1 Assisted Living Community in Destin, Florida

Trapped

Every night the woman in the next room would begin to scream... No one would check on her. Half the time there was no silverware with meals. If I buzzed for pain meds, it would take at least two hours before they come. Same if I had to poop (that\'s how I learned to manouver myself on to my wheelchair and into the bathroom and onto the toilet...and back to bed... with a broken leg.) They tried to keep me from my cancer doc (so they could keep me there for 6 more weeks and keep collecting medicare cash) Robin finally threatened to come down with law enforcement and a TV news crew, if they didn\'t let me see my oncologist. That\'s when they decided I was cured. When I was discharged, I discovered that I was missing approximately 80 pain pills. Yeah, it was a slice of heaven!

Desiree

My mother went there for rehab after a heart attack. This is a horrible place. Total lack care. Staff has horrible attitudes. Everything is an effort for them. My mother is a diabetic and they were not good at giving her insulin on time. They fed her things not good for a diabetic, hotdogs, hamburgers etc. She would wait so long for someone to come help her to the bathroom that she would wet the bed and then have to lay in it for hours. She sometimes had to use the trash can to pee in. They would grab pens and notebooks out of her hands telling her she didn't need to take notes for her insulin. For therapy she was taken and put on a stationary bike for 5 mins and also walked around in the garden. In her 13 day stay she had 3 therapy visits. They gave her medications that were not prescribed to have her sleep most of the time. She was so drugged she was lethargic most of the time. They injected something into her legs one night and didn't tell her what it was. They forcibly held her down to do the injections and left marks. She tried to leave with my dad and was barefoot. The staff came out and told her she had to come back in. Her prescription for in patient therapy was for 10 days and was not renewed but they kept her 13 days before she was able to basically "escape" . Don't put your loved one here. Don't even put your worst enemy there.

Linda

I was not overly impressed with Brookdale Destin because it was an older facility. It looked like it needed some work and some updates. I was not pleased with that. It seemed okay, the people seemed happy there, but it didn't feel right for what I was looking for. The apartments were all basically the same and some have screened-in porches and kitchenettes.