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Operator review report · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026Preview

Buckner Retirement Services, Inc..

6 communities in 1 state, 61 Google reviews in twelve months — how families rate this operator against 17,501 senior-living communities nationally.

1,550 units · AL 271 · MC 130 · IL 832 · top states: TX (6)
4.08
mean Google rating
portfolio 4.32★
61
reviews, 12 months
6 communities with reviews · 0 without
74%
positive reviews
portfolio 87%
19%
negative reviews
portfolio 11%
1
confirmed falls described
1 with slow or no response
82%
reviews answered
portfolio 72%

Reviews month by month.

Reviews per month across all communities, with the month’s average rating

reviewsaverage stars
1★3★5★1Sep19Oct3Nov4Dec4Jan6Feb5Mar2Apr3May1Jun2Jul11Aug

What families praise and what they criticise.

Every review was tagged for the themes it discusses and whether each mention is positive or negative.

Share of reviews with a negative mention of each theme

Bar = this operator. Tick = the portfolio norm across 116,177 reviews. Red bars sit clearly above the norm.
this operatorabove the normportfolio norm
Management17% vs 5%Responsiveness15% vs 3%Nursing & medical15% vs 3%Safety & falls9% vs 4%Communication9% vs 4%Staff attitude9% vs 4%Staffing levels9% vs 3%Cost & billing6% vs 2%Admissions & sales4% vs 1%Food & dining2% vs 2%Cleanliness2% vs 3%Therapy & rehab2% vs 0%Building & amenities0% vs 2%Activities0% vs 1%

Share of reviews with a negative mention — Responsiveness 14.9% vs 3.3% norm; Safety & falls 8.5% vs 3.6% norm; Staffing levels 8.5% vs 3.2% norm.

Most praised
excellent menu options, beautiful clean facilityparents love facility and staffgrounds beautiful, clean, friendly staff, good foodgorgeous, well-maintained, kind staff and residentsfacility is nicekind employees, kind residents, feel safelocation, property, cleanliness, staff, foodstaff cares, clean, excellent therapy

Strongest themes: Staff attitude (30), Building & amenities (22), Food & dining (16), Activities (15).

Most criticised
memory care facility not secure, elopement riskstopped antibiotics early, poor nursing oversightpoor care, slow response, hygiene issues.rude, neglectful nurses on 3rd floor, slow call response.facility too expensive for budgetstaff abused mother; no empathy or caredifficult getting attention from nursefailed to record rsvp, refused entry

Community by community.

Sorted by confirmed falls, then share of negative reviews. Community names are anonymised in the preview.

CommunityLocationGoogle ★Reviews 12 moAvg ★ 12 moNegativeResponse complaintsConfirmed falls
Community A TX 3.9223.64 33% 41
Community B TX 4.394.11 29% 20
Community C TX 3.9114.27 17% 00
Community D TX 3.3154.13 0% 10
Community E TX 4.935.00 0% 00
Community F TX 4.215.00 0% 00

Falls and response times.

Reviews mentioning a fall were read and classified one by one; only confirmed physical falls are listed.

1 confirmed fall described by reviewers in twelve months; in 1 the response is described as slow or absent. Portfolio norm: 0.97 confirmed falls per 100 reviews; this operator: 2.13.

CommunityDateRatingWhat happenedSignalsInjury
Community 2026-08-24★☆☆☆☆ Mother fell from bed 3 times; call lights ignored.found on floor, not noticed, call-system issue, bedroom view

Waiting for help

“I am in Ventana by Buckner now. I broke my right knee and right shoulder falling off a ladder. Everything here is fine, except getting attention from a nurse.”

★★★☆☆ · 2026-07-13 · Ventana by Buckner · source
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What families ask on tour
01“How quickly will you know if she falls?”
02“Will someone check on her at night?”
03“How do you protect her privacy and her dignity?”
04“What happens before a fall, not just after?”
Source: public Google reviews published 1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (61 for the 6 communities attributed to this operator). Themes and sentiment tagged by AI; fall incidents classified individually. Benchmarks: 116,177 tagged reviews across 17,501 U.S. facilities. Operator attribution follows the industry export and may split brands across name variants. · Prepared by Nobi.