Cogir Senior Living

Like Northgate, I'm impressed with their approach, and director is terrific. The corridors seem too narrow and short, making it feel a bit claustrophobic.

known for comfort & value. Owned by Holiday Retirement. Park-like setting-homey-comfortable-birds. Apartments are well-designed. Independent Only. In home health care offered (extra cost i'm sure.)1/4 hr. nursing vs. 4 hr. minimum. really liked Director's caring way!! Community managers are on site 24 hrs. Works closely with VA Aid & Assistance--will defer rent while in process with the VA. studio has alcove for bed. all inclusive except phone

This is the place we visited with mother several years ago. She does like it. Can she afford it?

This is the family's second choice. However, Uncle would prefer to be closer to San Francisco.

Was very excited with the facility, but geographically too far away to be practical.

Was an inviting,warm,caring place. Very positive.

Also nice & friendly.

Visited this facility and were moderately pleased. The assisted living wing was very nice. However, the memmory care wing felt very "clinical" and the rooms uninviting.

Contacted them & have talk to Mom about a 1 day visit. She will not agree to a staycation yet but baby steps. We will get there.

Cogir is a very clean retirement village that appears to good care of their residents. My aunt, whose in her 90s, enjoys being there, takes part in many activities, and has made several friends. She also very much enjoys the location. She would recommend Cogir to someone else that's looking for a place. My main issue with Cogir is that they appear to be continually short on staff. Some repairs to the building take a long time - courtyard fountain hasn't worked all summer and garage door to parking facility hasn't worked correctly for many months.

Our family was looking at several places for our aunt as she needs fairly extensive care. We really enjoyed the tour and facility but feel might have lacked needs for our family at this time.

They are not very good about being clear on the services like what he is getting/what is is not getting etc. There are just little things like that they could improve on communication wise, we have had to reach out multiple times and ask the questions rather than it all being laid out for us. I think they could do a better job of helping the families and the new residents get adjusted. The facility is very nice and clean and they have a lot of great activities provided for the residents, but I do think they could do a better job of encouraging them to join in. They have a family app where you can see what activities your loved one is participating in which is nice. The staff are all very friendly and I know that they have their hands full.

I think Cogir of Vallejo Hills is a decent place. You'll definitely need to be your patients advocate. I had to babysit my moms stay, which is what I thought I was paying them for. Because of that, I didn't have a 100% peace of mind. My understanding is - she was there for respite stay for 14 days vs long-term. When I talked to the business manager, they let me know that the level of care can differ when in respite. She needed very simple things, for example: she had a strict diet due to some gastrointestinal issues and needed help putting lotion on. She was very limited on what she could eat from the dining area; so she ended up eating the same meal for the two weeks she was there. I was led to believe that the chef could work with her and with residents like her, but it seems like that was only the case for long-term residents. On day one when I was already out of town, they had to call 911 to transport her to the ER. They called me because they needed direction on what to do, although it was spelled out on her record. Upon leaving the hospital, the ER called me asking how should they discharge her back to the community. There was no ownership on behalf of Cogir to get her back to the community. Plan B would've been to transport her via ambulance with my okay, but thankfully I had a neighbor who was available to take her back. Cogir never followed up with me to let me know she was settled or had made it back. It was a lot of following up on my end, which was kind of unsettling. The facility was well-maintained, but there was not a lot of follow up after her visit to ask how her stay was. And for the cost I paid, I did expect some level of that. They have gone through some managerial changes, so their level of ownership may have been deluded because of all the organization changes. The location of the community was very ideal for me, and the everyday staff themselves were very attentive and they made her feel welcomed. I just had a concern with the business management staff, and their overall ownership. There was such high turnover and I'm unsure if that's a good or bad thing.

They could work better on their communication

Love the caregivers. The care has been rather good and consistent. The dining is problematic because we are vegetarians. 1/4 of the meals are vegetarian. The care of the staff is adequate and the facilities are adequate as well. They offer a variety of activities including someone playing music, exercising, media program, poker, puzzles, movies, etc.

Based on our tour, Lake Shore Commons seemed okay. But the facility was a little older, and overall they just didn't click for us.

Based on our tour, The Stratford seemed okay. But the facility was a little older, and overall they just didn't click for us.

We had a good tour experience at The Stratford. The facility was older, but the apartments were still nice. They just didn’t provide the kitchen facilities that my mother would have wanted in her apartment.

This community was okay but too far from where I was located and I was not too impressed with the tour guide either. Property was nice just did not give me that feeling.