Desert View Senior Living

I chose Desert View Senior Living for my brother. It's wonderful, they're taking really good care of him, they go out of their way to communicate, and he's happy. We're happy, and it's a very nice place. It's a huge place, and it's designed almost like a hotel. They have everything from game rooms, to a nice dining room, to a library, and a music room. They had a little corona cafe, because when they go in, they have to be in quarantine for the first seven days. They've never had a case of COVID, and so during those seven days if you have to see your loved one or they really have to see you, you're taken to this little room that looks like a 50's cafe. They do trips on their buses, they do games every day, and they have an off menu. If they don't like what's being served that night, they can order any kind of fast food they want. They have a Denny's breakfast with no menu, you just order whatever you want, and they'll make whatever you want. It's just a really cool place.

The food we had at Desert View Senior Living was very good. The staff was wonderful. The apartments were beautiful and very roomy. The dining area was really nice. All the residents were telling my mom, "We hope you live here." They give a discount to veterans, and they accept pets. They have big and little one-bedroom options, and it's very reasonably priced. The nurse and the hairdresser lady were very nice. It's a beautiful facility.

So far, Desert View is OK. Activities scheduled are posted in the elevator, by the cafeteria and the front office. My mother's room is clean. The staff members are professional and friendly. There are lots of amenities, they have outside patio furniture, and the food is pretty good, too. It is a very clean and comfortable place.

I visited Desert View Senior Living. There was nobody there to greet me because even though there was an appointment made, they never knew I was coming. They showed me the area he would be staying in, and I was not impressed. The layout was fine. The staff was very helpful, but I was not impressed with the facility he would be staying in.

Desert View Senior Living has recently been taken over under new management and its conditions are better than they were apparently. I didn't have the opportunity to see how it was prior to the new management. There were a few reasons I chose it. I could tell the residents seemed happy, and the staffing is very capable, helpful, caring, and kind. In general, they have a high level of capacity for different levels of care and they have a coordinated kind of all-in-one package where they have a visiting physician. They also have transportation available and all the other usual amenities. They're also contracted with another entity who comes in to do memory care and physical therapy. I liked that. Everything was clean and organized. They have a great restaurant dining area. They try to keep everybody busy with activities and birthday parties once a month, and there's live music a couple of times a week up there in the TV room. It just seemed like an all-around nice facility, plus it's very close to my home here in Las Vegas, which is about seven minutes away. It's really good. I finally got my mom in there on Friday night. We put her in there for one night a few weeks ago and then she fell in the morning so I took her to the hospital to make sure everything was OK. She cut her head on the closet, but she's alright. She went through some pretty intensive rehab for two weeks in another wing in another area of Mountain View Hospital, which is also very close to Desert View Assisted Living. It is down the street basically, which is convenient. Everything is very close. I feel comfortable that I'm close by and my wife works in a building that's close. Everybody says the food is good. The staff is very kind, very helpful, very compassionate, and organized. They have things like Bingo and word games. It looks like a relatively full calendar. They even offer trip services. I got a good price out of it and it turns out my neighbor had just recently put his mom in the same facility. I really trust his judgment and that makes me more comfortable as well.

Desert View Senior Living was near where we live now and near our doctor and everybody we know. It's going under new management and they're redoing it. The rooms were very nice and they're going to clean up everything and put in new carpets. The lady was very nice, very knowledgeable, took us all over, and showed us the dining room, which was clean and looked very good.

I didn’t get to see any of the rooms at Willow Creek at Buffalo, but I did get to see a lot of the facilities and met a lot of the staff. Everyone was very courteous and very friendly, and everything was good. They even had the residents tell me how much they liked the place.