5 Best Independent Living Communities in Palmetto, CA

This facility has been pretty adequate. The staff are very friendly. Housekeeping is provided and is pretty thorough, they keep my loved one's room pretty clean. Communication with the family is good. Overall, they're doing their best. One thing I would mention is that I feel like my loved one doesn't get enough activity to keep him busy. They used to take him over to the Assisted Living side to participate in activities, but they haven't been doing that lately. I'm a little bit disappointed with that. I don't have anything to compare to, so I'm not sure if I would recommend this facility to family and friends.

Living at Pacifica Senior Living has been very satisfying for me. I enjoy all of the residents that live here and the staff. All of the staff are very kind and attentive. They really are sincere when speaking with me and you can tell they really care about their residents. They take excellent care of me at Pacifica!

At Atria Paradise, we’ve found a place for mom AND dad. Mom has dementia and is in memory care, Dad is supposed to be in assisted living, but the staff at Atria has allowed my Dad to sleep with my Mom in memory care. The staff is easy to communicate with and they answer all of your questions. They act quickly; they don’t let time go by. They’re very prompt at getting back to us if Dad needs a cane or a walker, or if he or Mom tripped and fell but weren’t hurt. The food is great, not too salty, and very nutritious. There’s quite a variety to choose from. On the assisted living side of the facility, they have a main menu to choose from but they have alternate options as well for those with dietary restrictions. On the memory care side, they don’t have alternate options but you can always tell them if your loved one has special needs. However, they don’t allow pureed food. I don’t have any doubts about the way they keep things clean; it’s always really nice in the community. They have fun activities like circle time where they’ll have everyone sit in a circle and do physical exercises; there’s a man that comes in who leads a group with cards and gives them hints as to who is on the card and the group has to guess. They even encourage my dad to sing – when we first walked into the lobby of the facility, my dad had remembered he was in a choral group that had sung there before and he remembered it being a nice place. It was like a sign to me. Atria was the last place on our list of places to tour and it just happened to be THE place. If there’s one thing that I could suggest, it would be really great if they had something for the family in charge of paying the bills that wasn’t just a packet of paperwork – I would’ve liked to have a schedule for laundry, what sort of toiletries they need in the memory care unit (because they only want specific brands), etc. Otherwise, I definitely recommend them.