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les c

Attended a hanukkah party here. Food is quite tasty. Dining room is newly refurbished.

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Jane Jefferson

I was in the Benderson Rehab for over 2 months. I can not say enough good from the day I went in to the day I left. All staff were kind and caring. Nursing staff were professional yet you were treated like family. That is true for all of the departments. The food was excellent and rooms were kept clean. Thanks to the therapy department as they prepared me to be able to walk again. A huge thanks from my family and me. Jane Sargent-jefferson

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Vicki Gee

Friendly staff

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RICHARD MORGAN

This is primarily a skilled nursing home for seniors who are beyond independent living and can do little or nothing for themselves. It is highly rated and has a good reputation, so we selected it for rehab. Attention is understandably focused on the more permanent residents. My wife came in as a short-term rehabilitation patient after a hospital stay for seizures, needing watchful supervision and physical therapy, assistance and rest. That seems to be a sideline for this facility. From checkin to departure she was usually left unattended and ignored. She had trouble with balance, walking with a walker and breathing, and mostly had to fend for herself or use my help. Going to the bathroom was risky without help. In three days she never saw a plan of treatment or rehab, never had a set schedule or individual guidance, and was expected to sit in her room and watch TV or read most of her waking hours. We decided that she would recover better at home where I could help her and we have access to actual physical therapy on site. When we departed at 11 am as planned, there was no one to give us paperwork or bid goodbye. The promised prescriptions for meds and physical therapy were nonexistent. I had to go into one of the offices to ask for (demand) even a list of her meds given in house. It seemed to be a surprise that she was leaving and nothing was prepared for us. We were relieved to get away. I did follow up with an email to one official, and she apparently gave instructions for the promised scrips to be issued to the pharmacy and home health people. That was accomplished properly the next day. We have been to four rehab facilities in the Sarasota/Bradenton area in the past nine years, and I rate this experience as the worst. It might still be a good nursing home, but I would not go there for rehab!

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Liz Thoreson

The person forgot she scheduled a meeting with me so I had to wait for her to be found. Then told me her facility couldn't help me with my husband. Wish she told me that thru email or phone call.