Golden Pond

Nadya

We absolutely loved the assisted living community of Golden Pond in Sacramento. We looked at the apartment, all the facilities they have, all the classes they offer, and the food menu, and we just absolutely loved it. We passed by all the ladies and gentlemen doing their activities, and they stopped us and say that it's a great place to live. Another lady said the only problem is that the food is too good, and you can get fat. It just looks good, smells great, and the ladies and gentlemen living there look very happy and engaged in all kinds of activities. The apartment looks really nice with its bathroom and kitchen. The lady who gave the tour was also really nice. They have a very cool pub. It surprised me, to be honest. They have a library, a game room, and an art classroom. They also have a piano that people are playing. The ladies and gentlemen were sitting and enjoying themselves, having a laugh. It gave us a very good feeling, for sure. The apartment we looked at was under renovation, but the kitchen and the bathroom were really nice and shiny. The facility outside of the apartment was really clean, too. There was no smell, which is something that's always concerning. You don't want your mother to go to a place that smells like desperation, so for us, that's very important. It was just a nice place, and you wouldn't think that it's a retirement home unless you see that they're mostly elderly people there. We saw the menu, and it is just extensive, and they do have a lot of healthy choices. There are always salads, which is important. Wine is even included, and I was just so surprised by that. Our mother likes to drink one glass of wine before she goes to bed because it helps her sleep, so this was a good benefit for us.

Reviewer#LD021223A

My mom has moved into Golden Pond Retirement Community. She has only been there for two days. Overall, things have been very good. Every member of the staff that I met was very welcoming and very nice. They were willing to answer questions and patient with all the questions. They were all very nice. My mom is in a 1-bedroom apartment, and it is a little outdated, but very spacious. It is a good size. It has a spacious front room, and the kitchen has a lot of storage. I think they have a great menu with a lot of really good and healthy food. We have their calendar of events, and they have a lot of variety of entertainment and artwork. She is very comfortable there. They are very attentive to her needs and very quick to respond if she needs anything.

Reviewer#AT0920

We went to Golden Pond, it's close to where my friend lives, and she enjoyed that one tremendously, and liked it. It has a lot of great features that would help her, and it's not multistory so she would be comfortable. She had people there that she could already talk to because she talked Japanese a lot of the time. It's very clean, very well attended. It's got everything they need right there. They don't have to go far for anything, as far as a salon, coffee house, assistance with the people, and the nurses. They have cars that will take them to their appointments if they need to go out. They had quite a lot of features that we liked on it. She's a painter, she likes to paint. They had classes for painting, which she loved. They had a movie theater, they had a library, so she was thrilled with all of that. She liked it a lot. The staff was very attentive and very informational and they took us where we needed to go or where we asked that we could see the facilities and what they had. They were very attentive to everything.

Lori

My parents are in Golden Pond. They have a high turnover of people, some people are not very professional, a lot of them are very helpful, but there's a handful that are not. The apartment is good, it's a two-bedroom with a kitchen, one bath, and a little patio. They have a walking area, and they have activities when it's not COVID. They don't care for the food.

L

We went to Golden Pond. It was dark. The residents were there, but they seemed quiet, and the staff was very young. The person that was supposed to meet us didn't show up, and called us two weeks later. It's a really long walk from the room to the dining room. It's like two buildings that have been put together, and there was no pond. We looked at one apartment and it was really dark. There was not a lot of light and it was kind of bleak. The whole place was bleak. The dining room was like in a dormitory, but it was fine. There were some boy scouts meeting there, but that's all we saw.

ReviewerAT0402

My mother moved into Golden Pond 2 weeks ago. I like it, it’s nice, but she seems to be having issues. I think overall it’s a nice place. They seem to be doing their job. However, they don’t have activities for her age and abilities, and that’s a little disappointing. The rooms are bigger, and she has 1-bedroom apartment. I would recommend them, but they need to check the needs of the person they put there.