Senior Living in San Francisco County, CA

"My friend will be moving into Ivy Park at Cathedral Hill. It's amazing. It's beautiful. It's perfect. Everything is lovely. He loves it."

"I saw Heritage on the Marina for the fourth time now. It’s a three-tiered community with independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing. I like the cleanliness, the friendliness, the knowledgeability, the quality, and the payment structure of the whole place. They don’t have any rooms to be seen available right now because they are refurbishing. "

"I would highly recommend living at Aldersly. The staff are all wonderfully dedicated & caring, they provide transportation & fun activities, the food is delicious, and the grounds are just gorgeous. If you are looking for a kind-hearted and professionally run complex, Aldersly is the one to choose!"

"We chose The Ivy at Golden Gate for my husband because of the location to our home and I was very pleased with the tour of the facility. I like the staff's attentiveness to the residents and consistency of attention. The chef prepares very good meals. They are nutritionally balanced and the presentation is excellent. They have different meetings, outings if the resident chooses, meetings of the residents, and recognition of special birthdays. They just had a special recognition for anyone who turned 90 or 100 this year, and it was beautifully done. It was very, very nice. The facility is beautiful. You're getting what you pay for."

"What I liked about it is the facility itself. The building has a lot of glass windows, so there's a lot of natural light that comes in. It is very well thought out the way they have their dining room where everybody eats. Just about from every corner of the building, there's a courtyard where the patients can go out, and if they want to be outside. They have gardens for people who like gardening. They have four chickens in the chicken coop for people who like animals and want to do that kind of stuff. They have a little room about the size of a dining room in a home that you can reserve if you want to have a birthday party for your loved one that's in there. Everything seems well thought out, even the tile on the floor. They say that they have patients who like to walk around, walk around, and walk around, and the tile on the floor is positioned so that all the lines are straight. I could see how that is important to some people being in whatever condition in their mind if they just follow the straight tile where they can walk around the place. I found the shared rooms a little small though. They stressed that they try to keep people out of bed and out of their rooms and participate in their activities. There are seven activities a day to try to help people keep their minds occupied and all that. It all made sense as it was explained to me. As far as the tour is concerned, they were very informative. They weren't trying to rush you or anything, and they answered any question that you had. They have done a good job. The staff who toured me was very informative, very straightforward, and honest about everything there. It's a very nice building. It's clean. It didn't have any unusual odors. They have little mini sofas along the hallway, so if the people walking around get tired, there are plenty of places for you to sit and relax. So, it's well thought out."

"We visited Serra Highlands Senior Living. It was nice. Everything was very clean, and the people were really friendly. The rooms were a little outdated. They had shared bathrooms, and they were pretty small. They had to share a bathroom with the other unit next to it. The staff who gave the tour was amazing. She was really, really thorough, friendly, and competent. She's really good at what she did. They have lots of activities there, like arts and crafts type things. Some people were playing bingo and walking around. Everybody was very, very friendly."

"I toured the Elders Inn. It had a beautiful courtyard, was clean, and had no unpleasant odors. The front desk and touring staff coordinator were very nice. Tristan was great. It is located on a busy street but the old folks are not going to be walking along the street and it's across the street from a gas station. It's an old building in an old part of town but that's not their fault."

"My life has improved since moving to Cardinal Point . I enjoy my quiet apartment, meals in the dining room, many opportunities to exercise, join reading/discussion groups, play board/card games, work in the garden, walk along the estuary and thru the lovely neighborhood. With advance planning, transportation to neighboring cities, medical appointments and local errands is provided . The laundry rooms, reading rooms and library, all public spaces are well maintained. Staff is helpful and pleasant."

"I toured the Oakmont of Mariner Point. It's beautiful and in a beautiful neighborhood, overlooking the water. I'm not choosing it because they don't have enough level of care. Janet and Charles are great. They gave a gift bag like a box of cookies but no sampling of meals. They didn't even show me rooms. I only talked to them and the dining room, they didn't show me. Maybe there wasn't a room that was clean at that moment. I don't know. I don't care, I didn't need to see the room because I knew it wasn't appropriate."

"We're considering it because it's a 10-minute walk from where we live. The overall experience with my tour was very good. We got a lot of information and we saw the facility. It was good. We saw several rooms. The place was clean, neat, and well-lit. It looked safe for the residents to be in. I would describe the staff as caring, thoughtful, and non-invasive."

"I was visiting a friend at Lakeside Park. It was a very nice facility. It was well run. They were very friendly and very attentive to the people who lived there. They would take them out for walks in the neighboring park along Lake Merritt. They were very supportive of their patients, but also very concerned about their safety. The staff was competent and caring. They had a nice courtyard outside and they're also half a block from a big park along Lake Merritt. They seemed to have several activities going on every day."

"We went to Elegance Berkeley. It was extremely modern. Everything was very clean. The people that we met were nice. The facility is fairly new, so everything looked very, very nice."

"We toured Belmont Village Albany. They had a lot of activities. We liked the programs that they had. We liked that they also had medical staff 24/7. Their place was very light and bright. They have multiple areas for eating and they’re very modern. We had cookies. They just came out for their afternoon snacks and they were really good chocolate cookies."

"I toured The Point at Rockridge. The room was spacious and had good large windows, so it was well-lit. It had its own bathroom that was appropriately done. It had very adequate space for the storage of clothing. The room itself was not bad; it had a good feel. The large windows made it more welcoming and it was a spacious room. There would be plenty of room for a dresser, a bed, side tables, a small table, and a large chair that would easily fit in the room. I thought it was quite generous and welcoming. The staff who toured me was very informative and took the time. And this was a walk-in. We didn't even have an appointment. Everybody that we met was gracious and nice and seemed tuned to what was going on. I feel quite confident that it would be a place where my mother could be comfortable and would find a lot of the services that would be helpful for her to be safe in a friendly environment. The other thing is that, if memory care was not necessarily where my mother wanted to be, but assisted living, that seemed to be an open possibility. They seemed to have some fair flexibility. Another thing is that the staff that was doing the tour with us, ran the place, and she got into it because she had parents who had Alzheimer's that she was a personal caregiver for until they died. She went back to college to get a degree so that she could be helpful to people who were going through what she had gone through handling and dealing with parents with dementia. So I think it gave her a particular insight and competency for the position. I think that helps the entire ethos of the place."