Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Chino Hills, CA

"Westmont Village is nice. It feels a little bit like a hotel in a way where when go in, there's a front desk and then there's an elevator not far away. Then if you went straight forward, there's a dining room and there's mailboxes. And if you go up the elevator, there's the wings that go up to the right and left from each floor. The landscaping is maintained, and it's beautiful. Some of the rooms would have a view that would include mountains, so that's very nice. We really like the person who helped us during the tour. She was very helpful and informative. At one point, when one of the rooms became available, she took a video of that apartment and sent it to us, so we could see it as well as the family members that weren't able to go, so that was very helpful. The staff was very responsive when we asked her questions. We looked at the menu, and it looked great. There was some music going on in the dining room. They showed us one apartment that had furniture and another one without furniture. However, it's not the newest building. It's been around a little while. "

"I greatly enjoy visiting my grandfather at this nursing home. He is renting an apartment in this senior center. My grandmother and grandfather purchased together, but she passed away while living here. The staff was extremely accommodating toward our family during this very difficult time. We were able to use the community center to host her memorial service reception. It came with a kitchen area and everything we needed for this event. My second comment is that I am very pleased that Inland Christian has a health monitoring system where the resident must push a button inside their unit to let them know their health is doing ok. The apartment is beautifully designed with a kitchen, living room, 2 bed rooms, and 2 bathrooms. They even have a patio and laundry room right inside their unit. This senior center/nursing home is a great place for any elder to retire. The only negative comment I have is in regard to parking. The parking is great for a resident as they are able to park in a covered garage. However, my grandfather has very bad knees so the walk can be very long when carrying in groceries. The parking is much worse for a visitor. A visitor has to park behind the building, and then walk to the main entrance where they take the elevator or stairs to reach the appropriate level. The day I visited it was raining so I was soaking wet by the time I reached the apartment building. Overall, I have been very satisfied with Inland Christian Home. A great staff and a wonderful place to call home has made my grandfather very happy. I highly recommend it! "

"This is a highly rated non profit CCRC community for retired folks from the clergy or other recognized helping professions (e.g. YWCA). It's a group of like professionals who share a great deal in common and demonstrate an unusual caring for one another. The assisted living section is especially excellent with incredible caring staff. Highly recommended. "

"San Antonio Gardens is very lovely. They have a swimming pool and a gym. The staff is very nice and accommodating. It is very attractive, and it attracts high, intelligent clientele. It is also very expensive, but it is excellent. "

"I would be moving into Hillcrest - A Remarkable Retirement Community because of their application process. My interaction with the staff was fabulous. They have a combination of cottages. They have a combination of singles, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms, and they're in a low-rise building. Anything and everything that your heart could desire is there and available. I'm an architect, so visuals are very important to me, and this place has been there for multiple decades. Hillcrest has been architecturally designed with the theme of the Craftsman era. It's very comfortable for anybody coming from a historic community previously. They are full of grounds, flowers, trees, and shade. It is extremely well maintained. There's pride of ownership there; no question about it. I dined in their dining room. They are not cafeteria food; they're adult food. Hillcrest is a better value. I was also impressed with the overall staff there."

"I went to the Masonic Home at Covina. It's a private place. I'm a freemason, so I would be able to have access for myself or my mom because I know that if your son is a mason, your parents could be residents there too. It's very good to me. I would consider it for myself if I needed to go to a place. The staff is excellent, very professional, helpful, and informative. It's a very nice facility. I know they were, at that time, looking at building a memory care. They have a swimming pool, they have a gym, they have a dining hall, and I believe they even have a library. They even have a little store, like a 7-Eleven type convenience store. I only got to see the independent living part and they looked very nice, very roomy, they even had a kitchenette as well."

"My mother is in Merrill Gardens at Rancho Cucamonga and it's fine so far. The staff is very nice and very qualified. I like them. The rooms are beautiful when you decorate them yourself and they're new. I would recommend it. The food is excellent, too. They have all kinds of activities depending on the level of care. It's a little pricey, but it's worth it."

"At Town & Country Manor, the physical therapy was very professional. They got a good range of therapists, and they were able to help make some progress with my father's condition. "

"We loved Westminster Gardens. The lady we spoke to was amazing, very helpful, had lots of suggestions, and had clearly been through this with families many times before. Although it's a little pricey, we want something that we think would make our mother happy, and we think it's an ideal place. As far as the facility goes, I'd be tempted to go ahead without even looking at any others. The layout was good and all on one level. The studio had an alcove for a regular-sized bed, and the bathroom was adjacent to the bed. There's a living room area, and you can bring some furniture. It was not a separate bedroom, but it was very nice. What we really liked was the dining area because it was decorated in a way that my mom decorates her house. They had activities, a little patio area off the rooms, and a little gardening area, which my mom likes. They had a memory facility on-site. There were always alternatives if they don't like what's on the menu, which had a lot of choices. The head chef was Cordon Bleu-trained."

"My mother lives in Royal Oaks, and it's our favorite. The staff is top notch, all of them. Their organization is top-tier. My husband thinks the food is excellent. They have day trips on a regular basis for interesting things. They have every game and club you can think of, and many that I've never even heard of. They have a crafts room that's spectacular for sewing things and so forth, it's a nice great big space. They have a grand room where you could have your whole family come for like Christmas dinner. You could entertain around 40 people easily in a living room-dining room setting. They have a full-service gymnasium and a very convenient concierge service with a mailroom. Their maintenance people help you on the spot. Most people think that the place is too expensive and you can't afford it. That’s not true; it is an outstanding value."

"We went to Regents Point which was a nice facility. The staff was very nice, very pleasant and very knowledgeable. They have a different structure, which was a buy-in, which surprised me. So you have to pay a good chunk of change up-front to get into the facility. What I like about that is that the residents are more apt to stay in a place like that, than when paying month to month. In terms of the meals, if you've exceeded a certain level then you have to pay a little extra money, like $10-15 a day extra. They're more spread out than the other place I toured because they had 270 residents total. They also have memory care, they have three stages of care. They had a laundry in the room and they had one on the floor, but I don't think they'd clean your clothes there whereas the other place did. The staff is very pleasant, they knew what they were doing and they've done it for a long time."

"Merill Gardens is probably the best facility in terms of it was the nearest. I loved their common area and the Happy Hour that they had for their clients with mobility. My father-in-law would have really enjoyed that and could have made good friends there. The staff seemed fine, caring, involved and engaged, and knew their residents. I liked it. Merrill Gardens is brand new, beautiful, and fabulous with nothing to improve upon. "

"Atherton was a little dated and wasn't as modern as I would like it to be, but it was nice. The staff seemed to be extremely friendly and helpful. The activities were sufficient for me. The rooms were spacious and adequate. "

"I visited The Tower on 19th's senior apartments. It is 18 stories, but every time I've gone in there, it's very clean and very quiet. I never heard a lot of noise, and I didn't see a lot of people. The senior community and the people that you meet there seem to be friendly. It's not an assisted living facility, and you have to be independent to be there. They have laundry in the building, and whatever floor you're on, they have a trash chute that goes down to the basement. They have a library and a place where they have a piano. The staff members are pretty good and very helpful. They tried to help me as much as they could. The apartments have kitchens in them, so they don't have food provided at the place."