Legacy House SCIDPDA is the best! They took care of everything and made the process easy for me. The staff was friendly and professional, and the facilities were clean and comfortable. Highly recommended!
I had a great experience with Legacy House SCIDPDA. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The facilities were clean and well-maintained. The services provided were top-notch. I would highly recommend them.
I recently used the services of Legacy House SCIDPDA, and I couldn't be happier with my experience. The staff was friendly, the facilities were clean and well-maintained, and the services provided were excellent. I highly recommend them.
Legacy House SCIDPDA provided exceptional service. The staff was knowledgeable, professional, and caring. The facilities were clean and comfortable. I highly recommend their services.
Legacy House SCIDPDA is an incredible company to work with. The staff is knowledgeable, friendly, and always willing to go the extra mile. The facilities are clean, modern, and welcoming. I highly recommend their services.
👍 Legacy House SCIDPDA exceeded my expectations. The staff was friendly and accommodating. The facilities were clean and well-maintained. I would recommend them to anyone in need of their services.
I had an amazing experience with Legacy House SCIDPDA! 😊 The staff was incredibly helpful and made me feel right at home. The facilities were clean and comfortable. I would highly recommend their services.
I recently had the opportunity to visit their facility, and I must say that I was impressed. The staff was professional and attentive, and the facilities were clean and comfortable. The services provided were excellent, and I would definitely recommend Legacy House SCIDPDA to others.
I had a positive experience with Legacy House SCIDPDA. The staff was friendly and helpful. The facilities were clean and well-maintained. I would recommend their services. 👍
I recently utilized the services of Legacy House SCIDPDA and I must say, I was thoroughly impressed. The staff was professional and attentive to my needs, and the facilities were clean and comfortable. I highly recommend their services to anyone in need.
I had an amazing experience with Legacy House SCIDPDA! The staff went above and beyond to make me feel welcome and comfortable. The facilities were outstanding, and the services provided exceeded my expectations. I would definitely recommend them to anyone in need of their services. 👍
Legacy House was a first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest: a living facility for elderly Asian immigrants. Great idea. Nice facility. Some dedicated, enthusiastic young staff, for whom I have great admiration.
And a few disappointments.
For instance, the ambitious, ebullient, cosmetically sincere new director Paula Tomlinson (who affectionately calls herself "Tommy"*) who lacks any understanding of Asian culture (except Myanmar-style democracy) and a four-year college degree. She does curry to the right peo--I mean, she does a great Indian curry and it is ingratiatingly smooth.
One wonders whether the honchos of some non-profits get their jobs based on personal connections ("guan-xi" in Mandarin), cheery steel-roller business acumen, degree of imperiousness--oops, I meant self-assurance, and insensitivity to the feelings of those lower in the food-chain.
A seeming paradox, I concede. But as a psychologist friend once told me, in most of these social service organizations, though the lackeys (read: social workers) care deeply about people, the people who run these agencies can be monsters.
With the recent spate of highly contagious diseases such as S.A.R.S., it boggles the mind to learn that the director brings her own coiffed, but still panting/salivating dog to work every day and allow it to roam unattended the hallways, dining hall, etc.
Dogs are considered dirty in East Asian cultures. No one has bothered to--or dared to--tell the Boss this.
Even in city parks, these darling little beasts have to be on a leash, right?
(Months earlier, a senior staff member had been locking his dog in his office every day, despite the obvious discomfort of others). I suspect that the reason these two individuals brought their dogs to Legacy House was not exactly for the benefit of the residents. The notion of dogs as "pets," hygienic and cute, is rather unusual in Asia.
It is perplexing, too, that residents themselves are NOT allowed to have dogs or cats, while....
True, I never saw the director's dog take an actual dump on the floor.
Not to worry, however: there are hand sanitizers on each floor and plenty of buckets. mops, and jugs of disinfectant in the closets.
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But when a faultlessly gracious Taiwanese Buddhist organization--which has been visiting residents over the years--is taken to task for "interfering" with the facility's meal operations,
Or
When the head of kitchen operations makes a volunteer feel like Oliver Twist ("Please, sir, may I have some more?") when s/he is given 2 oz. of white rice and a 4 oz. "entree" plus vegetable (I forgot we were in an ICRC camp in Laos),
Or
When a staff person scolds and hectors you in Cantonese (which you don't understand a word of),
You then realize that:
Not just a little bit of feudal Asia lives on in 21st century Seattle. Legacy House is just one fiefdom in the kingdom of SCIDPA.
* Why not just call herself "Empress," as in Empress of China, the dowager T'zu Hsi**?
** Known, among other things, for believing herself to be the reincarnation of the beloved bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The empress famously loved pugs, pekingese, and shih tzu.***
*** Looks like a quadruple reincarnation to me across lifetimes.
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This kind of experience makes one reconsider whether one will want to become a volunteer ever again--at least, at any organization with personnel like this at the top.
If you're a college student who needs credit, you'll just have to bite the bullet, though. Serfs you right.
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