Sunshine Villa
80 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
4.25
(20 reviews)
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Reviews of Sunshine Villa in Santa Cruz, California
4.25
(20 reviews)
Facility
4.6
Staff
4.6
Food
3.7
Activities
4.0
Value
3.3
Reviewer#RD1113o
4
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November 25, 2023
My mom is now at Sunshine Villa. We chose it for its location. It's very nice. The room seems to be a nice size. The bathroom also is a nice size. The dining room is spacious and has several different set-ups of tables, so it's great. The people working there seem friendly and nice. They're great. With regards to their food, I like the fact that they have good sandwiches for lunches. My mother likes the set-up as far as seating. There are several choices. You can sit at bigger tables with lots of people or choose to sit at your own smaller table. They also have activities. They have movies, and they have people come in and sing and do projects with them. I think she enjoys that. They also do bingo.
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Reviewer#LD110423A
5
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November 9, 2023
Sunshine Villa was a very nice building. The atmosphere was lovely, and it was an interesting location to have, it is on the hill, just by the ocean. Although they didn't have as much of a view of the ocean, they were right there sort of next to it. People who lived there could go out and come back. They had a lot of entertainment. They also had very nice rooms where you could sit and be quiet, or go watch TV, or listen to music or dance. They had nights of entertainment and things that you could do on your own and a nice schedule to know what was going on. They showed movies every week. I just saw a 1-bedroom apartment, but I was told that they had some apartments for couples. There was a nice garden to get from one to the next building. Some rooms just had a table or two or a couple of chairs where people could just sit and enjoy themselves and relax. The staff was excellent. They had all the information you needed and they were very pleasant.
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awife
3
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November 2, 2023
My husband has only been in this facility for 2 weeks, so I don't know their system very well yet. I visit nearly everyday. The facility is beautiful and clean. It has a lovely library and courtyard. It is very safe; no resident can wander away. The staff is very pleasant, though some have such strong accents that I literally cannot understand them. Staffing ratio, according to what they told me, is 15 residents to 1 staff. My husband likes the food, though my one experience with it was disappointing. There is about a 2-hour window for each meal which is very nice. Activities are numerous and varied. There are 1 or 2 exercise classes each day, plus walks several times a week. However, the little I have seen of the activities reminds me of a school---- a bunch of residents to keep busy with little one-on-one staff involvement. (The "sing along", for instance, is on a screen, not with a live musician.) The laundry has been reliable--harsh, wrinkled, poorly hung up on hangers, but prompt. We have had some miscommunications regarding my husband's care, but we are still figuring out how to communicate with the team. I guess with a 15 to 1 ratio, you can't expect everything to go smoothly. My husband's room is clean and modern, but small and hot. Every room/apartment's door locks automatically. Overall, it is a beautiful physical facility with pleasant staff and a lot of seemingly lonely residents, which I am afraid is typical of care facilities.
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Donald
4
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March 31, 2022
My mother is in Sunshine Villa. It's a community set up on top of a hill. It's got a beautiful inner quad individual units and all the meals are there. They have recreational activities, exercise activities, and out in the public, too. They have a lot of people that work there that are specific for that type of care and the care is very, very good. The staff is very professional, very friendly and very patient. It's very expensive, but she gets good value. They have a lot of different programs depending on your income, so they adjust. It's a pretty good bang for the buck. The food is very good. If people have specific diets, they cater to them. My mom has a one-bedroom that's pretty large with a big living room. It's got just a little kitchenette and a full walk-in shower. The dining area is good. It's set up like a restaurant where they serve you. Each individual has their own spot where they dine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They have a menu and it's catered to their diet needs. They're in pretty good contact with all the physicians like my mother's doctor. There's always good monitoring, dietary, prescriptions, and all that are managed at the facility. They have a recreation room where they do exercises, a walking club, their own activity bus that goes on tours, movies and they have a big-screen TV, a library, and different areas and nooks that they can congregate. It's a very nice facility. Upkeep and maintenance are excellent. They have a full staff. They've got a pool table, an open garden area, little ponds or birdfeeders, a lot of plants, and a little area back in the center of the community. It's up on a hill in a very busy area near the Santa Cruz boardwalk. They don't allow anybody to just pop out anyway. Certain residents such as my mom can't do anything on their own.
Kim
5
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March 16, 2021
Sunshine Villa is a smaller community; it has about a hundred residents. The main building is an old Victorian with rooms off of it. It has a beautiful activity room, the dining hall is nicely done as well, and they have a beautiful garden that you can walk in. It's about 65% women and 35% men. They have two elevators and it's just really pretty. Their services are great, it's assisted living only so there's no independent living; assisted and memory care is what they have. And the assistance is based on the care level that you need. They do a medical test to determine the care that they need, and then there are different levels of care depending on how many hours a week they need. The rooms have heating, some have air-conditioning, some have kitchenettes with a sink and some just have no kitchenettes. We didn't really get to try the food because they're not really serving food in the dining room because of COVID. But it's going to be nice to have a doctor and nurses on staff. We met the sales manager, Kathleen, and she was very nice and very informative.
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Suzanne
5
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January 2, 2019
Sunshine Villa was a very beautiful place. You had views of the ocean from some of the rooms. It's an old Victorian that's been beautifully fixed up and well cared for. The director was very helpful and very open to trying to find a way to make a placement there work out. It was cost prohibitive. They had a choir if residents were interested in singing.
Scott
5
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August 9, 2018
Sunshine Villa has very friendly and supportive staff. They have lots of activities and they have a beautiful garden in the middle. They have good residents too. They have musical programs, arts and crafts, flower arranging, crossword puzzles, movies, and they take people on trips on the bus. They take people for a walk around the neighborhood too. There are a lot of musicians who come in to perform. They have a memory care unit downstairs and they help with medications, help them get dressed, help them go to doctors, and assist with bathing.
carolyn425115
5
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May 31, 2017
Sunshine Villa is very well maintained. It has everything that we need. Activities are organized everyday. We have been out to the country and have toured around. People are very polite. They take care of everything you need. The kitchen is really great. Food is great too. They're really an excellent community.
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Assisted Living
This level of care provides support for those who need help with personal care needs such as cleaning, bathing, and dressing. Residents selecting this level of care are treated to many amenities in a home-like atmosphere, while getting support in their daily lives.
$3,470
Starting Price
Memory Care
Memory Care is specifically designed to meet the needs of those with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. Specially trained staff members assist with activities of daily living (such as bathing and dressing) and provide therapies to slow further loss of cognitive abilities.
$5,975
Starting Price
Services and Amenities of Sunshine Villa in Santa Cruz, California
Costs
- Rent Plus Care Fees
- Entry Fee
- Fee Structure Extra: We offer a month-to-month rental
Room and housing options
- 1-bedroom apartments
- Companion Suites: We offer companion suites
- Studio Apartments
Dining options
- In Room Kitchenette
- Dining Room Shared Meals
- Room Service For Meals
About Sunshine Villa in Santa Cruz, California
Located on Beach Hill, just minutes from the shore, Sunshine Villa is a premier senior living community. The beacon of our grounds is the beautiful Victorian architecture, which has served residents since 1990. We offer:
- Assisted Living - for those seeking a little extra help with ADLs
- Illuminations Memory Care - quality care and programming for those facing forms of dementia
- Respite Care - care for shorter periods, such as after a hospital stay
- Restaurant-style meals
- Wellness programs
- Full-service beauty salon
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