Salida Woods

Salida Woods has been the most caring and accommodating facility for my mom's new home. Whenever there is a question or a need, they immediately resolve it and with a smile. Laura C, Mannon, Cedric, Shauna, Laura P and all of the nurses and care givers and team members have made my mother feel at home, welcomed, listened to and cared for. While my mother adjusts to a new environment, she has been made to feel comfortable and attended to and has a beautiful room with a lovely view. The location makes it ideal for our family to be present, but the team of awesome caregivers make it a home for my mom, and we are very grateful.

Update Aug 2025: Thought something just was not right with 3rd shift care so I stayed late with mom. Found 2 out of 3 third shift aids sleeping upstairs. After that I put a camera in mom's room and found one aid that left mom sitting with her knees at the foot of the lift chair. They pulling on the sheet in the chair to reposition her. Finally telling there was nothing more she could do for her and walked out leaving her for several hour in this position. Same aid told my 97 year old mom, who is incontinent and has urinary urgency, that she would be toileted every 2 hours like everyone else. 2nd shift caregiver always comes in to clear mom's call button telling her she has to wait instead of attending to her needs. Aid will come in up-to 4 or 5 time to clear the call button before addressing mom's needs. Now today, aid brought mom back to her room from dinner, left her in her transport chair and did not lock it. Then she left the room. Mom tried to stand up, the chair rolled and she fell backward laying on the floor calling for help. Mom is moving to a new Assisted Living Community ..................................................................................................... So, after 2 years they don't seem to be able to turn it around. New owners and new administration are always talking about fixing problems but nothing improves. Turnover of administrative staff, Health & Wellness Director, Care Team Manager and Aids is extremely high. 3 Executive Directors in 2 years. Same for the Health & Wellness Director & Care Team Manager. Along with enumerable aids that have come and gone. Training and guidance from the new corporate office appears to be minimal. A few bad employees poison the good ones or the good ones just leave. Some aids are more interested in their phones then the residents. Residents have trouble identifying new aids because name tags are not always worn. Feels like they are just placing bodies in vacant positions so they can say they have coverage. Weekends and nights are the worst as there is no supervision. Residents can wait an hour before someone answers their call button. Keep your eye on things if your resident is on important medication... Food is always served cold. Many alternative food options listed are NEVER available. After residents are in the dining hall, they can wait 45 min before they are feed. Some just give-up and leave without eating. Many others will just not eat the food. Kitchen staff is not interested in any kind of improvement and just does not care. They have chased away some very caring staff and it is the residence that suffer. Shame!

We toured with Laura last week and immediately knew this was the place for our mother. The moment we walked in Laura greeted us with a smile. Her knowledge and empathy is unmatched. Every employee said hello with a smile. The facility is clean and odor free. Feels like a resort not a "facility". My family and I are completely relieved knowing she will be well taken care of at Salida Woods. Thank you Laura!

Salida Woods is a great place for my mother. Recently they had a community wide power outage . They were out of power for a short time while they found a backup generator. The staff handed it wonderfully and everything was fine. Thank you Laura for handling that emergency situation.