Tacoma Lutheran Retirement Community

I have no idea where to start. The difference between when the State Department of Health is in survey, and when no one is looking, is night and day. My advice to anyone who has a loved one there: pay attention, keep notes, and check in often. The caregivers are kind, but there is just not enough of them. They don’t have the right equipment, they are forced to cut corners, and the administration keeps it this way on purpose to save money. They can only expect that their employees would cut corners, though they do not mention it, because there is no way on this planet that two caregivers can adequately attend to the needs of twenty-​four or more fully dependent, older adults, let alone document accurately about it. When an accident happens, because they are too stingy to hire enough help, the caregivers are blamed, fired, and the administrators otherwise acknowledge nothing, and act so afraid of litigation, they forget to be human. They constantly ask their employees, their patients, and their patients family’s for money. They receive tax breaks, and grants, and have so much money stored up in their foundation, yet they still beg for money from their customers and employees. (Its all online, being a non-​profit and all. Look it up) All the while, the actual facilities, the ones that the patients use, are tiny and crampted. The televisions all use the same remote, and room mates are forever changing their neighbors T.V.‘s on, or off, or changing the channel. It has been that way for years. It happens in every room, all day, every day. I was told by a local ISP owner that to fix the problem would be easy, and not even that expensive. It seems unreasonable to hoard all that money, and to treat those that are making it and giving it (customers and employees) as if they are disposable. There’s one more thing… Infection control.

like the other 2 reviewers, i’m disgusted with the tacoma lutheran home. overworked nurses, under-​staffed facilities, nobody in charge, broken equipment… it’s amazing this house of horrors is still in business. i’ve heard so many terrible stories about the poor treatment and neglect of patients at the lutheran home, and my personal experience backs this up 100%. they claim to be a christian organization, but they’re no more christian than donald trump, and twice as greedy. come here to have your medicaid sapped by an indifferent staff, and leave… if you’re lucky.