Cambridge Court

    1109 6th Avenue North, Great Falls, MT, 59401
    3.2 · 5 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    2.0

    Spacious rooms but poor management

    I liked the open, spacious layout and the CNAs were friendly and helpful - my room has its own kitchen and can be painted. But the place is understaffed, training is weak, cleanliness needs work and the TV in the common room doesn't even work; the food was just OK. Management is a nightmare - the administrator and wellness director felt disingenuous - so despite decent staff, I would avoid this facility.

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    3.20 · 5 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.5
    • Staff

      3.0
    • Meals

      3.5
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      3.2

    Pros

    • Rooms can be painted
    • Private kitchen in rooms
    • Spacious facility
    • Open common spaces
    • Friendly staff
    • CNA staff helpful
    • Positive impression from some reviewers
    • Some reviewers liked the food
    • TV room available

    Cons

    • Understaffed
    • Staff training could be better
    • Inconsistent or mediocre food quality
    • TV in TV room doesn't work
    • Cleanliness could be improved
    • Administrator and wellness director described as disingenuous
    • Management problems and poor administration
    • Facility poorly run
    • Floor plan not well set up
    • Some reviewers advise avoiding the facility

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the reviews is mixed but leans toward concern: several reviewers note positive, resident-facing elements such as a spacious facility, open common areas, private rooms with kitchens that can be personalized (painted), and helpful CNAs and friendly staff. At the same time, multiple operational and management issues recur in the summaries, producing a pattern of uneven resident experience. The positive comments indicate that when front-line staff engage directly with residents, interactions can be good and leave a favorable impression; however, these goodwill instances appear undermined by systemic problems.

    Care quality and staffing: Reviews highlight a dichotomy between individual caregivers and broader staffing problems. CNAs are described as helpful and some staff are called friendly, which suggests competent, caring hands-on caregivers. However, understaffing is explicitly reported and staff training is flagged as an area that "could be better." This combination suggests that while some direct-care staff perform well, there may not be enough personnel or sufficient training resources to ensure consistent quality of care across all shifts and residents. The overall message is that day-to-day care may depend heavily on which staff members are present, producing variability in resident experience.

    Management and administration: Management and leadership emerge as a major liability in these summaries. The administrator and wellness director are characterized as disingenuous, and one review calls the situation a "management nightmare" and describes the facility as "poorly run." These are strong, repeated concerns that point to potential problems in transparency, responsiveness, or organizational competence at the administrative level. Such management issues can amplify operational shortcomings (staffing, training, cleanliness) and erode trust even when direct caregivers are perceived positively.

    Facility and environment: Physically, the building gets mixed feedback. Strengths include a spacious layout, open common areas, and rooms with private kitchens that can be customized by painting. Those are meaningful positives for residents who value space and the ability to personalize living units. On the downside, reviewers say the floor plan is "not very good" or "not well set up," indicating that the facility layout may impede flow, accessibility, supervision, or program delivery. Cleanliness is another recurring concern; reviewers explicitly state that cleanliness "could be improved," which can materially affect resident satisfaction and perceptions of care.

    Dining and activities: Comments about dining are mixed—some reviewers explicitly say they "liked the food," while another calls the food "OK," suggesting inconsistency in meal quality or personal taste differences among reviewers. The presence of a TV room is noted positively, but its usefulness is diminished because the TV reportedly does not work. Overall, there is little mention of organized activities beyond the existence of common spaces and a TV room; the broken television and lack of further activity detail suggest recreational programming may be limited or inadequately maintained.

    Patterns and takeaways: The dominant pattern is a split between positive interpersonal experiences with caregiving staff and negative systemic issues tied to management, staffing levels, training, cleanliness, and facility layout. The most frequently mentioned and significant concerns are understaffing, inadequate staff training, administrative disingenuousness or poor leadership, and cleanliness—each of which can materially affect safety and quality of life. Positives to weigh are the physical space (spacious, open areas, private kitchens), helpful CNAs, and instances of pleasing dining. Prospective residents and families should consider these trade-offs: there can be genuinely nice aspects of the environment and kind caregivers, but organizational and operational weaknesses appear consistent enough across reviews to warrant careful questioning and verification before committing.

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    About Cambridge Court

    Cambridge Court, once called Cambridge of Great Falls, used to sit at 1109 6th Avenue North in a quiet older neighborhood in Great Falls, Montana, but it's been closed since 2019 and the 5-story building has been sitting vacant and boarded up since then, which some may remember as an assisted living and memory care community for seniors. The building was first built in 1929 and sits on about 1.26 acres, with plans floated at one time to renovate it into a 50-apartment complex for working families and low-income households, with most units being one- or two-bedrooms and rents expected to be below $1,000, but those plans later got rescinded. The property is still zoned for high-density multi-family use and work like new fire alarms, fire sprinklers, and updates to windows and utilities have been estimated or started, but the building remains empty. Back when it was open, Cambridge Court offered assisted living and Alzheimer's care, with staff on duty 24 hours, including nurses with decades of experience, helping seniors with daily needs, medications, diabetes management, and moving between beds and wheelchairs, and they allowed pets like dogs and cats, had memory care programs, and offered meals in a dining room with restaurant-style service. They ran activities-art classes, fitness, social events, and outings-with common areas for gathering, internet access, chapel services, a barber and beauty shop, and guest meals, plus transportation for shopping and appointments. The apartments ranged from studio to one-bedroom and private suites, with emergency call systems in each home and personal laundry. Short-term "Graceful Stays" respite care was an option, too, and the place used to help residents transition during closure, with support from Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services. Monthly rates ranged from $1,750 to $2,970 and the staff worked with private pay and VA reimbursement. Cambridge Court ran for over 75 years, serving older adults with both assisted living and dementia care, but after voluntary closure by the owner and a 30-day notice to all residents, the building's sat vacant, waiting for a new purpose, and has been listed for sale.

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