Highgate Senior Living Yakima, WA

I love Highgate. They always smile and are eager to help and fix any problems that my mother has.

Highgate Senior Living was very modern and big. The staff was excellent and very friendly. The residents had a little garden with the plants and they were cleaning them up and they were happy even.

My parents have lived at Highgate for about 6 months. They have been treated with respect and compassion. Activities and food services are first rate.

I have a friend that lives in Highgate, and she has been there about four or five years. I was responsible to help her get settled in there. I did not choose that one for my father for several reasons. One was because it is large. They have two levels, with private little apartments, but you almost had to be on your own and able to do things for yourself, and my father really wasn't at that spot. He would have gone to the memory care unit, which was downstairs. I've never gone in there, and I don't think he would be happy around those people. I didn't feel that it was the right place. My friend's room had a bathroom, a little living room, and a curtain that you could pull over the bedroom area and have it separated, which was perfect for her. She has adjusted well. She doesn't use the shower in her room, so they let her have spas instead, and they do charge a little bit for it. They are well organized. They've got good staff. I've seen them take care of people. They got a good medical staff. There was really nothing about it that I didn't like. It's just that it was not the place for my father. I didn't feel he would be comfortable there.