Barbara Murray-Charging Crow
Apr 2026
My mother entered Sunrise for rehabilitation services to help her recover from a fall. My mother also has Parkinsons and Ehlers Danlos, and struggles with mental health issues from being a beautiful woman who had a hard life. As you can imagine, physical therapy was difficult, and my mother's advances were incremental and hard for her. And as you can seriously imagine, feeling safe and heard was critical to her care. All the CNA, nursing, medication, food service, housekeeping, physical therapy, laundry services, etc that are necessary for my mother's care we're given with the best possible efforts of everyone there. For example, food service gave my mom special silverware for her shaking hands. Laundry personnel and the CNA's taught me how to label my mom's clothes. There are many people working at Sunrise who have been there for awhile, to me that spoke of a decent place to work. If there's too much turnover at a place, I wouldn't feel my mother would be safe. I know there are many good people working at Sunrise; and I have not had a chance to meet all of them in-depth. Let me tell you about two stand out people who helped me, help my mother, most. I feel responsible and serious about my mother's total situation -- I knew I needed help to help her. The demystification and coordination of care from social worker Laura was pivotal. Once I was introduced to this lovely and professional person, I realized I had someone to answer all of my questions. Someone to encourage me with the difficult decision-making concerning my mother. Laura also worked hard and was upbeat about getting the durable medical equipment necessary for my mother's progression in mobility. I also appreciated Tamika from day one. I spotted this powerhouse woman with her protective and take charge attitude for the Sunrise patients, and knew she was gonna be really good. I wouldn't have known how to navigate the facility and work with the boots-on the-ground Care Team, had Tamika not explained to me how to do that. She was so matter-of-fact, I instantly felt like I could handle the hard days that I knew were coming. I also want to add that I LOVE that Sunrise encourages families to participate in their loved ones care. If my mom wants an extra hair wash during the week, I know I can come there and use the beauty room and feel like I can actually help my mother. At Sunrise I don't feel like my mother is locked away somewhere or that I can't even figure out how to help my mother. I love my mother. I appreciate and am greatful to Sunrise People working together as a community to facilitate a space so I can show my mother my love. Thank you.
