Alexian Brothers Lansdowne Village

    4624 Lansdowne Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63116
    3.3 · 6 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    3.0

    Caring nurses administration ruins experience

    I found the nursing and hospice staff warm, caring, and attentive, and the facility was clean with plenty of activities. But I also ran into rude administration, poor communication, slow responses to calls and maintenance, TV/phone restrictions, and pressure/insurance/payment issues that felt disrespectful. Overall good hands-on care that's undermined by administration and service problems.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    3.33 · 6 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      3.2
    • Staff

      3.5
    • Meals

      3.3
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Caring, warm nursing staff
    • Staff who form genuine bonds with residents
    • Good clinical care and strong hospice support
    • Clean facility
    • Friendly and helpful front-desk personnel
    • Active programming with many activities
    • Staff encouragement for resident participation
    • Specialized hospice unit with tailored care
    • Cordial and informative staff members

    Cons

    • Slow responses to problems and requests
    • Maintenance requests delayed or unaddressed
    • Administration communication problems
    • Complaints about administrators and some doctors
    • TV and phone restrictions contributing to isolation
    • Some residents feel treated poorly or disrespected
    • Reports of rude staff and poor attitudes
    • Service inconsistency and slow help responses
    • Payment and insurance approval issues
    • Perceived pressure to leave for financial reasons
    • Reports that parts of the place are falling apart

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is mixed, with clear strengths in clinical and frontline caregiving contrasted by persistent administrative, maintenance, and service consistency problems. Many reviewers praise the hands-on nursing staff and hospice services, often describing caregivers as warm, caring, and personally invested in residents. At the same time, multiple reviews call out slow response times for maintenance and other issues, fractured communication from administration, and instances of staff rudeness that undermine the otherwise positive aspects of care.

    Care quality and hospice: The strongest and most consistent theme is positive clinical care. Reviewers repeatedly note that nursing staff and hospice personnel provide compassionate, attentive support. Several accounts emphasize that staff 'genuinely liked' residents and offered tailored hospice care, indicating good clinical practices and emotional support at end of life. This suggests the facility is capable of delivering strong bedside care and specialized services when needed.

    Staff and interpersonal interactions: Frontline staff earn consistently favorable mentions—described as friendly, helpful, cordial, and informative. Activities staff also receive praise for encouraging participation. However, this positive view is tempered by repeated reports of rude or unhelpful employees in certain roles, and a perception that some staff have 'horrible attitudes.' The pattern suggests variability in staff behavior: many direct-care and activity staff are excellent, while some administrative or non-clinical employees create friction.

    Facilities and maintenance: There is a dual narrative about the physical environment. Several reviewers call the facility clean and well-kept, while other comments remark that parts of the place are 'falling apart' and that maintenance requests are delayed. This could indicate uneven upkeep across different areas or time-based fluctuations in maintenance responsiveness. Slow maintenance responses were specifically flagged as a recurring concern and affect resident comfort and satisfaction.

    Activities and resident life: The facility's activity offerings are frequently praised—reviewers mention lots of activities and staff that encourage participation. These social and recreational programs appear to be a real strength and contribute positively to residents' daily life. Conversely, some reviewers report restrictive policies around TVs and phones and describe a 'solitary-confinement' feeling that can undermine quality of life. These restrictions, along with reports of residents being treated poorly or disrespected, are notable red flags for resident well-being and autonomy.

    Management, billing, and policy concerns: Administrative issues are a prominent negative theme. Reviewers report communication problems with administration, difficulties with insurance approvals and payments, and even pressure to leave for profit-driven reasons. Some reviews explicitly criticize administrators and certain doctors, suggesting systemic management problems that affect trust. Financial and policy friction combined with slow administrative responsiveness appears to be a significant pain point for residents and families.

    Patterns and contradictions: The reviews present a clear split between compassionate direct care and problematic administrative/operational issues. Many accounts praise the hands-on staff and hospice unit while simultaneously criticizing management, maintenance responsiveness, and certain policy restrictions. This pattern suggests the facility's strengths are concentrated in clinical and activity staff, while its weaknesses lie in administrative leadership, facilities management, and consistency of service.

    Implications for prospective residents and families: If clinical quality, compassionate nursing, and active programming are top priorities, reviewers indicate the facility can perform well in those areas—especially for hospice care. However, prospective residents and families should be cautious about potential administrative hassles (billing and insurance), ask specific questions about maintenance response times, policies on personal electronics and phone use, and seek clarity on how the facility handles complaints or concerns about staff attitudes. Visiting multiple times, meeting both frontline staff and administrators, and reviewing written policies on billing and resident rights would help weigh the facility's compassionate care strengths against its operational and managerial shortcomings.

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    About Alexian Brothers Lansdowne Village

    Alexian Brothers Lansdowne Village sits as a small, home-like senior living community, and you'll notice right away that the place has a warm, secure setting designed to help residents who are living with memory loss or more complex health needs, and there's a dedicated memory care program with special safety measures like alarms and secure perimeters to help prevent anyone from wandering off which helps families relax a bit knowing their loved ones are safe, and this secured part is certified for up to 12 older adults, which keeps things quieter and gives the staff more time to connect with each person. The community offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing with support for those who have medical concerns like high blood pressure or diabetes, and the staff is around 24 hours a day to help with medication, bathing, dressing, getting to the bathroom, and other daily tasks, and they've got a 24-hour call system so help is always close if someone needs something. Meals are prepared in-house by a nutrition team led by a Registered Dietitian, and they pay attention to individual diets, allergies, and preferences, serving them in a community dining room or with all-day dining options if needed, and there are snacks and freshly made dishes, some cooked up by a professional chef just to keep things interesting even on days that are a bit ordinary. The place offers long-term nursing care and also serves folks just needing short-term recovery after a hospital stay since there's full physical, occupational, and speech therapy right here, plus advanced treatments for those needing wound care, IV therapy, respiratory help like CPAP or BPAP, or even tube feedings, which is handy when someone's health needs change fast. You'll find everything you'd expect for comfortable living-private or shared rooms with cable TV and Wi-Fi, kitchenettes, private bathrooms, air conditioning, and telephone service, along with cozy community spaces, movie rooms, a fitness area, reading rooms, a beauty parlor or traveling hairdresser, and outdoor patios where folks like to relax. There are daily programs managed by a full-time activities director, from crafts, music, and board games, to outings, movie nights, community ice cream socials, Easter egg hunts, and even some pet therapy visits and religious services catering to different faiths, and each week there are scheduled fitness and craft activities in the library, gardens, game rooms or outdoors depending on the weather. There's a focus on helping people feel independent and connected, giving everyone options to join in music, movies, or social events if they're up for it, and the community tries its best to build good relationships between the staff and residents, and there's even resident and family councils if anyone wants to raise concerns or ideas for making things better. Security remains a priority, with a smoke-free policy and measures to prevent infection, which helps everyone stay healthy, and there's transport for appointments, errands, and prayer services if someone needs to head out. Alexian Brothers Lansdowne Village has a good reputation for having helpful, friendly staff and for planning activities that fit both physical and mental needs, winning awards in these areas, and families tend to appreciate the calm, welcoming environment where you can get as much help as needed, whether it's just a little or a lot. The place is set up as a Continuing Care Retirement Community, so residents can move between different types of care if health needs change, and Medicare and Medicaid are accepted. For those looking for a smaller, less crowded, and steady place with strong support for memory loss and nursing care, this community offers a basic, solid, and friendly setting.

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