Grand Living at Tamaya

shirley kaswinkel

Rooms are very good. The food selection is great. I love being here, I wish that I moved here sooner. The staff is very good.

Robert

In Grand Living at Tamaya, if you move into independent living and then something happens and you need assisted living, you don't have to move out of your apartment. They would just bring the services to you because it's all under one roof, all under one building. There was a nurse practitioner on staff that's there every day, all day, and on call at other times. It was like a 3 or 4-story building, and on each floor, there was a nurse's station with a nurse there. It was not like a hospital setting and it didn't look like that, but there was just somebody on each floor. So, if for some reason you needed some kind of assistance, someone would be right there. And then they can help you out or call additional assistance or the nurse or doctors. It was a fairly new place but it had kind of the feel of living in a big hotel. They did have a courtyard, and a lot of the apartments had an outside balcony. They had an art center, and they also had a hairdresser.

Not Satisfied10

Staff is EXTREMELY rude to residents. Services such as CLEANING not provided in apartments or done so poorly, one wouldn't know otherwise. DISGUSTING is the only word used. Nursing staff is outright laughable as they can have messages left, and left, and left, and left by family and hospitals and they are ignored. So called ED pretends to fix issues, and not a one is fixed. Zero security for residents, just ask to be let into an apartment, and staff who has never seen you before just does it! Unbelievable.

Cindy

My mother is at Grand Living at Tamaya. She's been doing much, much better there. She's out with people. She's socializing, and there are things for her to do. She goes down to dinner, and they have an excellent menu. I would say it's a four-star restaurant. They have a pool. There's something for you to do all day long. She has PT every day, the nurse comes three times a day to give her, her medicine, and the doctor is there all the time. If you look at the pictures of that place, it's like living at the Four Seasons. It's that gorgeous and she gets very good care. They're handling her prescriptions and her refills. They're handling everything for her. She's moved there permanently, but they give her nursing and physical therapy. There is not one thing I don't like. I had dinner there with her the first night she moved in. My mother had a Caesar salad, some salmon, and some butternut squash. My sister had chicken marsala and a Caesar salad, and I had French risotto and a Caesar salad. It was beyond excellent. There is a library there, a gym, a salon, and a gift shop. It's a place all encompassing and it's gorgeous. The second day she was there, she went to a musical concert. She goes to the library there. The staff is amazing. It's expensive and I couldn't afford it, but my mother can afford it, and she deserves it. It's topnotch. My mother's apartment has a kitchen, stove, refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher. Her living room is quite large and it has a balcony. Her bedroom is very large and she has her own furniture. It has a really big bathroom, a laundry room, and a lot of closet space. I would move there in a minute if I could afford it. They have regular yoga, senior yoga, Pinnacle, and mahjong. They have card games, movies, a gym, a spa, and dance lessons. They give you a calendar for the month of what time and what day things are, and it's literally full. There are tons to do there. My mother is getting a lot better since she moved. She has to get up and go downstairs to the restaurant and there are three or four of them. She meets people. The residents and the staff are always talking to her. There's interaction. Last night, my sister said that when they got on the elevator to go down to the restaurant, one of her neighbors was going to eat at the same time, so they ate together. When she was going back up to her room, she was met by some nurses and said, "You're new, aren't you?" There was a couple of residents there, and they all stood there and waved at her as the elevator's door closed. It's a very friendly place. I think people thrive there. I think they have won awards for their restaurant. It has nice linen, nice silver, nice china, and wonderful waiters and waitresses. They have a beautiful menu. We told the waitress, "My mom is diabetic. Can you put that in the computer?" because they order from an iPad. She said, "Just about everybody here is diabetic." All of their stuff is diabetic friendly and it's delicious. I could not find one thing wrong. As a daughter, you want to make sure that you're putting your mom somewhere that will take care of her and it will be lovely surroundings, and it is. It's very value friendly.

Paul

Grand Living At Tamaya was extremely nice. The only thing I didn't like about it is that prices were beyond my range. The room has a full kitchen with a stove, refrigerator, microwave, the whole nine yards, plus the washer and dryer. I did a house tour of the place. Everything was fine. It's a good-looking facility. It's relatively new. The people that I met and contacted are all very nice. They are a little bit pricier than the other places I looked at, but they offered a lot more. The person who toured me was excellent. They have several restaurants there.

P.F.

Grand Living At Tamaya was very first class. But it didn't fit our particular needs. I like the apartment space. The independent living section was very first class, very well furnished, and very well-staffed. The rooms for assisted living were exceptionally well decorated. I have tried their food, and it was well served. I also saw a yoga class and some art classes there. The staff were well-trained. Of all that I visited, that would be the top one.