Carlsbad By the Sea

Tom

My wife and I lived in Carlsbad By the Sea. It was pretty good up until the time we left. We're independent living. The in-house doctor there with the nurse decided that my wife had dementia, and that she had to move out. Of course, I wouldn't let her move out without me so that's why we left. Basically, they threw us out. You really have to be careful. If you or the wife is even close to having dementia or needing special memory care, they're going to toss you out. When we first moved in, the food was great. Everything was great, but it slowly deteriorated. It's not just my opinion, but the other people that have been there a long time have seen the food and the service deteriorate. They also had a huge turnover. A lot of their people have left to go get better jobs. Right now, the people that run it are after the buck and do not pay much attention to service; it's gone downhill. We lived in two different apartments while there, and both of them were nice and well done. When you move in, you have to pay a move-in fee of several hundred thousand dollars. They redo the place for you. You get to choose your carpet and this and that, so it would look like a new home. At least, that's the way it was. There were a lot of activities. We went through several activity directors. The activities depended upon who the director is, how well the residents enjoy it or not, and the number and types of activities. There's no consistency. It just depends upon who's hired to do the activities. They have had head chefs, but the same thing happened. They would come in and last a while. The department heads would also come and go. If somebody asked me if I recommend that they move in there now, my answer would be a no. I recommend that you would have to do a lot of investigation first before you move in.

S.R.

I toured Carlsbad by the sea and it was my favorite. The food is excellent, it’s just a lovely place, and it’s right by the ocean. I even signed up for it, but I backed out, because it was very expensive. It had everything. They have an outdoor and indoor pool, a staff member makes an exercise plan for each resident, they have balanced classes and strength classes, and they had a minister who comes every week for a talk. They have a salad bar, you can always have a filet mignon, and a salmon, and they always have three entrees; they’re very flexible.

Robert

Carlsbad by the Sea was not that high end. We did had a good meal there. We met the marketing staff, who were fine. The units were very nice. It's a much smaller facility, so they offered fewer services. There's a type A and a type B facility. One of them includes all of the services including nursing and assisted living, and in the other one, you have to pay extra for any extra services. It's right on the ocean, so that's very nice. The vast majority of the units don't look at the ocean, and there's traffic noise associated with that. If you want to live in the middle of the village in a three-story building, you have noise from the surrounding area. The food was very good, and the facility was fine.

Bonnie B

Carlsbad By The Sea was beautiful. It was by the sea, which is nice and cool, so I could go outside. The grounds were beautiful, but the entrance fee was too expensive. The staff was fine. They didn't have studio apartments. They have 1-bedrooms with a living rooms and kitchens. They're like full-fledged apartments.

Anonymous

Carlsbad by the Sea was nice. We walked across the street to a clubhouse that was right on the ocean. You could look down at the beach and it was beautiful. They even have functions there. We saw a couple of rooms which were very nice. We had lunch with one of the sales director and that was very good. However, it didn't quite appeal to our particular needs and desires.

Nancy246761

I was down at Carlsbad By The Sea. It was very nice, but the cost was quite high and beyond my friend's means. It was not as friendly and as personable as we found at the other community. Well, Carlsbad By The Sea was very well done. It was very nice and very accommodating. What interests my friend was the fact that they would take you out for a ride, they would take you to the store, and they would take you to your personal doctor. The dining area was excellent. It was very good.