Tim Kounter helped place my Mother in a residential home ( Joyful Living) that was PERFECT for her…read moreand gave our family peace of mind knowing she was loved and well taken care of. Even though I live 300 miles from Bakersfield, Tim researched and found the best placement based on my criteria. He was kind, thoughtful and hard working. Myself and my family are grateful for Tim and the help he has given us.

Helping a parent or loved one through the last stages of life is one of the most daunting tasks we…read morewill do. As parents age and need more care, you want to help them, but we have our own lives and responsibilities. Five years ago we moved my 92-year-old mother-in-law into a community home (Magnolia Place). It has been a wonderful place. Expensive, yes, but the service was good to above average. And, when COVID hit, we were happy Mom was in a safe place. Two years ago, when Mom's mental faculties declined, she moved into the memory care section. Again a price increase, but the family members supplemented her pension, and we could barely get by. Then, they announced a price increase for 2023. Mom, now almost 98, has severe dementia. We needed to find another place for her. At first we tried Care.com. They referred us to several places, most out of our price range. Someone mentioned we check out Bakersfield Senior Placement. We contacted Tim Kounter, and after a brief interview, we knew we were in excellent hands. Tim listened to our needs, heard about Mom, and soon we scheduled a morning to visit four different Residential Care Facilities. There's paperwork when you move into these places. Tim helped us get that in order. The four RCF's we visited were suitable for Mom's condition. Each had its own amenities. I appreciated Tim took the lead to start the interviews. He knew what questions to ask, even the tough ones. We narrowed our choices down to two. Tim offered guidance when we asked, but had no agenda on which home we chose. Bakersfield Senior Placement does not charge to help you find a place. Each home has a base fee, then a care fee dependent on the resident's need. This is a tough job for any family member, but it has to be done. It was nice to have someone like Tim to help us through the process.

Care With Love truly lives up to its name. I previously posted a review, but now that my mom has…read morebeen here since the end of October, I want to share just how grateful I am. This is absolutely the best place for her. She is genuinely loved, cared for, and supported in every way she needs. My mom has shown improvement, and although she is not yet able to walk on her own, I have complete peace of mind knowing she is in such compassionate and capable hands. I cannot thank them enough for the comfort and reassurance they give me every day. The care and love my mom receives from Stacy and all of the caregivers goes far beyond anything I could have hoped for. They truly go above and beyond, always treating her with kindness, dignity, and heartfelt compassion. Knowing she is surrounded by so much love means everything to our family

My family, and especially my Dad, have been amazingly blessed to have found Stacy and her company…read more"Care With Love." Stacy, her family and her incredibly awesome staff have welcomed my Dad, and our whole family with open arms and lots of Love. They treat our Dad with respect and dignity and care for him as a member of their own family. Our family has complete peace of mind knowing Dad is in such a wonderful place. Stacy has only the best caregivers taking care of her clients. The caregivers are kind and attentive, they make sure that our Dad's every need is met. They involve their clients in games, exercise and other activities, and Dad says the food is always great! Our family can visit as often as we want. We've been continuously updated on my Dad's health condition since he arrived there, If we have any questions or concerns Stacy takes care of them immediately. This truly is an amazing place, so amazing that we've moved my Mom into Stacy's home too. My parents and our whole family are so thankful for Stacy and "Care With Love." Now, our Mom and Dad can spend all their time together again! Thank you to Stacy, your family and caregivers.

We recently needed to find home care, in Ridgecrest, for our mother after being discharged from a…read moreskilled nursing facility. The idea was to be able for this 95 year old and my 90 year old dad to continue living in their home, with some assistance, and to take the pressure off family members. We contacted Allied Home Care, immediately surprised they serviced the Ridgecrest area, and were treated with such kindness. Efrain listened to our needs and was able to arrange a caregiver for the day after she came home, a weeks notice. The caregivers were pleasant and willing to help with whatever we asked and deemed necessary. We chose a four hour a day, 7 day a week schedule, This allowed for the caregiver to prepare and serve a hot meal, change the sheets on their bed, laundry, be there while our parents showered and just to have someone for our parents to talk to; all important tasks that make a big difference. The caregivers would also run errands such as pick up groceries or prescriptions, even take them to medical appointments if need be. I understand that Allied also has caregivers that are trained in more nursing type care as well, for those clients that do need more and different care. i would not hesitate to refer

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This place is unorganized and the nurses have no clue what they are doing with their patients. I…read morecalled to check on my dad and was put on hold for more than 20 minutes. Very unhappy with the care.

Horrible, horrible place, don't ever take your loved one here! I recently had a family member…read morebrought here and the experience was terrible unsanitary unprofessional awful environment. The room was not clean upon arrival blood stains on the floor on the walls on the linen. Also there was poop smeared on the walls and it was dry! This place is screaming infection infection infection! If the option was here for half of a star I would use it.

You know, after reading the single-starred reviews, I just shook my head in UTTER disbelief…read more Complete, utter disbelief. The individuals posting these single-starred reviews ought to be out and out ashamed of themselves! I mean WTF? REALLY? Oh, wait, - I get it! It's all about THEM! Never once thinking about the employees and what patient load they have, their responsibility in treating patients within the "standard of care" and legally accepted protocols that govern damn near every single F*ing thing in this F*ing state due to Gruesome Newsome - as well as caring for illiterate people who know absolutely nothing about decency, respect, and consideration for others - let alone medical treatments for diagnosed, as well as undiagnosed conditions! Absolutely OUTRAGEOUS. OMG! WELL, all you single-starred reviewers, I got NEWS for you. Our experience was absolutely one of concern, caring, respect and consideration for our situation. We politely requested if the TV could be turned down, and the staff bent over backwards trying to help. They couldn't get the TV remote to work, and instead of giving up, handed it to my husband (who can fix literally anything just by looking at something) and indeed, he got the TV volume reduced. NOW, how is that rude? How is it rude to ask someone to not "throw up on the floor" when throwing up on the floor causes others to become potentially exposed (in medical lingo called cross-contamination...OMG!) to whatever virus and/or bacteria the individual may have causing hyperemesis, as well as causing a tripping hazard, AND maybe making someone leave the urgent care sicker than when they came in catching that damn "throw-up" virus/bacteria!!! Use your damn BRAIN. Oh, wait, that's right...no one does that anymore because their brains are all stuck inside their iPhones...or "where the sun don't shine" - which is far more likely. P.S. A really big THANK YOU to "Ana" for being so considerate, CALLING US telling that she would walk out to the car to give a card left behind to us (when we came back) so we wouldn't have to come in to get it. EVER HEARD OF THAT????? That qualifies as a 20-star review in my book.

My 19 year old son had a visit here today with the petite Caucasian female ( he has been multiple…read moretimes). He has finally established a PCP but decided to come here today for an RX, she has been rude every time we have went and definitely need to go elsewhere and definitely will. He had a private conversation with her about his insurance & father & this is what she wrote on his discharge paperwork. Petite Caucasian female you are very very up their in age & I'm assuming have been doing this for many years. When your patients are having private conversation with you i hope you don't make all of them feel as horrible reading their paperwork as you did my son. I appreciate you writing this on there so this situation can replay & replay. A, i hope you can be compassionate with these young patients that cross paths with.

We reached out to home instead on a Saturday. Carly the owner was compassionate, caring and…read moredetailed. She was at the hospital within half an hour. It was my dad's wish to spend his final days at home surrounded by family. This was able to happen because of Carly and Home Instead. Carly worked closely with hospice to get my dad released from the hospital. Our caregiver Judy was extremely professional, nice, caring and provided the help we needed. We are appreciative of the care my father received and would highly recommend Home Instead based on our experience.

100% recommended. I feel very fortunate to have found Home Instead…read more At the initial assessment, Carly, owner of Home Instead, and I were in complete agreement with the situation and the path forward for Mom. I am very critical about everything and Carly put my mind & soul at ease with such an important issue as home care for Mom. We are starting care immediately without reservation. Home Instead is not the corporate machine that I have reservations about. Important issues to me are they are a local, long-established family business that will provide flexible care for the dynamic situation. The other reviews here on Yelp are consistent with my experience with Carly & Home Instead. I personally have been taking care of Mom's condition for over 3 months now and at peace with the help Home Instead will provide.

This place is disgusting smells rancid when you first open the door gross. High turnover unhappy…read morestaff.

My husband & I visited his mom for the first time today, being from out of state. We were there…read morefrom early morning until a little after lunch. The following are things I noticed: All staff members seemed to have professional attitudes and work ethics, keeping busy either with the residents or in the facility. I saw no less than 4 persons cleaning: 2 washing the walls, one a toilet and one cleaning & disinfecting wheelchairs. I didn't see any lolly gagging or idle chit chat among themselves. The facility was not only clean but, they take time there to make it feel homey, not only with the bedding that covers the beds but pictures and, with Easter around the corner, they had decorations for that on each residents' doors & on bulletin boards in different places. Each resident has their own space in a closet, their own nightstand and dresser. They can have their own decor, bedding, etc. in their room. My MIL has a lift chair other relatives bought for her in her room. There's a very nicely kept patio for the residents to enjoy complete with patio tables & chairs & healthy looking plants & flowers-cheerful. Lunch smelled wonderful! And, it was a healthy, balanced meal. All in all, I highly recommend Westchester Gardens as a facility for your elderly loved one who needs care you can no longer give. They give the residents their meds on time, are open to questions & have a caring, professional, well trained staff.

Doctor Farrer provides tremendous care. It's a very good place. Jaden the administrator has been…read morevery help ensuring the care was coordinated. Shout out to the dietary kitchen as well. I really appreciate them all. They also have plenty of parking.

It was a nightmare, especially with night shift. Didn't…read morereceive my correct medication. I was in a room with 2 older women who were worse off than me not getting care. It would take over and hour at night shift to recieve help after doing the call light, and my two daughters calling over and over. I was 68 and after broken leg surgery. They didn't change my diapers in a timely fashion. I had a bed sore so that was imperative. I was finally able to push my rear up and change myself! It was a nightmare!​

My husband had a really bad stroke and the nurses are just so amazing and the CNA are even more…read moreamazing makayla and Victoria are two amazing CNA with Victor (my husband) they pay attention to details and need and advocate for him he non verbal after husband stroke John is another person I like to call angle sent to us because we were stress and having so much problems with insurance he really help us and even after discharge help us more than ever and check in on us and sent his medication that was left behind moving Victor from Bakersfield to gilroy wasnt easy. He help me so much with the insurance part and tryed everything he could and im so greatful. John and Maria help and found us a really great transport team that took very good care of him in that 4 to 5 hr drive The facility is always very clean and helpful staff that help us allot just dont know everyone names but it was hard for me to visit but they always mad sure I got update on his care and how he is doing and made me feel so much better knowing he was in really great hand and with people that care. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart

As Time Passes on, My Honeymoon with this facility is just about over. Several Outstanding Health…read moreCare Workers, like Sunny, in Rehabilitation, and Harry, my LVN, are superstars, who really know how to treat a patient, with major health issues(. In any event, most of the reviewers either love or dislike this place. My biggest complaint is slow, or nonexistent response time, during long stretches of late night and early morning sleep tome. Also, it's been way too cold in here, even though we're in Bakersfield. My final verdict is 2 stars.