Lakeview Terrace Boulder City Assisted Living

We put my father in Lakeview Terrace, which dealt with Alzheimer's patients. He ended up being there three months exactly. That facility was perfect -- everybody, the nurses and everything. A whole new ownership took over and we found out after father had passed away that the people who were in there were embezzling money from the account. So, mother is still trying to get the money that they owe her back and she is having the hardest time trying to get them to send her the money that they owe her. She overpaid and nothing's happening. The rooms were very clean and very nice. He had a Jack and Jill room where the room opened up into another room. The bathroom was shared but they never put a roommate in with him because he was just so bad and he was not able to remember anything. They had three levels. Their first floor was for seniors who can come and go on their own and need minimal assistance, once a week they change or do laundry. The second level, they need a little bit more assistance to give their meds and check if everything is okay. He was on the lower floor which was locked down. He couldn't go out unless a nurse or somebody was with them because they had no recollection of what was going on. The activities was one of the things that impressed us. When he first had gone in, he was at the violent stage, but they did activities with them all the time. They would take them out on little outings like the park to go see the sheep out there. They would sometimes go to Wal-Mart. On Friday nights, there was a live band that would come and sing. They would have cheese and crackers for them. A lady whose husband was there helped volunteer and she did exercises with all the elderlies. They played bingo. There were tons of activities. He just never participated. That room was always full of people and they took them places. The three months was awesome. The director and the nurses were terrific. You couldn't ask for better nurses. They were on-one-one with him. They even had their own hospice that comes in and takes care of them once they're at that stage. He got to that stage in the last two weeks, and they were terrific. We never really had to worry about anything on that end. The food was wonderful. They had their own chef there.

The staff of Lakeview Terrace is exceptional. The place is very clean and very convenient, and they go out of their way to make my mother and all of us who visit her as comfortable as can possibly be. It is an inviting and comfortable place. The meals are served served three times a day. It is a set menu, but there is also food that can be obtained off the menu if you do not like what is on the menu. There is exercise, church services, bingo, entertainers, opportunities for them to go shopping, and opportunities for them to go to the casino. It is very accommodating and family oriented.

Lakeview Terrace has an excellent selection and quality of food. My mom has been there for a month. The rooms are excellent, clean, and good-sized, they have choices between studios and bedrooms, and they're very modern. They can improve maybe on parking, but right across the street, there's a baseball parking lot, so it's not like you're totally out of parking, but right in front of the main entrance, there are about 10 spaces to park at.

Lakeview Terrace was a very nice facility, but I just did not like the city of Boulder that much. I met the people and seemed to be very concerned. I have no problem with it.

Lakeview Terrace of Boulder City had no pool, no balconies, and no fitness rooms. Basically, the place was just kind of a warehouse. The rooms were fine but small. We didn't care much for the place at all.