Carson Valley Senior Living

I have never written a review before but after talking with a friend that moved their mom into Carson Valley Senior Living ( I might also add that I referred her to Carson Valley Senior Living while my mom was there) she told me how well her mom is doing and that she and her family were so pleased with how active and happy mom is living there. She shared with me that she went into Google to look up Carson valley's web site as she was told they had the activity calendar posted. When connecting through Google she saw a couple reviews. One from the Google site and another from Yelp. After reading the yelp review I was appalled at what the person had said and that alone made me decide to write a review. As I stated above I referred this friend to Carson Valley Senior Living because my mother was there and at that time she had lived there for over 2 years. My mother resided at Carson Valley Senior Living for nearly 4 years. She was very resistant when our family decided this would be best for mom at this time in her life as we could not always be there at her home for her when she needed us. We needed to make sure she was safe and maybe even have social interaction. Mom was very social in her younger years especially while dad was living but as the years passed since dad's death she became more reclusive and very forgetful ( two small kitchen fires within just a few months of each other ) and very dependent upon the family. So after doing a lot of leg work visiting all the communities in the Carson Valley we felt Carson Valley Senior Living was the best for our mom. This was a family decision not just mind and I have 5 siblings that had to agree. So we moved mom in and she was as I said resistant and stand offish for maybe 1 day then she met another resident that she knew from church but had not seen for several years as she had quit going to church. They immediately hit it off and mom became her table mate at meals also. Next thing we knew mom was doing exercises / bingo and she loved the bean bag baseball. Mom was happier than we had seen her in a very long time and her daily calls to us slowly stopped unless she was not feeling well and she wanted us to know. After the first year and a half mom's dementia really started progressing and she began wondering in and out of other residents rooms. this continued for about another 6months and then she began walking out the front door saying she was going home and that she did not live there when she was reminded by staff that she lives here. It was apparent that for her safety she now needed memory care and her doctor agreed after a lot of testing. Mom was then transferred into the memory care section of the community. Although it was hard to see this happen to her we felt comfortable knowing she was safe. Within a couple days mom did not even remember her other apartment. Mom was social and active in everything and anything they did for activities in memory care. For the next two years mom lived in the memory care and was so well cared for by the staff in memory care. The memory care section is much smaller and more staff per residents than in assisted living. Smaller and more intimate. Mom's last year was hard because she started to decline rapidly and the last two months were on hospice. Mom was never bed ridden until the final two days before she passed. We visited often and because of our schedule all different times of the day or evening. We were always pleased with the staff and how the residents, especially our mother was treated and cared for. There was a special bond between the staff and my mother as well as the other residents and you could see it and feel it when you walked in. The last two days were very difficult for our family to see mom near death and the progression of the body when the body is shutting down. The staff and the hospice nurses were absolutely the best. They took such gentle and respectful care of mom. When mom passed and we were notified the staff cleaned mom up and had her dressed in her favorite dress. It was hard seeing her but our family all agreed we had made the right choice for mom. I could never fully express what the care and kindness Carson Valley Senior Living showed to my mother. I have now referred 4 other families to Carson Valley Senior Living and will continue to do so. Leslie

My mother has lived at this facility for a few years now, and the staff and especially the Director Patrick, have always been very caring towards my mother's needs, since she has quite a few health issues. The staff works hard to keep her comfortable and taken care of. It's a nice place, fairly new, and very inviting when you walk in. The rooms are very nice and kept up. Overall a good place for your family member to live and compared to other facilities in the region, they keep their costs down as much as possible, depending on the person's needs and assistance level.

Warm, inviting community. Patrick and his entire team truly make Carson Valley feel like home.