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When I first started out for the company it was amazing. It was following their philosophy of care. But they slowly started showing red flags. Staffing manager left medina location and only had one staffing manger afterwards that never came it medina location and only blows up your phone to pick up shifts. If you don’t help them by picking up shifts they don’t help you with getting the pto you need. Staffing expects a response back immediately when they need something but won’t even let you know whether pto is accepted or not. Not flexible with scheduling if needing to go down in hours for school or personal life. The nursing staff that works for the company have great compassion but when they bring any concerns to management they are ignored. Management doesn’t take any type concerns seriously or care. They don’t hire staff when people quit. They expect staff to figure out how to run short staffed and not per ratio they are promising family members. Since family members haven’t been able to come into the facility and see how it is being run the quality of care has fallen. There isn’t enough staff to even sit with a resident if they are having a bad day or are crying. Staff is constantly running around like a chicken with their heads cut off while management is leaving facility before evening shift even starts. DON of Bloomington location is in control of everything to the point where medina DON can’t make a single decision without her approval. DON of Bloomington only shows up to have meetings to tear down staff and tell them all the things they are doing wrong and to boost company and talk about how much money they have. But while they add on the multi million dollar addition they are cutting staff members from within and not running at promised ratios. DON has also flat out told staff members that they should be physically and mentally exhausted when leaving work and on their days off. The company has amazing potential if management changes. 

This is a memory care “Assisted Living”. Their morals and ideals are great and one of the best I’ve worked at. I love how they separate the residents according to their care level 1-4 instead of mixing them all together. But honestly management is the worst. They’ll message you anytime of the day/night and harass you to stay late and pick up extra shifts. And if you say no they’ll make you feel awful for doing so. If you’re already working 100 hours for the two weeks they’ll still want you to pick up more. They’ll make you work short with 17 to 20+ (mostly 2 Assist) residents to 1 aid and expect nurses to help the aids. They call it an “assisted living” but the cares are exceeding assisted living level. If you stand up for yourself and your co-workers telling them that they are overworking us for leaving us with 1 aid to so many residents they’ll fire you right then and there. HR tells people that have been working here for many years that they are too old to be working and that this isn’t the right place for them. New hires never stick around after the 1st week of training. Would truly be one of the greatest places to work if better management and more staff. They don’t want travel agencies because they want to be able to say “we did it with only our staff”.

The Wealshire is a growing company that was started by man who wanted to make a difference. I have worked in the Life Enrichment department for over six years and at both locations. I can honestly say that I can recommend this company to any health care professional. 

I truly feel that I can trust the management. The culture is one in which honesty and caring are encouraged, and workplace politics and cronyism are discouraged. Caring for people with dementia is challenging. Just like anywhere, employees are expected to be hard working and reliable. But those who prove their reliability are treated with respect. Upper management will greet staff on a regular basis and be eager to help with any problems that may come up. 

I have worked in health care for many years and have had both negative and positive involvement with multiple companies.  TRUST ME. This is a great company. For five years I worked at the Bloomington location and my commute was 1 hour both to and from work. (It was even longer in bad weather.) I wouldn't have done that if I didn't like the company. 

The Wealshire does an amazing job of caring for its residents. If you are hard working and passionate about senior care, you should be part of the team.

This job is not flexible with anyone whether you are a student, parent, or have an emergency as life is not always perfect. They will promise a flexible work schedule and a surplus of staff upon hire but once you are actually on the floor, staffing manager will try to call or text you to come in on your days off and you have a skeleton shift with normally only one nurse for 40+ residents. Management favors certain employees over others and even if you mind your business drama somehow follows you around. Just calling in once, you will risk job termination. I have never witnessed a facility that treats its nursing staff this poorly especially during these troubling times where nurses deserve all the support they can get. If you are looking for a job where your facility values empathy, safe staffing ratios, or sick forgiveness as we are in a pandemic, look elsewhere. The high pay is not worth the anxiety and running around all day wondering when your last day is because they will fire anyone for petty reasons.

The only pro is the pay. The staffing ratios do not meet the care needs of the residents and as a result residents are neglected and CNA's are so overworked they have stopped caring. Management does NOTHING to support nursing staff. Many times the Management has boasted about how many interviews they have but months go by and the staffing does not improve. Are you telling me that at $18 starting you can't find people to work? Instead they badger their emloyees to pick up more shifts. And if you don't pick up tons of extra shifts you won't get a raise. The facility is beautiful but inside the units that house people with increased care needs are grim and residents are roaming about unsupervised covered in old food, feces, urine, and nasal mucus. Residents call out for help and to use the bathroom but they have to be told no or just simply ignored because there is not enough time, not enough people, and too much to do. This place is a nightmare. DO NOT SEND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS HERE. And if you apply prepare to be overworked. If you are a neglectful CNA who does not care about residents well being then this is the place for you!!!

Worst experience of my life. Overworked, under staffed, and management was a clique that either loved or hated you and your experience was dictated by which side of the line you were on. Appreciation was great - if you worked day shift and/or wanted yet another company logo (and over priced) shirt. Otherwise you didn’t exist when it came time for recognition. PTO was rarely granted unless you found your own replacement and if they did give you the time off they didn’t tell you unless you asked over and over. Found out the day before requested time off was to start that it was approved. Had already cancelled plans because I wasn’t sure I had the time off. Mentioned that fact to someone. Second day of PTO was taken away because “you’re not busy and we need you because no one else would do it.” Showed up and had five people say “staffing never asked or I would have covered so you could keep the day off.” 

Expect to pass medications for 25+ residents. Do treatments mostly creams, some basic dressing changes, handle hearing aides/ glasses pass or collect them, process orders. Assisted NAR with cares and transfers. Do vital signs and weights as ordered. Weekly charting assessments. Monitor changes in condition for assigned resident. Falls and post incident charting. All charting is paper. Some residents have high behaviors. Supervise assigned staff on unit assigned.  Management can be rude at times and have high expectations and appears  to not care about heavy work loads.  Frequently work short staffed. Very high staff turn over rate.  Pay rate is higher: which is good but if it was a good place to work and wasn’t streeful, would/should mean it shouldn’t have the staffing issue that is happening.

My time at The Wealshire was short. It’s a beautiful facility with a lot of potential, and the residents and many of the nurses/CNAs are genuinely amazing—that part is meaningful. But the turnover is high because the place is constantly short-staffed.

Upper management is distant and lacks compassion, and it’s clear profit comes first. Staff are pushed into unsafe workloads and told to “just do your best,” then questioned when the impossible can’t be done.

Time off is also difficult. If you need a required weekend off, you’re expected to find your own coverage. If no one can cover, you still have to work or take a strike—with no help from management.

In the end, the residents and your coworkers are the only thing that make the job worth it.

The problem with working at the Wealshire is that while the residents are amazing and other caregivers can be really awesome, the administration has little to no interaction with staff and residents.  Don't be fooled, this is a corporation and profit is their number one priority.  It was made very clear to me that my manager did not care if I was overworked or put in potentially dangerous situations.   She would say, "Just do your best" while at the same time being mad that I couldn't accomplish all the cares on a floor by myself (knowing that said floor required 2-3 CNAs).  They are constantly understaffed, but recruiters and supervisors never ask why.  Spoiler alert - people don't quit jobs, they quit bosses.  

At the Wealshire of Bloomington there is no typical day. Since our residents have stage 1 through stage 4 Alzeihmer's/dementia everyday has its unique challenges. We try to follow a structured daily agenda involving various stimulating and engaging activities. The employees of Wealshire are well-versed in all aspects of the disease process. The staff are incredibly caring, empathetic and can always be relied on in a family's time of need. During my time at Wealshire I have learned the immense impact a caretaker can have on an individuals life. Some of the hardest aspects of my position include keeping residents focused, engaged and redirecting behaviors. Despite the challenges my time at The wealshire of Bloomington has been extremely rewarding in so many ways.

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