Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

"I am a resident of Inland Christian Home Inc. The residents and the management were fantastic. They're caring and friendly. They have more activities that I can get involved in. They have dinner every month for the residents if they want to join in with dinner and entertainment. They have activities and games. They have outings."

"After a national search of retirement communities, we chose Pilgrim Place for several reasons. It had a demonstrated longtime history of welcoming and including everyone (singles and couples, people from various faith traditions or none, LGBTQ people). We also liked that Pilgrim Place feels like a neighborhood within the City of Claremont, an easy walk to hiking trails, shopping and dining in Claremont Village and the Metro Link to LA. The proximity to the Claremont Colleges campus brought access to top-notch music, art, theater and lectures--free! Finally we liked Pilgrim Place's emphasis on building community, as well as its three values to make our world a better place."

"We looked at a two-bedroom-two-bath cottage at Mount San Antonio Gardens. You can cook, and you can do whatever you want there. It's in an architecturally distinctive community. It's immediately adjacent to the city of Claremont, and the other place we visited is adjacent to the city of Laverne, but both of them, being from the same time period, are not nearly as congested as the San Fernando Valley or the San Gabriel Valley. The person we worked with had almost as many years' experience as the lady at the other place, except that she was about 20 years younger in age. She is working with seniors, and she has tried to do what she could, but I was more impressed with the overall staff at the other place. Mount San Antonio Gardens is a full-service retirement community inclusive of anything and everything that you could hope for. It is also a fully secure facility. I met and dined with the staff members and the residents who have been there for 10 years, and also those who have been there for a year."

"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."

"Westminster Gardens was a very good place. The interaction between the staff there and me was just marvelous. The physical appearance of the place was outstanding. The activities lined up for the day were very good. They have exercise programs. They have trails, ponds, and gardens. They have tennis and a swimming pool. The value of what they have to offer and the services they give is just superior."

"I visited Royal Oaks. During this visit to Royal Oaks, we began to understand what the parameters were to look for. One of the most important things that I discovered as you're going through these places, as you're seeing other residents and having some minimal interaction, in most of the places we saw, the people who live there just didn't look or sound happy. They would usually have sort of a grumpy look on their face, and they didn't seem to be happy with life. When we walked into Royal Oaks, the people who were residents there looked happy. They had smiles, they would wave at you and say, "Hello, how are you?" I feel that is something that comes from the operational management, that they interact with their residents in a manner that the residents liked being there. In almost six of the seven places we saw, the people just looked like they were an institutional statistic. The person who gave me the tour was wonderful. The units we looked at all have, at the minimum, a kitchenette, which is fine. Some of them have full kitchens. But we didn't have any of their food. The older buildings have been well-upgraded and maintained. It was a clean, pretty place."

"I'm at Plymouth Village and I'm happy with it. I like that there's a couple of different places you can eat for different kinds of cuisine. If you don't eat most of your meals here, you can get wine or beer at the end of the month to share with your friends, or you can bring company to use up some of your meals that you didn't use. I've got my own car. I drive places. When I don't want to, I can have them come and pick me up in a golf cart and drive me around the facility, or take me to doctors or shopping in the town. If you don't want to drive you can still qualify as independent. The staff is wonderful. The guys who drive the golf carts to the people who wait on us for dinner know my name, but we have name tags if we want to wear them. They knew who I was after just a few weeks. It's everything I had hoped for. They have people who come around to make sure you know all the services, how to get hold of the concierge, how to get hold of any maintenance you want to do, or how to get medical help if you need. They come around and make sure you know all of that and know the different activities that are going on and stuff like that. They're very involved in getting me into the groups. They're so pleasant. The food is wonderful. You can eat and be served. You can take your meals home or they will deliver them to you at your door, whichever you want. They've got something going every day. They make sure they give you a list for the whole month of what's coming up and what time and where. They make sure you're all informed on everything. Comparing it to other places, there are some that are equally as expensive, too, that I didn't choose."

"I visited Town & Country Manor. My visit was very positive. It's a very well-maintained community and the staff was good. It was one of my choices, but I changed my mind because the location is in a busy area of Santa Ana. They have lots of amenities and I was very pleased. I saw their dining area as well, as well as a 1-bedroom, 1-bath, which was adequate. Their amenities were upscale. I also met the staff when they were doing physical therapy, yoga and things like that. They were very warm and accommodating."