Kruse Village

On [date removed] my family and I moved my Dad to Kruse Village, hoping he would get more care as they promised. I was wrong, from the first day nothing was what I was told. First I was informed that my Dad's room would be ready on [date removed] and he could be moved on that day. My sister and I walked into his room with hands full and saw that the room wasn't ready because the commode was sitting in the shower and no running water. Since hospice had been assigned to my Dad a bed was already set up and his two recliners were already in the room. My sister and I should have taken my Dad back to where he was staying or to his home, that was a mistake leaving him there. So, from [date removed] till [name removed] my Dad was not taken care of properly. Examples, I had asked if Kruse personnel would help my Dad during meal time feeding him. I was informed by employees that they were not allowed to feed the residents, even the hospice nurse assigned to my Dad requested them to do the same, she was told the same. I asked employees that were contracted to Kruse and they told me to contact their boss and they would gladly do it. My Dad was left a lot alone in his room, of which, he slept a lot. On days I would visit many times other residents would walk in his room and look in his closet, etc. I also saw a resident leaving his room as I was walking down the hall to my Dad's room and when I came in they had been in the bathroom using his toilet. Not happy about these things and asked why residents were allowed to walk into any other resident's room and I was told it was okay. I did not agree and looked up in the residents' rights, of which I signed for my Dad, and read that a resident must be invited to another resident's room. I did not pursue the matter any further until one day, in September, I walked into my Dad's room to visit and smelled a foul odor coming down the hall. I saw my Dad laying in his bed asleep, and I thought someone had come in and used his restroom, as I turned to examine the room further, I saw someone had used my Dad's recliner as a toilet and a huge pile of human feces was in his recliner. It took me about a week to realize that it was not going to be good for my Dad to stay in this environment any longer and contacted the hospice nurse assigned to my Dad to get him out of Kruse Village and in two days, [date removed] my Dad was brought home to his residence in Brenham. The day he came home he had the biggest smile on his face and was so grateful I brought him home. My Dad lived 13 more days and died on [date removed]. I will not recommend this facility to anyone, especially the memory care department.

What we really like about Kruse Village is that it feels like family and we would recommend this community to other families .

They seem very responsive, my loved one is very content there. She says the food is good, they give her medications on time. They have lots of activities around for residents to participate in. Even get to take trips to certain places or to go get ice cream.