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leave nothing unturned in caring for me. I am lucky to
have a place in this home.
-Trudie, Resident
looking for a care facility for a loved one. The home is
immaculately clean and the staff is very caring and nurturing.
- Tom Blount
with the treatment
Michael has received
during his stay with you.
He keeps saying that
you are going to make
him fat with all your
good food. Thanks!!
Betty, Resident's wife
and Vincent gave her special and personal
attention, which reassured her and made
her feel that she was in a loving home. The
home setting was beautiful and very clean.
Living 3 ½ hours away, I felt very relieved
and grateful Mother was able to stay at
Lalaine's. I would recommend this care
facility without reservation.
Linda Stiehl and Mary Ann Calantropio
Elizabeth's daughters
staying at Lalaine’s. It’s a beautiful
home, clean and quiet, and the
caregivers are very considerate.
Really – just like a home atmosphere.
-Kathryn Norstrom
P.S. Good food too!
here are
great. They
treat me very
nice. The
food is
wonderful. I
like it here a
lot. It's a
great place.
-Russ, Resident
Grandfather”, Russell (last name withheld). Through the years I have had to place family
members into a few “Elderly” or “Rehabilitation Homes” for seniors in the area. I only wish
that I had found your beautiful home at those times. Your home is not like the impersonal,
chaotic homes that unfortunately I did find. Those homes had left bad feelings in my heart
each time I had to leave a family member for the night. Your home is a clean, happy,
nurturing, “homey” environment for elderly guests as they re-cooperate from what every
they may be going through. When I leave Russ for the night, I am able to sleep and not
worry about if he’s being neglected. Because I know that he is being well cared for as if I
were there taking care of him myself.
I have spoken with Russ away from your home about his treatment and care, to make sure
that what I see and feel about your home is accurate. Russ has told me and others on
various occasions that he loves it there. “The food is great, and they are very nice to me.”
When I told him that if he ever didn’t like it there that we could find another home, his
response was, “Can’t I just stay here? I want to stay here – I like it here”. My response of
course is always, “you can stay where ever you want”, and that I’m glad that he likes it here.
I knew your home was a great place after only a couple of days had passed since Russ was
placed there. He came into your home, a shell of a human being, and each day he
flourished. I use the work “flourished” because that’s exactly what he did. Within a week, it
was amazing – the man that we had all known and loved came back from death’s door.
Now, I know you have provided medical treatment and of course proper nutrition to him.
But based on the speed of the results, I think what caused the most change in him was the
love and support that your family gave him. He placed into your home and all of a sudden
he had a family environment again, with people who treat him with respect and genuinely
want to know how he feels and what he thinks. You reminded him that people do care
about him and that his life is worth living. Too often elderly people are “forgotten” or ignored
by their own families. It makes me very happy to know that there are such wonderful
people like your family who “adopt” these people and others who require your assistance
for their physical rehabilitation. There are not enough words for me to continue telling you
how wonderful that I think you all are. All I can say is that Russ is truly blessed to have had
your family cross his path. I include your family in my prayers each night as I am soooo
grateful that you care for and love Russ just as I do.
Thank you again for all that you do,
Kristin M. Cruz
Marin County Sheriff’s Deputy
&
Friend and neighbor of Russell
