picture above an example of "Atria Senior Living"

It took threats from a lawyer to get Atria to clean up mold.By the time it was addressed, the resident(suffering from Altziemer's) had to be moved and the room completely torn apart from ceiling down as the mold had grown to 4 feet from floor.

Atria Senior Living is a national corporation that provides housing for senior citizens.And they do.But from there on, things get scary. Atria is consistently making news for community wide illness ,often from poorly prepared food, "losing residents to wandering", and general neglect, throughout the nation.Most recently, they have evicted over 100 seniors (several with dementia)from an Ossining location to further fatten thier bottom line.At a suddenly announced "mandatory meeting of residents" management announced to all that they are tearing down their home,in the interest of "refurbishing for the future." Family members were notified by mail and given no time to come to the aid of their elders.Many seniors are scrambeling,unassisted, to find a place to live, having 90 days and little assistance. Naturally, Atria is happily shuffelling many into other Atria "communities."

Please pray for them.

And please, if you know anyone considering Atria for their parent or grand parent, aunt uncle, friend,have them check into its history.It is all together possible that  the goings on in NY are not a national issue, but they all answer to the same bottom line.

Personally, I have witnessed poor quality of food, a lack of offered ameneties(pool never open, programs cancelled,dirty common rooms)mis handled medicines,days in a row without hot water,leaking roofs, flooding rooms, mold growth on interior surfaces(was told no one working for Atria is aloud to handle bleach...for safety reasons!)....

As I provide assistance to some of the elderly in this community, I was once even put under quarintine,along with the rest of the population, for exposure to an unknown air-borne contaminent.While Atria did perform studies, we were never told what we were exposed to, despite several inquiries.....

it goes on.

Keep your loved ones away from Atria Senior Living!