Belmont Village Buckhead

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There are few experiences in my life that I can say truly “haunt” me. To this day, observing my father — 90 years old with dementia — being abused at Belmont Village — stands out as a defining, horrific memory I will never be able to shake. The staff was woefully untrained in the thoughtful management of individuals with dementia. When simple measures to de-escalate a confused and frightened victim of Alzheimer’s were not employed, the staff opted to engage my father in ways that were nothing short of abusive. The message I received from the director at Belmont Village was as follows (verbatim): “If you don’t come over here now and remove your father from our premises, we will call the police and have them do so.” This is no exaggeration. When I arrived, the police were already there. My father — 90 and terrified — was crying, naked and bruised on the floor in the hallway outside his room. He was crying for his mom. He was broken and alone. There were no apologies from staff. Not a single “I’m sorry” from the administration. Just an insistence to remove him from their premises, as if we hadn’t been paying $4500/month for the past year and a half. I was heartbroken for my father, a frail and frightened shell of the WW2 hero he once was. And I was in disbelief that an institution could relate to a member of their community with dementia with such profound callousness and malice. My father has since passed away. I write this review with continued love and respect for the fine and noble human he always was — even through his journey with Alzheimer’s. And I hope any reader of this review will reconsider ever entrusting the care of their vulnerable parent to Belmont Village.

I am still struggling to recover from the horrific experience of entrusting the care of my father to the staff at Belmont Village. The humiliation and degradation he suffered was beyond anything I could have imagined. My dad suffered with dementia; as he struggled to make sense of a confusing, changing reality around him, the staff ultimately handled him with zero understanding of what individuals with Alzheimer’s require to feel safe. And while I could forgive a degree of ignorance, the absence of compassion from the administration added painful insult to injury. If you have a vulnerable parent, do not entrust their care to Belmont Village.

Tour was informative. Not sure that it will provide the appropriate level of care that I want at the price point that I can afford for my Mom. The community does seem to stress social programs that encourage and stimulate cognitive support for aging residents- which is very important.