Solstice Senior Living at Bakersfield

Very impressed with the care my parents get at Solstice. Before Covid - they had so many fun things to do and entertainment at least once a month , sometimes twice a month. During Covid, they are doing their very best to keep everyone safe, doing games by speaker and trying their best!! Delivering meals to the rooms and encouraging residents to exercise. Thank you staff and workers I would love to name people but don't want to miss anyone!! Sincerely, a happy daughter, CJ

Wonderful staff only complaint is the food. Writing this for My Mother, doesn’t realize food isn’t going to be like what she used to cook and That it has to appeal to all different tastes.

Solstice Senior Living at Bakersfield is a beautiful place, but we had to find more of an assisted living place for my mother. The people were very compassionate. They came by and knocked on her door, and they tried their best to accommodate her needs. The food was good. Even the chef came in to ask her how the food was. Everyone was really great. We chose that place because of the area and the beautiful surroundings; it was nice inside and out. If your loved one needs more care, you have to purchase that outside of the facility. It's very independent.

I live in a one bedroom apartment on the third floor . The apartment is adequate and clean. Being on the third floor and down 2 long hallways is not convenient. I believe that it is 250 feet or more to the dining room and the walk is tiring for older reconditioned people. I live down the north hallway and around to the west hallway. I took ownership of my apartment in October 2018. Since I moved here I have been complaining about the man smoking on his patio next door to me. His cigarette smoke drifts into my apartment and I am very allergic to it and I have been sick several times because of it over the past 16 months. My concerns have been ignored by the management here and by my neighbor. When I asked the neighbor to stop he said “ if you don’t like it close your patio door! I have been told by the director here that he would talk to him, he would threaten him with eviction and now he said to me that “it is funny that you are the only one who has complained about this “ indicating to me that he either doesn’t believe me or that I am exaggerating. There are only 3 occupied apartments on this side of our wing. I am PISSED! I now believe that this director has never addressed this problem with this neighbor. He is not responsive to our concerns. The staff here are pleasant and kind. The food was described to me by this director as “elevated dining “ and I was told that our meals were all “planned by a chef” ! What I found is the Chef directed the cook and wait staff and ordered supplies. She claimed that she was a dietitian but was not. She could not tell her what Chef school she graduated from. This is all a sham! The quality of our food has fallen off over the time I have been here. The quality of meat is poor. We only get a real beef meal once every 5 weeks and every 2-3 weeks lately we have had liver. This is not elevated dining. I have never made this statement before out of loyalty to the staff. I will no longer keep this a secret. I will probably get evicted for no longer keeping these secrets but I am sick of being taken advantage of. One other thing! They tell you that they will provide transportation to most of your scheduled appointments. Well, it is in truth we will NOT provide you transportation to most of your scheduled appointments. We now have transportation on Monday-Wednesday during 9-12 and 1:30 -4. This is an improvement in the past month. The activities offered are not a challenge. If you like playing cards, bingo, and tossing a bean bag you may be happy. I am NOT. There is more I could say but I won’t.

We have chosen Solstice Senior Living at Bakersfield for my parents. The price was reasonable for all the amenities. The place was very clean, and the people were really nice and very welcoming. It has everything that my parents need at this time. The rooms have been updated and have new carpets. They have nice flooring and a lot of closet space. My parents will be moving in in January. I would live there if I could live there. They have a chef and a nutritionist. Food is very balanced and you have a lot of choices. They bake their own bread and they make their own dessert. It is really nice; it is really good. They have all kinds of stuff. They have a game room; they have activities all day long. When we were there, they were having a fireside chat with eggnog. They have happy hours, they have a chapel, and they have three or four services every week for different religions. They have a lot going on.

We visited the solstice Senior Living at Bakersfield. I liked it and I think I would go there before others. The staff was fine. The food was very good and filling, and the dining area was good. It was like a restaurant where the service was good, had a good selection, and it was more than I expected. The rooms were OK, nice, and when someone moves out, they made it new again. They showed me one model; one room was smaller, and I would choose a bigger one if I will go there. You can go outside and walk around. It’s located close to where I live, and I love this area. You can tell they work hard to keep them upkeep. Everything looks almost new, the furniture doesn’t look worn, and it’s really clean, quiet, and smells like a new facility.

I went to Solstice Senior Living. It was small, and the rooms were small, but it was even more expensive than the other places I looked at. It was beautiful, but my mom didn’t like how the men were dressed in suits. It made her very uncomfortable. It was too formal for her on a day-to-day basis. The staff was awesome.

My father-in-law has been living in Solstice Senior Living at Bakersfield. It's very nice, clean, maintained, and the people were really friendly. My father-in-law has a studio. They have three meals a day, laundry facilities, and events that they plan on a regular basis. They also provide transportation to shopping and housekeeping service for no extra charge.