BROOKDALE SANTA CATALINA

Brookdale Santa Catalina is a great place for seniors who want to be engaged in the many activities offered. The residents themselves are the best aspect of the place. There seems to be a self-selecting process of people who are highly intelligent, accomplished, sociable, and have lead very interesting lives.

I enjoy living at Brookdale. The campus is beautiful and encourages one to get outside and move around the campus. The residents are very welcoming and we felt that on our first visit to campus. The current activities are fun, educational and healthy, as well as entertaining programs. There are many small group discussion groups. An example is the book club where good choices of current publications and stimulating discussion are lead by residents). I love by apartment and apprecite the beauty of the campus along with the house cleaning weekly and the weekly laundry service. Life has been good to us at Brookdale inspite of slow response to maintenance requests due to limited staff. The same is true with dining room staff and kitchen staff. Hopefully those situations will be addressed soon.

The WORST place ever. They neglect their tenants in assisted living! My grandma fell and NOBODY was there to help her for over an hour. Had to call the fire department and have them knock on countless doors just to get access to her apartment to help her off the floor and still nobody around. Just HORRIBLE!!! If you love someone DON’T SEND THEM HERE!!! Not to mention they have NOTHING for these people to do, leave them in their apartments bored as hell everyday and don’t even have transport to get simple necessities!! I would give 0 starts if I could!

Brookdale Santa Catalina is a beautiful setting with a campus like a small college. The staff are friendly, courteous, and always helpful. The residents are friendly with interesting backgrounds. The food is good with a healthy and varied menu. Each week there are talks, games, and trips. In all a great place to live.

Dining room servers are friendly and some are very accurate. Others don't get your order correct. Food taste okay but not wonderful. Enjoy interacting and playing games with other residents. Nice location. Our apartment is nice, but others have apartments that need upgrading. They have been told that they have to pay for any upgrades. Our rent is on the high side. If it gets much higher, some of us will have to move elsewhere. That is bad because moving is expensive, but so is living here.