Cedarhurst Of Arnold

My family was truly fortunate to have found Cedarhurst Senior Living for my mother, Jean Hosner. Before moving there, she had been placed in memory care at a different, substandard facility—without the recommendation of her family or her doctor. While my mother was always vibrant and full of life, that environment caused her to withdraw. She became reclusive, wanted to sleep all the time, and felt more like a prisoner than a resident. Everything changed once she moved to Cedarhurst. After settling in, her personality blossomed again. She finally felt like she had a home. Cedarhurst offers so many engaging activities for their residents, and the staff goes above and beyond to make everyone feel welcome and encouraged to participate. My mother regained her independence and joy for life, something we hadn’t seen in a long time. As her dementia progressed, the professional staff at Cedarhurst provided exactly the care she needed—whether it was hygiene, bathing, or eventually daily assistance with nearly everything. It was such a blessing to know that in my mother’s final days, my role was simply to be her loving, caring daughter, while her physical needs were being met with kindness and professionalism. Even as her health declined, she was able to remain in her own apartment at Cedarhurst. When she couldn’t make it to the dining room, she could order room service and still feel at home. If you are searching for a professional, compassionate, and truly caring home for your loved one—where you can rest assured they are safe, loved, and well cared for—I cannot recommend Cedarhurst and their wonderful staff highly enough.

My sister and I are so fortunate to have found Cedarhurst of Arnold for our mom to live. She came from a very bleak assisted living facility (where our oldest sister moved our mom without a doctor's assessment from 1st floor assisted living to the 2nd floor memory care to live in solitude). At Cedarhurst, she lived in assisted living with freedom based on their assessment along with mom's doctor. From day one, mom was so impressed how everyone knew her name, was excited that she could walk in the courtyard whenever she wanted, and loved being around people. It brought such joy to us seeing our mom happy again. Mom participated in many activities (Bingo, Bowling, Piano with Lew, Fashion Show, Mass, etc.) but her favorite was every Wednesday Happy Hour with live entertainment and her Whiskey Sours. She also signed up for several planned outings (Cardinal Game, Library, Blue Owl, Walmart, etc). All staff (management and trained aides) were genuinely friendly, helpful and went above and beyond to make mom's experience rewarding. Mom even called them her "Green Angles." Our family had the ability to see and stay with our mom 24/7, no questions asked. When mom needed more assistance it was reassuring to see how hospice (Dover) stepped in and provided additional services. The level of care at the end of her life (two aides to move her, assisted showers and baths, assisted toiletry, help dressing, help feeding) that our mom received was well beyond the $8,000 a month. Our mom's happiness outweighed any cost and plus it was her money to enjoy life. Our mom could not have received the social interaction, entertainment, and/or the level of care needed anywhere besides Cedarhurst. She will be forever remember by everyone as Miss Jean, Jean Bean, Dancing Jean, Sassy, and Momma Jean :) We wholeheartedly recommend Cedarhurst of Arnold!

I was very unhappy that they convinced 2 of my siblings that they could take care of our mother better than we could when she went on hospice. This was management not staff. For the cost we could have had her at one of our homes with 24/7 home care and she could have been with family. They did nothing more than we could have done. My Mother wanted her family around not strangers. She had dementia and could not remember sometimes where she was and who the staff where. They gave her a button to push for help but she almost never remembered it was there. It was very sad situation. They were under staffed and when you did push the button it could take 20 minutes to 45 minutes before someone responded. I will have a hard time forgiving the management & my 2 siblings for this. I would not recommend this facility. They were very deceiving about what they could offer. At over $8,000 a month it was not worth it. 😢