I've allowed the blog to lie fallow for the past few months as I've continued to attempt to negotiate with Hebrew SeniorLife. During that time, Rhonda retained an attorney who sent me a letter in which she made false accusations and threatened me with eviction. I then retained an attorney as well, who responded in writing to Rhonda's attorney. Her attorney has had my attorney's letter in her possession for over a month. To date, we have not received a reply.

I'm posting this entry because today is the eighth anniversary of the day I moved into this miserable excuse for a facility. I am beside myself; I originally thought I'd be here for six to eight months. I never imagined I'd be trapped here for eight years.

Although I now have another apartment, problems persist. In fact, the number of problems experienced by residents in general has been increasing, as have resident complaints, and as a response, the management of Center Communities is doing what it has always done - ignoring those complaints and hoping the problems will simply resolve themselves. I am told resident morale is at all all-time low. It is certainly at the lowest level at which it has been during my eight years here.

In the six months since I established this blog, it has received over 4400 page views. Hebrew SeniorLife's management is aware of the blog's existence (and of the existence of its associated Facebook page) and my understanding is that they are unhappy about it - but at no point has anyone picked up a phone to call me. At no point has anyone said, "This has gone farther than any of us would have liked. Come in and talk to us; we would like to hear your grievances and come to some sort of resolution."

This is the most laissez-faire operation I have ever encountered. No one, from the top down, does anything s/he is not compelled to do. As I said in an earlier post, it has become a haven for career bureaucrats, and it is amazing to me that it has remained in business for as long as it has, let alone is as profitable as it is.

These people make money in spite of themselves.