August 15, 2023
My mom , who has dementia, was offered the opportunity to attend a medical daycare. Fenwick Senior Medical Daycare was one of the choices suggested to me. I was especially interested due to it being 10 minutes from the Assisted Living Facility my mom lived at. It was suggested that my mom and I come for a visit. We arrived to a warm welcome. From there we walked into the main room which is used for dining, socializing, and activities. It’s a big, bright room with a delightful view of the outdoor courtyard. At the time everyone was doing chair exercises to good tunes with a lively caregiver prompting the movements. My mom and I were invited to join in-so we did. There is a lovely area off the main room for reading, relaxing and socializing. I was completely thrilled with Fenwick and happy that I had such a good feeling about this facility. The caregivers and staff were genuinely kind, engaging, funny and thoughtful. I didn’t feel the need to look any further. My mom started on a 3-day a week attendance. As her dementia progressed, her attendance went to 2 days a week. My mom isn’t always an easy person to deal with, yet the staff at Fenwick always found loving and caring ways to redirect, encourage or know when to simply allow her to remain comfortable where she was at. I always received a monthly calendar with the activities that were planned out. Fenwick has 2 guinea pigs which are adorable. Pictures of them would accompany the Calendar. The communication that the Health Director and the Program Director maintained it was phenomenal. I was kept well informed about mom’s well-being, and on matters about Fenwick. The Health Director and Program Director implemented the regular, onsite visit of a Nurse Practitioner which I was able to make my mom’s primary care. That was a huge help for me and my mom. It would be disingenuous of me to say that there weren’t challenges or times with difficult conversations, but I always felt that their goal was for a positive and agreeable outcome. It isn’t just that one or two of the Fenwick caregivers and staff are wonderful, all that work at Fenwick is exceptional and wonderful. My mom has moved to a different assisted living facility which also meant moving to a different daycare. Even then, Fenwick Senior Daycare helped with all the details that go with moving from one place to another, that I was clueless over. I miss them and will always remember them with great fondness.
