Bayshire Torrey Pines

Our experience with Emeritus at Carmel Valley has been a very good one. The staff here is friendly and professional, and they really helped me get everything arranged and set up for my loved one. The sales/marketing person I worked with really was a huge help. The facility itself is clean and well kept, and they do an excellent job looking after the residents. I highly recommend the place based on my experience so far.

The biggest thing is it's location; it's very close to my house. It's easy to find the right people to talk to there; they aren't hard to find. Communication is really good with the staff. It seems to be run very well. The people who run it are very caring people. It's going well. Since she is a recluse, she doesn't like to do activities, but they have alot going on; such as music, bible studies, story telling. Activities are going on constantly. They encourage her, and she's gone to some, which is very good, since she doesn't like to participate. We're really happy so far.

Wonderful Community. Nothing in life is perfect, there are things that could be a little better. The things that matter are very well taken care of. I have had many experiences at many communites. This is the best by far.

They have wonderful grounds. The people are friendly, but we were in the nursing home end of it, so it was a little different environment than what a normal assisted living community is like. The physical therapy services were fantastic.

We're not entirely thrilled with Emeritus at Carmel Valley. There wasn't enough staff is the dining room. What happened, I think, is a bunch of people moved in and they didn't have the staff to cover it. It's gotten better in the last week or so but once two people from the dining room called in sick and my parents had to wait and hour and a half to get there food. Another time, I happened to be visiting and it took a caretaker over 30 minutes to come when they were called and then she said she was washing clothes. I asked her, isn't responding to a call more important? It just seems to me that they're kind of short staffed. It might be a problem that can be alleviated. My parents have a two bedroom apartment and it's very stressful because my dad has Alzheimer's so my mom is anxious that he's going to get up and fall so we're considering moving him but I have to say they're very nice over there.

We went and saw this one. On the surface it looked pretty good but that was a fair way away from here and the week I put my wife in there, there was a report on it on the television. It wasn't a very good report. Of course it's a big conglomerate across the United States so some of them are bound to be not quite as good as the others.

I can give them a 5 for cleanliness and friendliness without a second thought! I am cheap so I would always like things to be free so for the value, I'm going to say they did a great evaluation and they're great, but I'm cheap. My aunt just got there. She is somewhat paralyzed so she really can't enjoy the activities as much as I wish she could. I chose the community because it offered all ranges of care. The place is extremely clean and well designed. The food is very good with many, many choices at each sitting. The director was very nice. They do the medical evaluation very quickly - just the physical evaluation needed a little bit more. We want a wheelchair saddle so my aunt doesn't slip out of her chair and a floor mat in case she slips out of bed. She only arrived last Tuesday night so to be honest, they are doing very, very good.

Very nice place. Lovely apt available, but we are not ready to move.

Went there, and director was very accomodating... looked at both one and two bedrooms, and the facilities in general. Nice place, well taken care of and residents seemed happy.