Memory Care Communities in Poway, CA

"House in gated community in beautiful neighborhood. Spacious rooms and lovely backyard. Staff works hard to customize food to residents taste. Food is homemade and healthy. Staff is amazing, very caring. Able to visit family anytime."

"I like that Oakmont of Escondido Hills had wide open spaces. They had a lot of interactive programs going on with large groups. And it's well planned and managed."

"It was a very nice place. It was very clean, very friendly, and had lots of activities. They were excellent. I didn't see any that I thought were not good, all seemed really good. The staff members were very good. The rooms were very nice, newly painted, and everything was great. The outdoor was beautiful. I talked to some people that were staying there and they enjoyed and liked it."

"We chose Splendor Valley for my mother. They'll do anything she wants to do. They take really good care of her. I've gone to see her several times, and I've been very happy with it. This is a small house with, I think, 6 people. And they have caretakers and the owners, Mark and Marissa, live on-site. So, there's always a lot of people around. They get her dressed and she goes and sits in the family room combination kitchen. She always gets to watch people, which is what she likes. Other people have families come and go, and she just gets to see everything. They get her up, they help her shower and get dressed. They give her her meals and her medication. They do everything for her. The place is very, very nice. They have a gazebo where she can go outside. And if she has guests, you can sit outside with her. I looked at a lot of places, and this is by far the nicest. She just has a small room. It does have a door that she can open out to the gazebo, which is very nice. She has her La-Z-Boy chair and her hospital bed. She has her large TV, but she likes to go watch TV out in the family room. There's another lady that sits out there and watches TV with her."

"Westmont of Carmel Valley is a place that I would want to retire to. It is beautiful. It looks very open. It had a lot of beautiful outdoor space. I wanted to sit down and go knit with some of the women who were there. The different places to eat at looked lovely and open. It's a beautiful place where you could just retire and spend your days. It feels more kind of a resort. I liked their bar/bistro area where you could just sit for the day with a drink or a snack. It was big and bright. The downside was the price, because you have to pay for that beauty, and it's definitely on the high end, but if you had the money, that would be a wonderful place for you to go."

"I thought Redwood Terrace was amazing. I liked their core values, and I thought it was just great. They had something like cocktails and conversation and it was like they had some snacks, beverages, cocktails, and mocktails and whatnot. The coordinator was the one who assisted me with the tour. She was talking to so many people and she just took the time for everybody. She was pretty thorough and quick, but she took the time to show us an available unit. The apartments were like cute little bungalows, and that's what they called it. They had a courtyard and they offered haircuts and manicures once a month. Their core value was that when you buy into a bungalow or a unit, they had some kind of fund that if you outlived your money, you would not get kicked to the curb. I was amazed by that. It was reasonably priced, but then everybody would pay into that fund. They called it the Benevolent Fund. They had some hors d'oeuvres and cocktails when we were there, and my dad tried the cocktails."

"I toured Westmont of Escondido. They were pretty much all-inclusive as far as my needs were. I liked all their facilities. It was well taken care of. The man I spoke with mentioned that a lot of the staff have been there for a long time, and that's good, too."

"I toured. I liked the facility and the environment was very pleasant. I liked the staff. They are friendly. We met a lady who had lived there for ten years, and it's good to hear from the residents there. We got a really good tour and Shaun was really good. He was very helpful and answered a lot of questions. I like the amenities they offer. The environment looks clean and sociable. They have a salon, a game room, and an exercise room. They have a movie theater room and a lounge where the residents can listen to music. They have a baby grand. They have an area where you can have coffee and a cafe. I didn't see a courtyard, but in the front of the facility there is a covered patio and I'm sure they come out there. They have quite a few outings planned within the month. It's a nice place. It is small and limited in terms of respite care. They do not offer a trial. My mother could have stayed there for maybe a weekend to see how it feels and how she likes it, but they don't have that set up."

"I toured Lantern Crest Senior Living. They seem to know the residents, and they have a lot of different activities. Their fee is inclusive. The staff seemed to be attentive to the residents. It's a beautiful campus, but it's big. It might have been overwhelming to my dad, although I liked the place a lot."

"I toured Las Villas Del Norte's assisted living, and I thought it was a nice facility. We went out to a huge courtyard, which had two gazebos and a swimming pool. I was kind of drawn back that they had a pool. The place is a little larger, probably the largest of the three facilities I looked at. For the activities, they had a weekly schedule that they posted on the patient's door. The place is kind of big for my brother in a wheelchair, but they said they have people who will help him get around. The person who gave the tour kind of just kick backs, no sales pressure, and was extremely personable. I showed up an hour early because they were done with another tour, and it was only 0.2 miles. He said he was finishing up on the phone call, and then they took me early so I could get the tour done and get back home, so I thought that was nice. I checked the dining area, but it was after mealtime, so I didn't have a chance to eat. They said we could come and sample their food, though. We just have to make another appointment to do that. The room was one of the nicest layouts because it had an apartment-sized refrigerator underneath the counter, and then it had a sink next to it, so there was enough room to put a microwave or a toaster oven. Out of the three places I visited, this one had the nicest layout. The facility was extremely clean. It had what looked like new vinyl flooring, so it didn't have any carpet or anything. They had everything. They even had a chapel that did Catholic and non-denominational services. You could sit in there, and there was an electric organ. It looked like a nice amenity that I didn't see at the other places I looked at. The other places had services, but they were usually in the dining room area."

"We toured Gardens at Escondido. It's a wonderful place. I would highly recommend it. I like it a lot. It's like a well kept cul-de-sac place. The hallway was like a hotel, the hallways, the library, and all these different places that people could go in, and the people there were just very friendly. They enjoy being there. The staff was very wonderful and all the staff that we talked to went out of their way to be friendly, asked if we needed anything if we had any questions, and showed us several different areas like a one-bedroom or even a two-bedroom unit, that kind of thing. It was just impressive. The memory care, they took us through there. It's really nice to have an outdoor place that's safe for them to go out even though it's on the third floor. They have trees and stuff like that where people could go out and enjoy being outdoors but being safe outdoors, which I liked. The freshly baked cookies were good. We enjoyed those."

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"I chose Vi at La Jolla Village. It's total care to the end and I won't have to move. I want to get one spot and stay there till I die. It's independent living but it goes into assisted living in the same facility, same building, and same room. You don't have to move up each place. It's considered a CCRC, which is complete care. There wasn't anything that I disliked about the view from the very first time I entered the building. I fell in love with it. It was refurbished. Everything's new, everything's clean, and everything is eye-appealing. All of their activities are amazing. The staff was amazing. I had lunch there, and the food was superior. They have a gym. They have a pool inside. They have yoga classes, a library, and a movie theater."

"We went to Belmont Village Cardiff by the Sea. We were very impressed. We made an appointment for the tour and the gal that took us around was excellent. There are no separate areas. If you go into your independent care and then you find that you're going to need memory care, you stay right in there and they bring the memory care people to you. You can get a studio or one-bedroom, or you can even get a two-bedroom. They had a gorgeous swimming pool. The staff sat with us first and went over things, and then she gave us a booklet to bring home to look at more, so she was wonderful."