Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Arroyo Grande, CA

"My mom has been at Alder House for four months now. It's very good. It's very home-like, and the employees are unbelievable. It has been a wonderful fit for my mother. They have to take her to the bathroom, and they have to help her get dressed. It's an assisted living residence place. Their employees are very, very thoughtful and very caring. My mom never waits for anything. I have absolutely no complaints of any kind. The rooms are very nice. It's carpeted. She has her own outside door and big windows. It's very comfortable. My mom has no complaints at all about the food and neither do I. The cook will do anything special or change anything. Anything he has, she can have. The dining area is very nice. It's a very warm room with lots of windows that face the patio. The tables are nice. There are wooden tables and chairs and lots of nice pictures. For activities, they play bingo, they have lots of games, they have a puzzle table, they have a movie of the week, and they have musical entertainment a couple of times a month. They have a game room, and they do exercises a couple of days a week. I would recommend it to anybody."

"I like Merrill Gardens at Santa Maria. It was equipped with everything. It was more like a home or an apartment. They had a single bedroom. It was a nice sized bedroom and a nice sized living room. The two-bedroom apartment had a larger refrigerator. It was bigger and very nice. I like the grounds. It's very clean. There were no odors or smells. They had a very large balcony that was enclosed. If you had animals, it was a great place for dog run. And you could put your furniture out on it. The staff members were very polite, positive, and informative. But they would recommend me to someone else to explain other things, like the pricing and how to financially handle things. They had a beauty salon and a movie theater with a large screen and individual chairs. They showed movies on certain days of the week, which was nice. They had a craft room. They had rooms which had a long table if you wanted to have guests over. The chefs there would cook the food for them. The menu was good. Everyone that I ran into seemed very happy to be there. It was laid out very well. It was a large place. The two-bedroom apartment had a washing machine and dryer in it, which I liked, but it was a small one. If you had larger loads, they had an area where you could go with larger machines and wash, like comforters. They are in the process of updating their decor, so keeping up with that, the price is kind of high too."

"This facility is always a pleasure to visit ...There is always warm greetings from the caring staff and an undeniable loving country charm! "