending my mom. The care you gave my mom let me have 2 more years with her. You can’t put a price on time. I’m forever grateful.”
– The Chappell Family

“Aspen Caregivers – Doug’s family is so thankful for all of you! You provide the most intimate of care with such consideration for him. He is blessed by you – and we are most grateful.”
– Becky, Family Member

“Dear Liz,
I want to thank you for all the care and love from your team that Tom received over the past 2+ years. Who could have imagined the COVID situation. It was awful and terrible and so hard on staff, residents and families. But, I always knew he was loved and gently cared for when I couldn’t be there. Many thanks for that journey. But even more, I want to thank you for the EHL model of individual homes and family-like setting for each resident. It is a brilliant plan and definitely the way long-term care should be. I am so thankful I found you and was able to be a part of it. I can’t imagine Tom in a different situation. Thank you for following your inspiration and knowing what is best for our fragile elderly.”
– Barbara, Family Member

“Dear Staff at EHL,
My mother lived at Mt. Vernon home 2015-2017. It has taken these three years since her death to be able to look at your newsletter again, although it has been coming to my email all along.
I want to offer my immense and belated thanks for all you did for my mom, and for my sister and me. Lately I was looking over Mom’s records, packing up and getting rid of things, and realized that she was at EHL almost exactly two years – 26 months. It seemed like so much longer…. Since then I have visited friends in other memory care places (I live in Clovis, CA) and have realized how much more I like EHL than those places. Reading today about your fire evacuation escapade, looking at the staff thankfulness pictures and little stories, and most of all reading Winifred’s story, makes me realize what a wonderful place you each have made of EHL.
I well know that caregiving and running a facility is a collection of moments, some pleasant and encouraging, most difficult, tedious, dreary, mind-numbingly repetitious, and that the staff cannot possibly always see the long view. There are so many ways to interpret the long view! Blessings and my prayers for all of you as you continue.
Thank you so much for caring for Verna.”
– Peggy McAlister Davis, Family Member

–  Walter Tracey, Family Member

“My husband had Parkinsons psychosis (hallucinations, paranoia and delusions) in addition to the tremors and other issues of digestion and breathing. After caring for him at home, we reached a point where I could no longer do it by myself. The best thing that ever happened for us was to find ElderHealth & Living and get the best staff we could have ever imagined. Nine plus workers did what we had been trying to do every day. My husband felt secure for the first time in a long time. He called the gentlemen in his house his fraternity brothers and they all bonded together to take care of each other. They enjoyed meals together and going to the Recreation Center where they played games and listened to our favorite oldies. Live music in the house was a real plus because his family were all performing musicians and it took him back in time to happier times. Having the meals cooked on site from scratch was a pure delight for him. Thanksgiving and Christmas were special times at the house, in addition to birthdays and anniversaries. Everyone enjoyed any excuse to have a party and have fun. But the best part was the caring staff and how they allowed my husband to do for himself whatever he could still do. Staff supported his dignity to the very end. Placing my husband at ElderHealth was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life but it turned out to be a blessing, for both of us. ElderHealth rescued our sanity and allowed us to be husband and wife again.”
– Judy Calkins, Family Member