The Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Riverside County, CA

"I liked Westmont of Riverside a lot, but it was very huge for my sister. She probably would be better off with a smaller facility. I saw a cafeteria. I saw two studios. I saw their entrance, and basically we walked from the entrance to a wing, which was a good distance. They're set up to where people are a good distance from administration, which I wasn't really happy with. If my sister were to be there and she needed administrative business to be conducted, it would be very difficult for her to get there. It was quite clean. There seemed to be the occasional attendant in each wing, but I didn't see a lot of people milling about. It was nice to see that it was not too crowded, but on the same token it was also disconcerting that people were so far apart from help. The staff member was conscientious, and I connected well with them. She was quite friendly with the help, and courteous with the clients. I would still give them a very high score because they are a premium facility. They are selective in their clientele. They explained that people needing more than one person in attendance were not good applicants. My sister is not a good applicant, not that she needed more than one attendant at a time, but because she needed an attendant to get her up. That would mean someone would have to be with her, and that's not something that they're geared to do."

"The Village Retirement Community is on the corner of Acacia and Kirby. It's huge, it's on 13 acres of land. I saw the independent living, and I think the place looked nice. I think it's a great place for people who are retired, and it's a lot cheaper there than San Diego. During the tour, they put me in a group and fed me lunch. The other places mentioned lunch, but nobody offered anything. It's very fancy, very well put on, and the food is good. The staff was also very professional and very caring. The place looks very good. Of course, they show you the perfect stuff, but it just looks like the whole place, even sitting on 13 acres, looks like they do take care of everything. It had a lot of vacant land around it, but of course, as the years go on, it will build up and the traffic is going to pick up in that area. It's a good location. You can actually walk to town from there."

"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."