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    Southwest Regional Senior Center

    Southwest Regional Senior Center

    4.2
    (5 reviews)
    4.3 mi

    Good place to go to. They inform you of Places you can go to for home care,activities, etc. They…read moreinform you of what you can do to stay busy They have people to talk to you about what you need to do to stay busy healthy . People come in to give you information about health I. E. What to eat,how to stay healthy

    Okay, I am being extremely generous giving two stars after my experience here today…read more I like the weight machines in the fitness room (when they work!) and that is why I recently started coming here again. When I got here today, I needed to use the restroom. The entrance door to the ladies room is usually propped open. Today it was closed and had a "Do Not Enter" sign on it. I backed away from the door for a few minutes. As I mentioned, I had not experienced this when I used to come here regularly about 5 years ago. I thought maybe it had closed by mistake, so I went back and gave a little push to the door. As it turns out, it was not a mistake. A cart was blocking the door on the other side.. I backed off and decided to go to the front desk to see if they had any idea how long the restroom would be closed. As I have observed a few times since I have been visiting this senior center, no one was at the front desk. I noticed two other ladies that looked like they were now waiting for the restroom and thought that they might have a clue about how long the wait would be. One lady told me this happens on a regular basis. I asked if it was closed because a man was cleaning the room. She said it was a woman. There are at least four stalls in there and it really didn't seem right that the whole restroom needed to be shut down. As we were talking, a senior citizen came out of the restroom. The lady said the maintenance woman will let her friends in. A little while later, another woman approached the door and the woman that I was talking to said, *Watch she'll let her in. ". Unfortunately for the friend that ordinarily would probably get in, I guess she was denied access because we were outside watching. I was first in line when the door finally opened. Instead of an apology for not having access to a restroom for so long, I was greeted with a very cynical, attitude laden "CAN'T YOU READ SIGNS??". REALLY?? SHE'S mad at me for pushing a door?? Admittedly, my tone was not nice after that when I complained that it wasn't right that senior citizens had to wait that long to use a restroom. Heck, it's not right if anyone can't use a restroom, but you would think that since this is a senior citizen center, and let's face it, your average senior usually needs to use a restroom a bit more frequently, that they would take this into account. She kind of threatened me with the fact that if she didn't clean it that they COULD close the restroom down for the entire day. When I came out of the restroom, she and the male maintenance were waiting - - to explain what?? Again, he is now telling me that they can close the restroom down all day. I said this is clearly a problem that they can't fix and I wasn't about to continue to talk to people who can't do anything about the problem. I would write to someone who could. I went to the fitness room. As I was using one of the weight machines, two security guards came in to take me to the center's director. She was at the front desk along with the maintenance woman and other people that were standing in the lobby. We exchanged names and then she started to admonish me for "cursing" at her hardworking maintenance woman. Huh?? I never cursed!! Kudos to the maintenance woman for telling the truth about this. "WELL, you were disrespectful to her ... ". I tried to tell my side of the story, but now I was being accused of being disrespectful to the director because I started to explain! Eventually, I was able to sneak in the fact that the attitude started with her maintenance woman and the director told me something to the extent that two wrongs don't make a right. This reminds me of when my son was in nursery school and a kid used to hit the other kids and would get away with it because the other kids followed the rules and couldn't hit back. If they defended themselves they would be the ones to get in trouble. I guess it is the way some director's brains are wired. The nursery school director seemed to feel the same way as this one. At least she did attend to the problem after it was brought to her attention. Anyway, back to the issue at hand... The director asked me if I would play nice with the maintenance woman in the future (Do you believe this?? This happened, I am writing this and even I have a hard time believing this whole nonsense that was my afternoon!!) The director then dismissed me, telling me that I could write whoever I wanted to and to "Have a blessed day". (attitude in voice included) So, clearly this director is not interested in whether or not the seniors have access to a restroom. She just wants her staff to be able to talk to the senior citizens in any disrespectful way they choose without any backtalk. Two stars because the people involved with the fitness area of this place are nice and do a good job. The security guard at the front door has always been helpful and does a good job.

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    Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago

    Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Chicago

    4.3
    (6 reviews)
    11.8 mi

    I've been volunteering here for about 6 months, and having volunteered at various organizations…read morethroughout my life, this nonprofit has the best organization and communication with its volunteers that I have ever come across in my decades of volunteering. The staff / team has been very responsive to any questions and relaying information There are primarily two types of activities / events to do monthly: food delivery and a birthday luncheon. Volunteers can sign up for as much as they want to do, or opt out for that month; the online portal makes signing up very simplistic nowadays. There are more activities throughout the year (e.g. holiday parties and visits) that are available, which means more options to volunteer. The staff and fellow volunteers are very friendly and range in age from teenagers to retired adults. Lastly, the elderly that we volunteer for are always appreciative, grateful nd love socializing, which makes volunteering that much more fun and rewarding.

    I called to volunteer to help with Thanksgiving Dinner and was rudely rebuffed when I said I could…read morenot drive to pick the person up I could be taking there. The person yelled, We need someone to pick the person up! Cabs and Ubers exist.

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