My family was concerned with the level of care Bart and his roommates were receiving. We began the process of interviewing other providers to care for Bart. Our social worker suggested that we visit the ACR house on Trenton, because she was so pleased with the care some of her clients were getting living there. Our first meeting with ACR was meeting Jim Nelson at the home on Trenton in Plymouth. We were impressed with everything Jim shared with us. We could not believe how beautiful the home was and we were thrilled to hear that the supervisor of the home also lived in the home.
Our next meeting was with Jim Nelson and Gene Leistico at Bart’s home. They were able to witness first hand our concerns. They stated they would move as quickly as they could to ensure that Bart and his roommates could be removed from their current situation and cared for by ACR.
The first day ACR took over running Larch, Gene Leistico, Deb Nygaard and many other individuals from ACR helped us clean the bathrooms, the jets in the bathtub, the carpeting, floors, etc. until all hours of the night. Within the next couple of days, there was a dumpster in the drive way and it was filled very quickly. The entire house received new flooring, every room was painted and there was new furniture throughout the entire house. The house was turned into a home within a matter of weeks.
There was a period of 7 years that Bart was very ill and we spent countless days and nights alongside him in the hospital. I will never forget the first night Bart was hospitalized once ACR ran Larch, there was a staff person with him 24/7. Words cannot describe what peace that gave me and my family. We usually made ourselves ill during Bart’s hospital stays due to lack of sleep and the amount of stress from his illnesses. ACR enabled us to sleep and give us peace of mind when Bart was ill and we knew that he was in the best of care, 24/7.
ACR has been such a blessing for Bart and our entire family. Bart leads a full, healthy and happy life and we have ACR to thank for that.