Good Samaritan Society "“ Pohai Nani

Reviewer RC#0412b

Good Samaritan Society-Pohai Nani is beautifully landscaped and beautifully maintained. It's renovated regularly and repainted. They're taking care of the place well. It's incredibly beautiful to look at. It's cool and windy. We have nice people here. They are just casual. I have friends coming to join me from inside to eat our lunch. Lunch today has choices of several things. Also, we have an art studio, a theater, exercise classes nonstop, and a floor with a mirror for dance classes. We got it all.

Katherine

I have acquaintances that are at Good Samaritan Society Pohai Nani, and so I just went with them as their guest over a year ago. Overall, it's a pretty good place. They were a casual place. They have facilities for everything, like for exercising, swimming, certain classes, and trips that you can go on the bus to wherever you need to go. Also, they have scheduled meal times. There were just a couple of things that I was not real fond of, but that's just me. One of them is that they have a dress code when going to meals. To me, it's a little much because I prefer a more casual approach to dining. It is just a minor thing. They have an area for people who become ill. It's almost like a hospital area, where they have nursing staff and doctors that come in. The problem is it's very limited and a lot of the people that are in there are Alzheimer's residents. It tends to fill up. If that's one of the things I would have been counting on, it would be something that was a problem for me. Their apartments were a comfortable size, assuming it's for a single person. They have actual little apartments, separate for a husband and wife. They'd be in their own little home. They have kitchen facilities and a separate bedroom. They're not just kind of a big open room with everything in it, and I liked that better. The staff was very nice and very helpful too. The people there were mostly local people. A lot of them were acquainted with each other because they're about the same age. It's a pretty friendly place overall. The dining area was very nice as well. The food was pretty standard, but it's very good food. However, they just have the same menu every week.

Jane

Good Samaritan Society Pohai Nani is absolutely beautiful and has beautiful grounds. They offer a wide range of care; we have a friend with dementia who is there. I have two friends in assisted living there, and the other one is in more of an apartment-type situation. We met and had lunch, and we visited the recreation area. The food was good; it was cafeteria style and adequate. They have a very nice craft-art room with a gallery -- which was beautifully done -- where they were displaying their work. The staff walked us through an area where they showed movies and brought in entertainment (before COVID). Neither of our friends there had any complaints, and I think they're quite happy there. The staff was very nice and very welcoming. We had lunch, met with several of the other residents, and it seemed like they all had a very tight bond with their friends. I was quite impressed with that. They had quite a lot of things for people to do, like excursions.

Gloria

Good Samaritan Society - Pohai Nani was very nice. The people were friendly and the staff was friendly. The place was clean. There were no available apartments to see. The grounds were nice and very lush. It is in a suburb and on a hillside. It has a beautiful view of the Kaneohe Bay and of the mountains. My dad liked it the best. The staff was friendly. They provide laundry service for a fee or you could do it yourself. If you pass by the staff or the residents in the hallway, they smile at you and say hello.

Sheri

Everything was perfect at Good Samaritan Society Pohai Nani. The view is to die for. I would love to be able to afford this place. The marketing director was wonderful. They have studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms. We saw a studio and a one-bedroom, but none of them were available. The rooms were small but OK. We tried the food, and it wasn't the best meal I ever had. Nevertheless, they had a lovely dining room, and the wait staff was very sweet.

Reyna487728

Pohai Nani (Good Samaritan Society – Pohai Nani) is on a mountain, so you would have to drive up, let them off, drive down to the parking lot, and then take the stairs to get to the facility. It's an old but well-kept place, and you have a beautiful view of the bay. They have a thrift shop where people trade things, and of course an entertainment area where residents could go for entertainment. They have a big room for that. My mom likes the country atmosphere. The staff is very professional, friendly, and helpful. The parking lot is just not too user-friendly, but they do have golf carts to take the residents up to the area from the parking lot.