Castlewood Care Homes

I've given this place a 3 star review because there are positives and negatives about it. Firstly the positives. Even though this is a home for dementia patients, the owner Denise Jack agreed to admit me for 3 months so that I had somewhere to stay while I waited for my AHS coverage to become active as I was moving from another province. I have a neurological condition that has put me in a wheelchair and moved to Edmonton from BC to attend a private company called ReYu for intensive neurological rehabilitation, and also see an ND that specializes in my illness and has it himself. Denise accommodated my pescatarian/vegetarian diet by cooking me special food every day and also bought me chocolate ice cream for dessert that was delicious! In addition, she added the TV channels I love to the ones that the other residents watch and also arranged for me to take the DATS bus to my appointments which saved me a lot of money. Because the homes are smaller, Denise offers a homely personalized service that sets her apart from the bigger facilities. On the negative side, she makes $100,000 a month from her 2 care homes but she only employs one caregiver for all the residents and relies on help from unpaid students who don't speak very good English, and nor do a lot of the caregivers. Also unlike the bigger facilities, she never arranges any trips for the residents, just leaves them sitting in a dark room downstairs watching TV all day and fighting with each other. I think the reason she specializes in dementia is because the residents are cheap and easy to look after because they don't know who they are or where they are. Also Denise is a controlling person and constantly talks over you which is very frustrating and annoying, and her husband Patrick is rude and ignorant. It worked for me on a temporary basis as a means to an end, but I was glad to move on and personally I wouldn't want my family members or friends to live there on a long-term basis either.

What a sweet lady running this business would recommend to anyone in need !

Nice people here.

Worst place ever to place your loved one to be cared for , one staff member to care for 7 clients , one is a medilift , one staff using medilift to transfer client by herself . There are clients who require 2 person to transfer and only one staff . Depending on students to assist when available. The living room is always dark , not good for clients with dementia. Very poor nursing care .