VENTANA BY BUCKNER

My 6+ years at Ventana have been exceptional in every way. I wouldn't live anywhere else. All aspects of their optional activities have been very rewarding. The staff and leadership have tried to make our lives very rewarding. I can't say enough about my wonderful life at Ventana!!

My mother was sent to the rehabilitation portion of this facility with weakness. We thought this facility was going to be good for our mother but it wasn’t. Mom had wounds that were never addressed in 4 days she was there. Then to have an aide not a nurse tell us that our mother developed a wound on her bottom was totally unacceptable. I would not recommend this facility to anyone that needs additional care. Although the staff was very nice they are not equipped to handle a patient like our mother.

This facility is wonderful but unfortunately has incompetent Nursing management team who sits in their offices all day and not caring about the resident’s wellbeing and not minding whether the shifts are fully covered. Discusses irrelevant topics during meetings that doesn’t add value to resident’s needs. And worst of all, all staff are asked to leave their halls to attend these meetings, putting the residents on the hall at risk for falls.

I have been here for five years. While I did NOT want to come in when I did, I never realized what kind of a wonderful community I would become a member of. I would never go back to household living knowing what I know now: community is everything: a Roman Catholic living in a nondemoninational retirement community sponsored by the Buckner Foundation, a Baptist sponsored organization and yet completely at home. We even have a Catholic service every Thursday. It is almost impossible to live here and not feel "at home". It is a wonderful, caring, superb place to live.

Great location, nice resident neighbors, Christian based organization, excellent food variety with dining areas, many weekly events & activities, friendly staff,