My brother was there for his last week. The care was inconsistent, doctor he had was terrible. One nurse was mean to him. They disregarded my concerns. I ended up having to stay 24 hours with him as I couldn t trust the care and could trust them to treat him with compassion.
The clergy was great. But administration did Not help me fix the issues. Would Never subject my family to this place.
We are grateful for the incredibly caring and compassionate nurses that helped my mother in her last days, and helped us navigate a very difficult time. I cannot begin to express the depth of our gratitude for their support, dedication, and professionalism. Thank you, thank you.
Where do I even begin. My grandma was admitted into the Hospital before Christmas then into Calvary's Brooklyn Hospital Location. Shortly after, she was transferred into this Bronx Facility. It is difficult to describe the care that was given to my grandma because it was disgusting. Upon being admitted into the Bronx Calvary location, my mother began visiting every day for 3 weeks during their visitation hours. Prior to being admitted, my mother spoke with the nurses and doctors about my grandma's care. We were told that my grandma would be given nutritional milk to drink and be moved every 2 hours. These were some of the most basic "promises" given to us and none of them were ever seen. My mother was there 4 hours every day and the nurses never came in to move my grandma. The nurses never came in to even acknowledge my mother. They came in to ensure that they signed the time sheet to cover themselves. In one of the most shocking instances, my mother was wiping my grandmother and discovered an open wound that was already infected. The nurses and doctors did not even know about this wound and my mother had to tell them about it. My mom is there 4 hours PER day and she was able to discover a wound that this facility did not. My mother ultimately had to speak with social worker supervisors and nurse supervisors to receive the basic care that one assumes would be given in a hospital. Ultimately, my grandmother passed away. When we asked when she passed away or when they found out, the answer given to us was: I don't know. Moving a loved one into this facility is probably one of the worst moves that you could do for them. When issues are brought up, the nurses always say that a different nurse was supposed to take care of it. Stay away
Staff and dr Carrington have been absolutely wonderful my mom has been there 3 weeks so far and they keep her clean and they are on top of things they are caring about her needs and are very patience with family who are struggling with the love one in this facility my mom is there for wound care and lewy body dementia
My mother just passed away in Calvary Hospice. The care was wonderful and the staff made sure the was comfortable until the end. My special thanks go to Dr. Devmani, who was wise and beyond sensitive throughout. My mother died peacefully in her sleep. Having my mother in Calvary was the right decision.
A good amount of aides and nurses there make you feel like it's just another day at work. In an environment where where a little more care and patience is needed. I can only count on one hand how many people were actually caring and helpful.
My mother was in Calvary's palliative care unit for over 2 months this summer. Their care of her allowed her to return home for 5 weeks. No one could believe she was able to return home. She passed 3 weeks ago, but we are grateful for the time we had.
The staff here is very supportive and compassionate. They make the patients in there as comfortable and happy as they can make knowing these will more than likely be their last days. They also treat family members with thoughtfulness, compassion and care. Giving them many form of counseling should they chose to do so. I definitely recommend if a loved one had a terminal illness to try your best getting them into Calvary.
I had two family members that used both in Hospital care and at home. I know of only 2 of the many staff members who actually showed that they cared. some could not follow basic direction from the past nurses. The staff in Hospital just don't care at all as well as the ones for at home. Would not put a dog in the trust of these people. I see that some people have nearly the same experience. One of my family members was recommended to have calvary at home but she really didn't need it. The caretaker that showed up wouldn't take a minute to understand the problem and how to properly do things that she needed. She passed within a week I believe she would have lived longer and been better if Calvary was never brought in. the other was about 2 years ago she was in Calvary for about 6 weeks. There was maybe 2 or 3 days that would be good but they would just be giving her more medication to put her out. Some of the nurses were very rough. Some of them were very rough. The day that she was going to pass away they knew she was going to but they had no intention of telling us it wasn't til we got there that day that they said She would. I would not recommend that anybody sends anybody that they actually care about to use any of the services that calvary uses.
Between begging for pain relief, and leaving mom in one spot not rotating as much with bedsores from previous hospital I was mortified that my moms flowers,plant were stolen which I told doctor I want returned as I nursed everyday to be placed by casket. Other new items stolen as well. Mortified and heartbroken. Theives when you are at your weakest. Never tried to feed if plate brought at all. I found the nice words did not make up for the actual activity happening there.
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