Pueblo Norte Senior Living Community

I was able to visit Pueblo Norte several times. They have a very nice, big two-bedroom apartments and two baths. I think they can improve their kitchen. I saw a stove that I haven’t seen since I was a kid. I am a cook, and I think they need to improve their appliances. I would not cook in that kitchen at all; it was awful. Its right near Mayo Clinic, and that is kind of an advantage. The staff are very nice.

Pueblo Norte is very clean and very maintained. My friend has an open air outside of her apartment instead of having to go in a hallway like a closed in hotel environment which she didn't like at her stage. She also had a private balcony patio. The staff is very nice and very pleasant. There was a nice welcoming committee of residents that tried to make her feel comfortable. She has a housekeeper that comes in at night.

One of the things she liked about the facility was she can take just one meal a day, and she actually takes them 15 days a month instead of 30 to cut the price back also. So she can eat in her apartment or we take her out or bring her to our house. She's not paying her meals that she's not using. We've had meals there and they had been very good. She has told me that some of the meals she likes better than others. But the food is always very fresh, nice variety, and on special occasions I think the food is superior. Every day I think it is very good with a nice variety. They have different variations of salads so it's not the same thing every day. They have different desserts every day and fruits on dessert table.

They also have exercise class in varying levels, they have swimming, Bridge, Canasta, different programs at night, holiday programs, singing, guest speakers, and different entertainment that comes in periodically. The apartment itself is very nice and superior to any of the other ones we looked at. It's one of the lesser priced ones that had better and spacious accommodations. The residents that were there were more at similar to her rather than drooling and wearing bibs. That kind of turned me off at a couple other places.

The one thing I like about Pueblo Norte is the size of the campus. It’s wide, plenty of room to walk around. It is independent plus assisted eventually. Nothing special that struck us that was going on. It was fairly early in the morning. I liked the option to either be in kind of apartment setting or what they call their villa setting. They discussed more like duplexes spread around the campus. What impressed me that the place is relatively old by current standards but very well kept. I thought the 2-bedroom facilities were roomy. I expected less room but I noticed plenty of room. My wife would rate it no higher than a 3. Part of the reason is there was not enough activity going on. She had hoped to meet more people.

I took a tour at Pueblo Norte in Scottsdale and I saw everything that I needed to see. I was really impressed with the facility. It's very nice and very well maintained. I like the layout of the villas. I also like that they give you a choice between lunch and dinner because I don’t like to go out three times a day. The meals were very good. There are a lot of activities that I may be interested in. The staff who took me around was very nice. I would put this facility on top of my list.

Pueblo Norte Senior Living Community is an old facility. Sanitation of the place was fine. The rooms were okay – clean and well maintained. But it's difficult because your car is far from your accommodation. I wasn't interested with it.

This is quite a good facility located in a nice part of Scottsdale, AZ. It was originally built as a religious retreat, which explains the hotel ambiance of the independent living apartments, and its spacious grounds.The best aspect of Pueblo Norte is its knack for hiring good, skillful, caring workers. It offers four levels of service: independent living, assisted living, health care, and hospice. Independent Living is basically an apartment where you receive 1 or 2 meals per day, and medical help if you need it. Assisted Living offers a large or a small room in a facility where a nurse is available on call. Health Care is like a hospital where most services are done by nurses. Hospice, of course, is for those who are closer to death.