St Louis Altenheim

Went for the Author's presentation on the History of downtown St. Louis. Very interesting to see where it started and how it came to be as it is. The presentation was by local author, lecturer, and your guide, Ms. NiNi Harris, a life long local resident. Her book 'Downtown St. Louis' is out in it's 2nd edition.

Great place

My father has been on the intermediate care floor at Altenheim for six weeks, after spending 2 months in two other well-rated facilities for rehabilitation. This is the first one where he hasn't said 'I'm ready to leave' when asked how he is doing. The nursing staff is friendly, competent, caring, and responsive to his needs. The administration is easy to talk to and open to how best to meet his needs. Dad likes the meals (a first since he went into the hospital in November) and the dining room staff called him by name at the first meal and knew what he liked within the first week. In fact, every staff member that passes him in the halls greets him by name, as they seem to with everyone.We only looked at nursing homes rated 4 or 5 stars on the medicare.gov site. All the ones we looked were very nice and many of them were newer than Altenheim, which was started over a century ago in a mansion on a hill overlooking the Mississippi. When the current facility was built, they kept as much of the mansion's furnishings as they could. The result - a common area for the residents on the main floor that retains the atmosphere and tranquility of times past and common areas on every floor that have a lovely view of the river. The atmosphere is more comfortable than clinical, the rooms are primarily private, and the pricing is competitive. Dad's doctor recently asked him how he liked Altenheim. He said 'It's very nice. I like it.' High praise, indeed, since he had been living independently in his own home until 4 months ago.

I come there quite often and visit a resident. I see so much that is so wrong. There are nurses and CNA on her floor they talk rudely to her and when she asked to go to the bathroom they tell her I already took you and they put her off. They are heartless, lack of caring and compassion at this place. The administration doesnt do anything to fix the problem its been going on for a very long time. I dont know how this place is still open. I seen they treat other residents the same way. I could go on and on about everything that is wrong with this place. Please they put up a good front about how great the staff is and how well they take care of the residents but believe me its not true. Ive seen first hand how residents are talk to, how long they have to wait. The only good thing there is the view of the river but thats not enough unless you dont care about your friends or family members. Heartbroken at the lack of humanity