Vista Gardens

This is a wonderful facility, dedicated solely to memory care patients. It is clean, beautifully decorated & has a warm feeling to it. You will never feel this is a place that "warehouses" residents. There are many rooms w/different activities & small groups in attendance, all getting attention from caregivers. There is no sense of the large number of residents, but instead a feeling of small cozy groupings. Everyone is cheerful & the residents are catered to, cared for & in a safe, secure environment. The rooms are bright, airy, newly painted, with ample room for each resident's belongings. Bathrooms are clean & sanitary. The caregivers are always some of the most important people in the life of a resident. Vista Gardens employs people who are warm, friendly & caring. They also extensively train employees in how to work with dementia & Alzheimer patients I never thought we'd find a place as nice as Vista Gardens, and the rent is not out of reach and a bargain in comparison to other facilities with a lot less to offer. I sleep a lot easier, knowing Mom is a resident @ Vista Gardens. I have developed relationships with many of the caregivers & other employees, who never seem to mind my calls & answer any questions or concerns right away. I highly recommend Vista Gardens.

I just love the cleanliness of the facility and how everyone is very friendly. Salome was always respectful always made me feel dad was well tooking care of, he has since passed but ever so grateful to everyone who made his life a bit more at ease. I would defitnately recommend Vista Gardens to my family and friends.

Some of the activities they try to bring in family and include them, which is. The staff is very friendly. They know the resident's name and try to include everyone. Something that could be better is communication.

I'm a nurse and I've been to many memory care communities, I thought I had seen every version of memory care... Then I went to Vista Gardens. This is by far the best I've ever seen. The community is beautiful and offers every amenity you could ask for. However, it is the care for the residents that I was so impressed with. The staff at Vista Gardens cares for their residents as if they were their own family. The respect the staff gives to the residents was something I haven't seen in memory care. If my mother were to need memory care, I wouldn't look anywhere else. The compassion the staff has for not only their residents but also the families of the residents brought tears to my eyes.

We are very happy with this decision! One area that could use some improvement would be the communication within the staff, as well as with third party contractors, such as physical therapists, etc. The communication is happening, but I wouldn't say that it is as effective as it could be. Also, another area of improvement could be their activities for men. The activites seem to be geared more towards the women, and the men could use more socialization within their own group. However, what we did like was that there were enough male residents. Also, the value is great! The management staff is good, and we met with one of the owners prior to making our decision. The ownership is very hands on and involved in all aspects of the facility. The parking can be challenging when it's busy, but there's enough for the size of the facility. I also think the food is good. I personally think there could be a bit more variety, but it seems to be well-prepared and well-balanced. In my opinion, they have little things to fix, but they are working on making themselves better, being that they are a newer facility. Based on my research, they are a real gem in North County. They may not be as well known as some of the others, but we are so happy with our choice!

Not ready for this level of care yet. Too far away and too expensive.

My uncle lives here and i just recently visited him for christmas. This is a very nice place. Everything is pretty new and the staff are plentiful and very kind. Everyone seemed to be having a great time. There are a lot of activities for him to do. We helped decorate the tree in the lobby and then watched a movie together. They have a nice garden outside with a putting green which was cool. hope this helps.

My husband is there and I think it's a good value. The care can be improved. I feel that there are not enough caretakers for the number of people. I don't know how many residents per caretaker but that's something that I have to look into. I believe they're in the process of hiring. They do have a very nice activities for residents. After breakfast until lunch they'll either have a song session or a question and answer session or something else to stimulate their minds. That's usually for about 3 hours and sometimes they fall asleep, others are interested but they ask them to remain there. After lunch they have movies. Other days they'll have a Church service, sometimes they'll have an exercise program. Last week they had a salute to the veterans and a lovely barbeque after that. They have lovely grounds. There's a vegetable garden and a little putting green - a very lovely area where you can walk with your family. Also, my husband is diabetic and they are able to do insulin injections.

It's a real upscale place. Dad isn't happy there but we're hoping that he'll eventually settle in. They only take 100 people and it's all memory care.

Great place and my loved one are very happy here. In these communities you need to feel very welcome and from what I have seem Vista Gardens is very welcoming and they bend over backwards to accommodate. If you think there is something that shouldn't be they will correct it if needed. The resident seems very happy here. The community is very new only about 1 1/2 years old. They seem like it was built very thoughtfully because the sun just streams into the community very nicely.