New Perspective Senior Living | Columbia Heights

More communication from the staff, maybe even a weekly "report" would be great. The food and housekeeping has been great!

They are doing a good job. My loved one seems to be okay with the food. They have a lot of activities for the residents, and try to get them invloved. The value for the money is good. When I visit, they make me feel just as welcomed. They always encourage my loved one to get out. Overall. I am very happy with the community. It's a smaller community. The staff is incredibly friendly. I would recommend to other familes.

They were so very helpful getting mom out of the hospital and into their facility and have been very supportive getting her off the one to one care and keeping the care she needs. My loved one seems happy and cared for, and if we have any issues we can just text [name removed], and she is very receptive. It seems like a really friendly place, and they work with us. Mom needs cataract surgery, and we were able to get a doctor to go in and give her a preop physical. So they really accommodate you there. They really try hard to keep their residents healthy and happy and safe. So very happy with that part of the facility Also we were able to have a birthday party for mom in one of their community rooms and that went very well for a group of I think 15 of us or so.

The interaction with the staff really good. There has been, no complaints about the food. They have a lot of fun activies, such as exercising twice per week, a cooking class, movies, and a football party with snacks for games on Sunday. They take the residents to Dollar Tree once per month, so they can get things for their room. Also, my loved one can get their nails done. It's not as expensive. It's an older building, which is in a more resiedntal area, and it feels more like home. It's a very warm and welcoming community.

I would not recommend this location for Assisted Living. I felt like they did not provide the care level that we were paying for consistently. It was just not a good fit for my mom's specific situation at the time.

We are so grateful to [name removed] and her group at New Perspective. Mom is doing well there and she is well taken care of. I love the staff, food, activities, and oh so clean!! I would highly recommend!!!

Kind, extremely flexible and helpful onboarding process! Lovely staff. Lots of activity options. Table shuffleboard, pool table, massive video screens, smoothie bar, large wrap-around 2nd story screen porch, and wonderful meals. It's like a Country Club.

Stay as far away from this place as you can. If you truly love your loved one, bypass this place. Always short staffed, medication errors poor rating with the state, formerly the Lighthouse of Columbia Heights. Had to change their name to get a clean slate with state of MN. Too many cases of neglect and death by neglect, registered with state of MN. Hard to find but they are all there. Management constantly changes, nurses leave all the time, can’t keep staff. No real supervision on the weekends and Holidays. Don’t throw your loved one or your money away. This place is despicable! First hand knowledge I had my loved one There and moved them immediately when I really realized what was going on behind the scenes. It’s all smoke and mirrors.

While looking at some options in the area, this location seemed like a better fit for my love one. She seems to be doing ok here, but it would be nice if there was a point person. If I were to ask someone how my love one is doing they would just say “oh your mom is really nice”. Well, I already knew that and by that it just seems like they don’t necessarily have to worry about her. However, it would be nice to have some identified as a designated aid to see how my love one is doing, regarding her health and such. She isn’t one to participate in activities that they provide, but they do try to engage her to try. Unfortunately, she is just stubborn and she is good at refusing. She also told me that the meals are ok, but she wishes that there were more choices for breakfast. It kind of limits what she eats because she stopped having eggs since they serve that every day. So this reduces the size of her breakfast. The facility itself seems to be clean and neat. It seems a bit cleaner in the assisted living side than the memory care side. I recommend this place to other by my experience with them so far. She is transitioning well now, she can tell me about all the people there, she feels safer, and she is no longer feeling alone like she did before which is good.

We chose New Perspective for my loved one's respite care, and overall, I feel they worked well for us. They were very kind to my loved one, they were efficient, and they seemed to always have adequate staffing. We did have some trouble with my loved one not getting her medications on time or with medications being lost, but the issue was resolved quickly, and we had no other problems. They had a lot of activities to keep everyone busy there such as card games, shuffleboard, exercise classes, and happy hour. There was a lot to take advantage of. The place looked nice, was very clean, comfortable, and was close by.

The care at this community is excellent and the care. I like that they help my father will special needs at mealtime. The meals are a good variety. I like that he is offered physical therapy that has been very helpful for him. The community is clean and has a nice environment for the residents. We would recommend this community for the care and good value for a loved one.

So far everything working out well for my father with his move to this community. I do feel he is safe, and in good hands in this facility. They have a good staff, and they have been helpful when needed. Also kind, and friendly when I visit. They do a good job with keeping everything around the community nice, and clean. They provide pretty nice meals, and there are activities offered for the residents. This community is working out well for us, and

I like the care that my father is getting in this community. The staff has been very helpful and caring and attentive. The menu is outstanding and he likes everything that is offered. The community is nice and we are happy that they have alerts for the residents. We like knowing that the community is clean and he is happy with the nice activities and he is pleased to know that they have church gatherings. We would recommend this community for the excellent care for a loved one.

My mom is a resident now, June 2017. Beautiful place, FINALLY a great chef. The turnover of their loved, seasoned employees is unbelievably sad. I cannot imagine how awful this particular facility is to work for as they have lost (quit not fired) AMAZING employees. Too many to count. Before placing anyone here, ask for proof of employee turnover. Your loved one will bond with caregivers only to find them quitting as soon as they become a constant in your loved one's life.

I have no complaints about the care that my loved one has been receiving with this home health care team. They have been attentive to my loved ones needs and have been professional in there work. I would recommend them to anyone interested .

I have no complaints about the tour I had of this community for my loved one. They had a great selection of amenities available for all of the residents throughout the day as well as many different activities. The floor plan was open and easy to navigate through which I really liked. It was just not the right fit for her in the end decision.

To ensure the right choice, I had many tours with different types of communities. I did not find anything wrong with this facility. It was nice and clean, good interaction from the staff, and noticed the extra amenities. Based on our needs this was not the right fit.

We had a very good experience during my fathers time at this community. It is a really nice facility. Unfortunately he needed more care than they were able to provided. So I had to move him, but I was very pleased with all this community did for us. They have a good staff, they were very kind, and helpful. They did a great job with keeping everything well-kept. My father enjoyed his time at this community, and I would recommend it.

The tour of New Perspective by [Removed] was great! [Removed] was excellent at sharing the Assisted Living environment at New Perspective and answering our questions. Disappointment was the limited kitchen (only a mini refrigerator and no ovent). It did have a microwave included. Overall, New Perspective was an impressive facility for Assisted Living. I'm only giving it a 'fair' rating since we have only had a first tour.