Oakmont Management Group

The nursing staff and all those people are really very great. I do have some issues with the administration however as they have a tendency to make promises that they don't keep. That is one area for improvement. Another would be to make sure that the residents are able to make it to all the activities. Overall it is a pretty nice place. The food is pretty decent also.

I did not like the apartments. They did not build the apartments to what would be necessary for her care. It was very, very expensive. I couldn't even get a price for the care that she would need. Unfortunately, it was not what I felt was appropriate.

I really like the people there at Sunrise of Seal Beach a lot, but there have been some communication issues with the sales and marketing staff. I feel that there were some misrepresentations made about the cost that we would expect. We were doing this with limited finances and with help from insurance, and the sort of help we were able to get was not accurately portrayed to us. Fortunately, when I voiced these concerns they resolved it, but I told them I would not speak with the marketing director again as I felt that she was not forthright and less than honest.

I like the people; they are very friendly. It is quite attractive. It is smaller than other places we've seen. This means there are less activities and business, which is better for my dad. The location works well because it is fifteen minutes from my front door. My father appears clean. They remind him when meals are being served. His place looks cared for and clean. The common areas are very neat and clean. I would recommend the place, though it hasn't been long enough yet for me to feel that I can completely evaluate it.

I like Casa Sandoval ok. The caregivers are very nice. Staff is friendly, and facility is pretty clean for the most part. My mom is on the second floor, and it could smell a little fresher in my option. Also the elevators could be a little cleaner and smell fresher as well. The food is really good though.

Nice facility. Outdoor patio was a little smaller than I was looking for. They have a park for the residents to walk in across the parking lot. Problem is, someone always has to go with them because it is not secure and they can't go on their own.

The place was small compared to other institutions, no outside grounds for folks to walk or swim. The lunch menu was limited but the vegetables were fresh. There were no activities in progress to witness. They charge by the service individually and do not provide furnished respite units. Their staff is trained through 'Sunrise University' for 40 hours. It's questionable whether there are certified staff on board. Underground parking was very limited. Lastly, they are closer to Pacific Beach than La Jolla.

You know how everything is an extra charge for care in a lot of these places? They seemed to have a lot of that on top of the extra stuff my mom was going to need. By the time I was all done with it, the place I chose was a little more expensive but it was all inclusive so I didn't feel like I was being nickeled and dimed. Sunrise was a very nice community.

It was clean but I did not like that most of the residents leave their doors open and the TVs are very loud. Very Distracting!!!

This situation really didn't end up working out for my loved one. They are very clean, and some of the staff are very nice - some are not so nice. However, my loved one ended up not getting the care they needed. They charge for everything here, and are not good at returning phone calls. The food is excellent and the area is nice, but things did not work out here.

My parents stayed here two months, just out of their home. We were very impressed with the beautiful building and grounds, the cleanliness, and the spaciousness of the one bedroom apartment. Everyone was friendly and helpful. The problem we had was with their operational model. They have all the caregivers multitasking. They not only personally care for residents, but they do housekeeping, serve meals, do activities, and work the front desk. They often seemed to be short-staffed and there was a lot of turnover in caregivers. It is a pricey community with a difficult bill to read and understand. It's hard to blame the staff; I believe they were all doing their best under the circumstances. My parents are now in another facility and see a positive difference; more organized, better food and more quality activities.

Beautiful decor. Very noisy lobby with high ceiling & tile floors. Activity areas too small. Theatre great. Studios very small - look like a hotel room. Pricey!

This place was way too small and the atmosphere didn't feel as busy. My father had dementia but he is still ambulatory and this building was too small and had a sleepier atmosphere.

Vintage is a lovely place, great food and nice caregivers. But, I put my husband in dementia floor, "Recollections". Sales team told me he be looked in on every 15 min at night as he gets up a lot and has balance and hallucination problems. This didn't happen--2 people can't watch 22 residents and check that often. Also, they said he would have a mat by his bed to inform them if he got up--that didn't happen. They were not always doing the activity on the schedule--the stimulation we wanted him to have. While it's a nice environment, I realized that my husband needs more one on one care than they could provide. It just wasn't a match for him. We moved him home after one month. They were more than fair with the moving-out settlement and they were improving on some of my complaints.

We looked at this place but we didn't like it as much as another one. I think the residents are more older and need more help here. I knew my mother-in-law would be more comfortable in a place that had people who were a little more active.

This place seemed nice as well. I would say they're more profit based. They are bigger and probably spent the least amount of time with me. Of course, by then I had already seen so many places that I kind of knew what to ask.

We looked at a couple of places and we did not like that one either. If my mom needed a different kind of care eventually we would have to move her again to a different building. For assisted living they have two floors and once you go off that you have to go to a different floor. If I'd had to move her she would had to learn everything all over again. Where she's at now she doesn't' have that problem.

I wasn't too impressed. The building is nice. It has a real homey atmosphere to it. I was only there for a tour but I got a chance to kind of observe some of the staff and I wasn't impressed with what I saw. They didn't seem very happy to be there. It was like it was just a job. They didn't look like they enjoyed being there or wanted to be there. I didn't like the feel of the place that well.

I knew that wasn't going to work pretty much as soon as I walked in. I didn't get a good sort of feel from it. I guess, to some extent they kind of seemed disorganized. I had made and appointment to go look at it and when I go there, there wasn't anyone at the front. They had a front desk but there just wasn't anybody there. The residents were trying to help me. In talking to their marketing person she didn't really answer my questions very well. She would start to answer my question and then switch to talking about their other programs and things that weren't really a part of the question that I was asking. They were the one place that absolutely refused to let me look at the contract before I came in and was going to sign it. That was not going to work for me.

That was too spread apart for me. There were very long halls to walk and it was up there price wise. It was definitely more expensive than the place we chose. The staff was kind of friendly.