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1400 Montego, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
4.0
(41 reviews)
"Interestingly enough, the tour was given to me by the guy who's the head of maintenance at Atria. He was absolutely delightful. He knew every resident by name, he knew which room they were in. A couple of them came up to him and said they needed the light bulb replaced and he said it's already been done. He was on his radio immediately to people. He, alone, impressed me very, very much. He reviewed all the activities. I talked to him about emergency planning. That's my area of expertise and he showed me their emergency plan. He talked about his emergency plan and he just lit up when he discussed it which was very impressive. One thing that I know is it's a very sensitive area. I asked him about language because a good number of people in healthcare come from other countries and it's very difficult for elderly people to understand them. I'd worked in hospitals for 40 years and he said they are absolutely forbidden to speak a foreign language in front of the client which I thought was very interesting. If they want to talk in whatever language while they're on breaks, fine but I do know that elderly people don't understand because they can't hear normal people or normal accents or lack of accents. He alone sold the place, he was just magnificent. The room was small but at that point they had a sale going on. It was a one-third off of the rent for perpetuity plus there was a waiver on the administrative fee. Unfortunately, we weren't able to take advantage of it but I thought that was really interesting. He was the only staff member I met but if any of them are half his kind and gracious as he, then it must be a wonderful place. He was amazing. I can't sing his praises enough. One thing that people may be interested in is they have a flexible eating schedule. It's not that we sit down at 3:30 and we sit down at 5:00. You go in when you want to. It's a very nice feature. You can order what they have or order off the menu or whatever but it's a flexible eating time that would have appealed to my mother had she got along with the program. I would have loved to have my mother there but that was not to be. "
$8,795
