Vista Shores

Vista Shores was very expensive, but it was beautiful. They had assisted living and memory care. The staff was very friendly, warm, and caring. The dining area was beautiful and very clean. The rooms were very nice, and with very nice furniture. They had music, which I was most interested in. The atmosphere was wonderful, and it's in a residential area. You can pick up your family member if you want to take them out. There's a van that would bring them to wherever they needed to go.

I placed my husband in the memory care of Vista Shores. It really has a home atmosphere, and the staff is really caring. It's beautiful, it's right on the water, you can see the water from the room, and it has beautifully landscaped lawns and places to sit outside. The building itself has a lot of light. They have an entire calendar of activities, but in the memory care unit they have a pretty regimented system to keep them socialized and out of their rooms. They have exercises, coloring, and they bring in therapy dogs a couple of times a week. We were there the day they had snow cones, the truck comes, and they can choose their own flavors for their ice. They have music available, they have a nice dining room with small tables setup rather than long tables for lots of people. They sit four or five people to a table, and they have a comfortable TV room with couches. They said there's plenty of staff members in the memory care unit, and that made me feel comfortable.

Vista Shores is nice, newer, and larger than the other places I visited. I would rate the campus better than most of the others.

My visit with Vista Shores was good. One of the things we liked was that you could eat whenever you wanted in the dining area and did not have to come down at a certain time. They were more flexible with the eating schedule. The facility was very comparable to the other one I visited. The staff was good. They had a lesser level of nursing care; one of the questions we asked was if they had anybody who could drain a catheter bag for someone, and they said they didn't have anyone who would do that. They had an activities room and activities schedule with exercise classes and social activities that you could participate in.

My mom moved to Vista Shores, and it fits the best for our needs. They have different activities like bingo, movies, and happy hours. Their amenities are top-notch.

I visited Vista Shores Assisted Living. It's very nice and clean. For me, it's a top of the line facility. The rooms were very nice, spacious and clean too. They had all kinds of games for the residents to play. I really like the facility, but the problem is we can't afford it.

We looked at a couple of facilities and Vista Shores was a lot nicer. It seems to have more activities. It was more like a hotel setting, and not like the other places we saw that just looked like dreary hospitals, and my mother is still very active. She just has dementia, so she wanted to be around people. She wanted to have activities and this place met her needs. The staff is wonderful. They are very friendly, very helpful, and very upbeat whenever we are there. The food is wonderful, it's restaurant style meals. They have a chef from a hotel restaurant that is very popular in New Orleans. He cooks restaurant style meals everyday with a beautiful presentation. They can even come from 7am to 7 in the evening. They have one meal a day, which is lunch, and that would be something special. I tasted it myself, and it was fabulous. They have really good meals, lots of fish, and it is presented in a very appealing way. It looks nice, and not like a cafeteria. Her room is beautiful and spotlessly clean. They do housekeeping and laundry once a week. They decorated it the way that she wanted, it is very roomy, and it is just very nice. It looks like a hotel in the hallways. And, there is a dementia care on the third floor that she could move into if she gets worse, so she would not have to leave that facility.

I have already selected a place. Mother has been at Vista Shores for about 3 months. I chose it because of location. They have happy hour, movies, bridge, bingo, entertainment. The food is very good. The staff is very knowledgeable. I think they're all great. They all do a very good job. She's doing fine.