Pacifica Senior Living

A Place for Mom was instrumental in our family finding The Arbors Assisted Living in San Diego. Our dad has been in The Arbors for about 3 weeks now but we have worked with The Arbors for a few months getting everything lined up. We are very happy with The Arbors. It is a great place and the staff is fantastic. Thank you "A Place for Mom" AND "The Arbors"!

My mother's only been there two weeks but so far it's great. The cost includes rent, all utilities, meals and everything so it's very affordable. It's not assisted living. Basically you go and rent a house, not an apartment, but a separate house and it's a nice house too. They provide dinner every night, lunch on Saturdays and brunch on Sundays. Mom has her own kitchen so she can cook for herself and that's working out really well. They have tons of activities. They have a bible study which she likes. They have wood working shop, crafts, which she's totally in to, bridge, and canasta. I highly recommend it! Their dining room is very nice, like a high class restaurant and the food is great. They have a very good chef. From the cleaning ladies to the maintenance people, everybody is just so nice!

It's wonderful! Of course the value is relative to the income of the person. It's expensive I think, considering the retirement that people have but for the money the care is good. It's good that my mother-in-law is mobile so she doesn't really need a lot of care right now but if she needs care it is available so that's good. It works out very well. There are plenty of activities and that's what we were looking for. I have recommended it to a lot of other families that I know. I think from what I know, my MIL only has one complaint. Out of all the ladies that help her in the morning one of them is very rough and unfriendly. It's just that one that she ever complains about.

Atria is a very interesting place. However, knowing people who have lived here and passed on, I'd say this is a quiet little bedroom community. We're near the Del Mar race track so there's quite a bit of a traffic situation during the year and it gets thicker every year. I've been in San Diego for 30, almost 40 years it was a very nice, quiet place, a place you could have a picnic in if you will and now it's a small, booming city. The people who work here are absolutely fantastic, they have a high degree of emotional understanding of older people, I was trained in that. I have a PhD in it and it behooves me to sit and watch the people who serve the food, the pills, mow the lawn, things like that. This is a group of happy people. We have people from foreign countries who amaze me that they can come here and not know a word of English and within a week can come here and speak English excellently, it's fabulous. Most of us our either in wheelchairs or walkers, very few people walk on their own without at least a cane. As far as personalities, I'm very much a loaner, however I've decided to mix a little bit to understand what goes on in these type of places. Out of the 80 or 90 so people here, there's one man here I absolutely do not get along with so I avoid him, whatever personality you had before will be more so when you're older.

The WoodMark is great. The people are very caring and call my Dad by Name every time..he like that!! It has a very comfortable feel and everyone seems happy.

They've been great. They do all kinds of stuff. They have parties and they go on trips to malls and museums. They just seem to have a never ending stream of that stuff going on. The food is really good - my mom really likes it. I don't think there are any ways they can improve. This is our only experience with a place like this and it's been great so far.

That was very expensive! If my friend could have afforded it I thought it would have been wonderful. I was very nice!

My mother-in-law is very happy there. She's independent right now. They do meals and housekeeping and all that is very good. The activities are there but I don't know how much she's taking part in them. I think that the cost, for what you get, is very good. They're in a very safe area and they take care of the residents. They check them in and check them out and keep track of them. We're very happy with them. My mother-in-law was not wanting to go, of course, like 95% of people don't want to move but she's happy. The food is good.

Very Nice, clean, Big! Offers many options and a nice environment. This facility had only one small unit and a large unit. Would be interested in something in between. the staff was friendly and clean.

Mom was only there for a week but they took such good care of her. The girls were just so attentive and so kind. They did everything they could do to make her feel comfortable. Even the maintenance guy was great. When we were moving in the maintenance guy was right there to help us. They were all very nice! The cost averages out to the same as everybody else in town. It's good for California. They're the best, you know. We knew she wasn't going to be around long so why not giver her the best? And the really are the best in Hemet!

So far okay. It's only been a short period of time - about a month that we've been working with them and my mother has only been living there about a week and a half. So far the care is good. They have all kinds of activities. My mom only been here like a week and half so we're not sure about all of them yet. So far she's okay. She said the food is okay.

I'm thrilled with it. It's fantastic. They've just gone above and beyond to make my brother feel welcome. He's kind of in his own category. He's not so senile to be a typical patient there but he needs enough help to have to be in this situation and he's only 60. They've really gone out of their way to find him things to do that make him feel useful and create an atmosphere where he feels a part of it. It's always clean, it always smells good. The people are great. I really have nothing but good things to say. in comparision with other places it's a good value

First of all, Justin is really awesome. He took me in to a private sitting room to discuss K's needs and medical history, which I really appreciated. We were able to go over their pricing structure and community before touring the facility. Their facility is spotless and very well-run!!! They have an age-in-place model with a secure memory care facility attached. They are seconds from a fire station/emergency response system. The rooms accommodate a queen- sized bed at best, which may pose a problem and they have limited availability. They have shared living, which is more affordable and intriguing. Overall, kudos to Spring Estates, they do an excellent job.

The staff seems nice enough to be around, they're friendly. It's very clean. We're getting our money's worth. We have our own caregiver that we use. I don't participate in the activities much but everybody seems to enjoy themselves. My wife goes to writing class and she enjoys that a lot. She used to be an English teacher. She's doing good here. The socialization here is good for her. She's really outgoing and friendly and I'm more or less a hermit. The food is pretty good. I don't eat too much of it myself because I'm pretty finicky about what I put in my body. Some things here are organic and some things aren't. But I have a kitchen so I just cook myself.

We love it! They're awesome. I like the communication. Dad has fallen 3 times and they have a policy of calling us immediately. The food options are really good. They connect with all of their residents. He's doing therapy and they're helping with that on the days that the therapist isn't there. They walk him around the facility and things like that. They're very patient. My dad eats at a snails pace but they never rush him. I think they're great. He's always clean. It's set up in cottages so there are only like 16 residents in a cottage so it's not overwhelming - it's like a home. Every Friday they have a happy hour with live entertainment, they go out at least once a week for lunches, they have bingo, flower arranging, etc. There is a doctor that goes to the place and they take care of all the meds. It's great!

Their staff is just excellent and they've been great with us. They call us for anything we need. When we leave we know that my mother-in-law is in good hands. It's been 3 weeks that my mother-in-law has been there and we are just very happy about what's happening there.

When I first went and did the evaluation before we decided to move my mom there it was very clean and very friendly. I'm out of town so I don't get to visit that much but the friendliness of the staff, the activities that were available, the locations and the overall energy of the place was really good. It felt like a good place for my mom to be. She'd rather be at home but she does like it there. They have yoga and bingo and scrabble and they do party type things like they had a luau. They have other activities where they take people out into the community to do things.

We had a really helpful experience in finding a place for my Mother from the referrals given on A Place for Mom and the Advisor, Coy, over the span of several months. After our tour at The Cottages (now Pacifica) and several conversations, there was assistance with referrals and information from the Director, Emily and Sales Advisor, Karen to help make the process work for our family. They were all instrumental in facilitating my Mother's transition into Assisted Living. After being around the facility for about a month and a half now, it has been a pleasure each time we visit because of the friendliness and support provided for my Mother's care.

Light, airy, clean facility. Individuals seem well tended. Liked the director, Keith Payne. Parking not a problem. Good mixture of males and females. Good ratio of assistants to residents. Benefits more than adequate.

9/10/2013 - met Sabrina and was great. Planning a lunch so that Duel can make up his mind about it. It is not far from the VA Med Center. Place was clean and everyone there seemed happy. Rooms were adequate. Dog park, swimming pool all plus