La Loma Village

We visited La Loma Village, and it was good. Their financial setup is a big different, which is what kind of drove us away. The apartments were very small and costly. They provided three meals a day. The rooms were a lot smaller, but the facility itself was nice. They had a lot of activities, a big swimming pool, and exercise, just like most of the other places do. The location was good. I wish they could bring their prices down a bit; however, they are paying medical staff, so I can understand why it's expensive, but the rooms definitely need to be bigger. The staff was great. The food was really good. It's very clean. They have a salon, a movie theater, exercising classes, bingo, church services, and lots of things.

La Loma Village is a high-end community. It is more than what my mom could afford. Everything was fine, and it was a beautiful place, but it was too expensive for her. They had rehabilitation facilities, a swimming pool, weekly outings, and indoor activities. It offered plenty. I think it is an awesome facility. The dining area looked like a small restaurant inside. It was awesome.

I’m moving to La Loma Village at the end of the month. I think they’re wonderful. It’s a very good choice. The staff is first rate; really good. They know their stuff. I’ve been to several of their events and enjoyed it. I’ve met several of the people and had a good time knowing them. They are friendly and very accommodating with fixing my apartment now to specifications. They’re very welcoming to people coming on tour just to check it out. It’s a better fit for me because it’s smaller. It’s more out in the country with trees and hills. It’s also closer to my church where I have most of my friends. It’s very clean; it’s 11 years old, and it has more of a neighborhood feeling.

La Loma Village has around 64 independent living units. We were very happy with it, but they didn’t have certified gluten-free food. It was very clean. They have a full gym for exercise, a swimming pool, and a lot of clubs. We have friends that moved there around 5 months ago who are very happy with it. The rooms were very nice and attractive.

La Loma is a whole learning campus. They have a hospital with medical students there that come over and visit with the patients while doctors do rounds there. If a patient gets hurt or sick they go straight to their hospital, and then come back. So they do everything for them. Their pricing was weird. What they do is charge you upfront anywhere from $160,000 to $400,000 to get in; depending on what your needs are when you go in. Then, they only charge you $2,000 a month for the rest of your life. If you have an ailment or whatever, you go to their hospital. If you have a rehab that you have to do, you go to their rehab center. The main building is two-stories. You can go in there, and be assisted living or they have a whole different section that has memory care. It’s a beautiful facility, but it’s a learning campus. Instead of being houses for students the housing is for the elderly, but they have everything that you would need there. This is what one of the residents was telling me. They owned a home, they sold that home, and then put the money from what they got on their home as down payment on this. Now this takes less than half of their income to live there for the rest of their life, and they have all their meals there. Their meals are like restaurant-style too, but they have all their meals. They come and go. These people had their own cars. So, they live there as if they’re living in an apartment or a resort type hotel.

You have to be totally independent when you move into La Loma and the financial obligations are extreme; my mother wasn’t able to satisfy neither of those areas. She’s not independent and isn’t willing to commit to the initial financial obligations. The rooms are very nice. We did look at some of the very first little casitas that they had and then when we took the tour in the last 6 months, it was very nice.

La Loma Village was one of the nicest places we had visited. It was very well constructed and appointed. It had a broad range of services everywhere from an independent living to a nursing home care, and a hospital was on the premises. They had a fabulous kitchen and dining facility. They also had an excellent exercise room. It was a very nicely maintained beautiful facility. It was outstanding. The staff was both knowledgeable and accommodating. They had buses that take residents wherever they need to go and they bring in outside entertainment. They also had a movie room available. The apartments were very nicely appointed with a balcony or a patio. It was a very pleasant place.

La Loma Village is both independent living and assisted living. It is excellent. It is an individual based place and not a group. The room and the dining room are very nice. They were updating what wasn't updated.