Addington Place of Lee's Summit

The friendliness of the staff members varied from time to time, the workers during the day and night time staff were fantastic, but the management was not good. Our loved one was in the memory care during the day so there wasn't really any activities, but from our understanding the assisted living had a pretty good program for activities. The food would be a three out of five, they did seem to have fairly well balanced meals. One criticism we did have was the iceberg lettuce they served for every salad, that had no nutritional value, as well as the canned vegetables. For the memory care residents they sometimes were given difficult food items to eat. Our loved one was in there for only day care, and we were able to see the rooms and they were very nice. The facility and layout is gorgeous it is really just a beautiful facility.

Please think twice about putting your loved in the memory care unit here! We had my mom in here for 7 months and should have moved her long ago. Addington Place of Lees Summit is very understaffed. They hire only the minimum required patient to staff ratio which is simply not enough for memory care. The facility is dirty! The furniture in the common area is heavily soiled. When we visited we NEVER sat on it. It's gross. The carpet is equally bad!. They never cleaned my mom's room. Our family always had to do it, even the bathrooms. They leave dirty, urine soaked laundry in the rooms for days and the smell is sickening. Their website is very misleading with claims of a "highly trained staff" ! Absolutely not true. We've moved my mom out of there and are so glad we did! Her new doctor in her new place was shocked at how much medication they had mom on! They literally kept her drugged 24 hours a day! We are now working with removing some of the meds and weaning her off of others. They were crushing pills and feeding to mom in applesauce that were medications which NEVER should be crushed! They had her on medications that were not meant for anyone over the age of 65. Mom is 85. PLEASE don't trust this place for your loved one!!

Never send a relative to the Memory Care Unit of Addington Place of Lee Summit. My brother was in this facility for 7 months and neglected. Due to shortage of staff (per the executive directors comments), he would go almost a week with no shower or change of soiled clothing (12 days one time). Money, shoes, clothing disappeared. His 90 year old mother would attempt to help him change his clothing as he would have his jeans on backwards, soiled clothing, shoes on wrong feet, feet not in shoes all the way (causing falls), and she even vacuumed the floor at times. We would have to ask to have his bathroom clean as this activity was ignored. We would find medication in his room, even though we were told they observe residents taking their medication. We found a pill cup with cleaning solution left on his vanity. Bedding would be stripped to be washed and then no sheets put on the bed for 3-4 days. We were told he needed a wheelchair as he had fallen - the wheelchair mysteriously ended up in the assisted living area being used as community property and they did not know how it got there or whose it was, even though his name was in big letters on the back. Staff did not know how to give showers properly. In a meeting with the exective director and the director of nursing, I was told “the family was too demanding, we do not have the staff to give a shower when we felt like it”. At the same time the executive director told the director of nursing that “we need to get dementia training for our staff”. Due to the fact they do not know how to handle dementia patients or provide proper care, I suggest not placing your family member here and look elsewhere. This is not the place - the facility may look nice on the outside, but the inside is a different story.