Independent Living Communities in Fountain Valley, CA

"My stepmom is a resident of Rowntree Gardens, and what I like most is the responsive and caring staff. It is a Christian community, and it has many activities. The people that are living there are very nice. It's a wonderful community. It has an atrium in the middle. There's a lot of outdoor beauty in the gardens and a lot of outdoor space to mingle. They have doctors that come. They have a church and a full-time pastor. They have a beauty shop. They have a fully stocked library. They have rooms for private events that you can reserve. They have a little gift shop, a main dining room, and a fire lounge."

"I went to see Park Plaza last year and toured for independent living. It was very warm and welcoming. It was a little too close to city streets for my liking. I wanted a little more open green space, trees, and grass. It was on a busy street. I wouldn't say that there was anything wrong with it. Those are just things that I'd like. The rooms were also pretty small. Other than that, I like that it was near my son and my doctor. The staff members were also excellent. They were very friendly and informative. I had a nice lunch there, and the food was very tasty. I sat with some people there, and they were extremely friendly. It seemed like they liked where they were living very much. The food was delicious and there were choices. I don't remember what I had, but every person at the table had something different, and they looked good."

"I visited Walnut Village. I loved the apartment that I looked at, and it was out in a quiet area. So for me, it was perfect. It just seems very friendly and nice. They have regular housekeeping and everything like that. They have a little store, a happy hour, and an indoor swimming pool. It was wonderful. The staff was very friendly. They went into great detail about the apartment. I was very happy with them. The food was excellent. The dining area was beautiful. lt's like dining at a beautiful restaurant. Everything was just perfect."

"We looked around here. It looked like a very nice place. It had smaller rooms and had lots of activities. I saw some ladies making goody bags for the policemen because of some civic activities that they were doing. Some people were playing cards at a table and they had a nice little area that had refreshments and desserts. I saw games and exercises. The girl that took us around was super nice. The people seemed very friendly and every time you walk past someone, they would say hi. It had a very nice patio and a really huge dining area, which was more like a cafeteria. It was very nice."

"I toured this facility with my mother and found it to be very inviting! It's a newer facility and the rooms are beautiful/clean. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. My mother really liked that the rooms had full kitchens and washer/dryers as her independence is important to her. The location and activities provided were awesome! This is definitely a contender when we are ready to commit!"

"I'm my dad's primary caregiver. Atria has made his transition from his home of almost 60 years, to Atria's assisted living, and soon thereafter to their memory care section, very easy on my dad and I. Living in his home by himself was getting very dangerous with a couple of falls and the last straw for my brothers and I. At memory care, he is still subject to falls, however the staff is very mindful of that, he is checked on regularly and i certainly feel that he's much safer there and now I don't have the fears I used to. Since he has moved there, his overall care has taken a large burden off of my shoulders and he's in a safer place. I am in contact with the staff as often as is necessary and they are in contact with me the same. We're a team for dad's care. All of the staff I'm in contact with throughout Atria are wonderful, pleasant and great to interact and work with. There are a few key staff that are especially important to me and we all work well together on dad challenges. I rely heavily on them for dad's care, and they deliver. That is very important to me."

"We toured Woodbridge Terrace of Irvine. We liked the surroundings and the accoutrements that were part of the facility. The people there were very helpful in discussing questions we had. I think that sums up our impression, my son's and mine, of the facility. The people were having snacks and finishing up breakfast, and it looked appetizing. The facility looked very inviting, well-kept, and maintained with a variety of different settings."

"We have chosen Emerald Court. I liked the appearance. The place was superb. I thought it was a great place for me. The people were very friendly. They came up, introduced themselves, and made me feel at home. Even though I haven't moved in, they welcomed me to join them. It was a warm, friendly place. The room had a kitchenette with a two-burner stove and an oven, two bedrooms, two baths, a living room, and two great storage closets. We had a lunch there, and the food was delicious. My son, daughter-in-law, and my granddaughter thought it was great. The chef came over to meet us and introduced himself. The waiter was unbelievable, too."

"I really like them. I like the fact that they're really close to a medical facility, which is so much easier because if something was needed for Mom, she would have access to that facility. The lady I talked to there was outstanding. Heather gave us the tour. They were very, very informative and I learned so much, like how to prepare to get the documents and have things organized, so you have a smooth transition (since there's so much paperwork that you have to process). They were really very good, and I got detailed information. I talked to Ryan prior to talking to Heather, and he was the one who just really enlightened me about everything. He just made things so much more clear. And moving forward, no matter where I go, I have more information in order to know how to have a smooth transition if I use other facilities."

"My dad and my sister were residents of Artesia Christian Home. The facility is spotless. They've got a good, great staff, and they're very accommodating. They had maybe a small bump in the road every once in a while, but other than that, things were fine. Their staff was excellent. They're very friendly. They're very quick to help in critical situations. We're just really pleased with them. They loved the food. The kitchen staff was excellent, too. They put on quality products. They've got a little open area of patios. If you want to meet your family there, they have a nice place for you to meet. They also have little meeting areas throughout the home. There's a nice, quiet neighborhood around there. So if you want to take a walk around the block, you can. My father used to do that quite regularly and he enjoyed it. They have Bible studies there. They have group activities. They bring people in throughout the month as far as there might be a Bible teacher who comes in, maybe motivational people. They do little exercise classes. They keep the residents busy. This is the thing about it. The folks were bathed. They're washed. They're dressed and they're ready at a time in the morning when they're serving breakfast. So, everybody comes out there, they're dressed, they're clean, and that's how they start your day. They got the staff doting over them for the rest of the day. They've got a little aviary. It's a big bird cage and they keep that very active. I love the variety of the little birds that they put in there. They have a little garden area if you want to grow some tomatoes or put something like that."

"The Meridian at Anaheim Hills was nice, comfortable, and pleasant in general. They had lots of rooms to relax or read a book. Some of the apartments did not have a living room. It's just a bedroom and a bath. It's important that there's some other comfortable place to talk to people. It was close to shopping, and I'm familiar with the area. I love that some apartments already have a wheel-in shower. The staff was very nice, and friendly, and answered a lot of questions. They have a lot of good amenities. There's something more than one thing going on every single day. They have a great gym with weights and other machines. I saw the restaurant. We get a choice of two different things at dinner. The dining area was good. It has lots of windows. Some of the apartments do not have many windows. They say they have a walking trail, but I was disappointed in that because it was not on the ground. It's somehow attached to the second floor. It's an outside thing that is attached to the building. But for wheelchairs, it would be great."

"I like Ivy Park at Laguna Woods. The units were very nice. I have good things to say about it. I know three people who live there, and they have been very happy. One has been there for many years, and she is 100 years old. She and her husband (who has passed) were very happy with the facility. The other people who have come more recently are very happy with it too. So all of these factors were good. It was a beautiful facility. The living conditions looked wonderful. People enjoyed the food. I didn't eat much, but what I had was fine. They had many activities. The cleanliness was wonderful. It was very clean. It's massive, it's a big facility, but everything was immaculate, and the people were very warm and friendly, both the residents and the staff."

"La Mirada Heights was very nice. It reminded me of a nice hotel. The people were very friendly and very kind. The residents there were very nice, too. I like it. It was a nice location, and the whole building was beautiful and new-looking. They had more care than we wanted. They serve three meals a day in their cafeteria, which is wonderful if you don't want to cook. It is a little more expensive than what we want, so we have to figure out how to come up with more money. The units were nicely renovated. I like the friendliness and the professionalism of the people who work there. They followed up, and they quoted the price, but it's kind of out of our price range. I wish they didn't have so much service there. My brother could have lived there if they didn't have three meals a day in the cafeteria. I don't think he can eat that much anyway. The staff was friendly. They greeted you with pleasant enthusiasm. I admired them immediately. The layout was very nice. They had outdoor areas where you could sit in the garden. They had a library setting, too. I also like the layout. You can go out of your room, and there are a lot of areas in the lobby where you can just sit and watch the people go by. They have a nice parking lot. It reminded me of a fine hotel."

"It is a lovely facility. We've been there for lunch, thinking that we were going to go stay for several days. The food was OK. I was interested in a 2-bedroom apartment. I wouldn't call it spacious, but it appeared to be very nice and clean. Each bedroom has a nice-sized closet. We would just have to have a microwave, and that's about it. Or I would go down to three meals a day, and I don't know if that is going to make me happy or not. I thought it was very nice. We were invited two weeks ago. Then, after that, we were invited to a big party that they gave for Father's Day, which was lovely. It was really nice. "