Avamere

The food could be better. I don’t think they’re giving them healthy food. I was only at once lunch and saw the menus and I don’t think those menu options are going to help with gaining or maintaining a healthy weight. Healthy weight is very important for long term health. I liked the people.

I really like what they're doing and how they are taking care of my loved one. I think they offer quite a few activities! Not everyone can participate in all of them, but they've already taken my loved one out on the bus several times to go to different places. Perhaps, the communication could be improved, but this is new to us, so it's hard to tell. The manager said that I would get a call if anything happens. What really impressed us was the friendliness all around. The staff all know who my loved one is and the manager is really out there. The residents are friendly and my loved one has already found friends to sit with at dinner. Overall, we are very happy so far!

We toured this community while we were searching for the right place for our loved one, and it seemed like a very nice clean place, based on initial appearance. One suggestion I have would be for Cambridge Terrace to get involved with Elder Care Loans. For families who are in tight situations and are waiting for their finances to kick in, it's an easy way to move in. This would have made Cambridge Terrace a front runner for us.

It's an older facility, but they keep it very clean. The five star staff is hard to find. They have small cottages available so there is a little more space and she can feel a little more independent. The people were able to understand the system and the laws and what she needed, she wasn't ready for the assisted living as much, but the care is available if she needs it. They just bent over backwards and they were good at explaining everything. They do have activities going on. They have doctors that come to Emeritus, which is really nice.

Sandia Springs was a surprise to us. It is a smaller community than the other retirement living communities that we have visited. Also the majority of residents were in the assisted living building. However, the cottages for independent living patrons were very nice and the price was much below similar quarters at other places that we have visited. There are not al lot of extra amenities so maybe the costs is within reason. Considering all, I have to rate it right up there with Fairwinds (next door to Sandia Springs), Palmilla, and Monzano Del Sol. If Sandia Springs was located on the east side of the river, instead of the west side, I would have given it 5 stars.

It's been really good, they are pretty much Johnny on the spot when she calls. They even give me a call when things happen. The food I would give a four, most of the time she likes it. They could try a little harder to engage the residents in the activities, maybe a buddy system of some kind. It was less expensive than some of the others we looked at and yet it was inviting. She often eats alone because the people who are assigned at her table often don't show up and I don't like that she eats alone.

They looked good, but they didn't have any openings so we didn't think too hard about that one. I think they had a more limited menu and my mom was super picky about her food and had dietary issues, so that would have been a problem.

My mom was in the Alzheimer's unit there. My mom was lucky; she was always happy and got good care. They have assisted living there too which we thought about for my sister but I heard some remarks and my sister knew some people there who said it's a lot like high school sometimes. A lot of patients or residents have little groups and some of of them are not so friendly. The memory care was good for my mom but we didn't think the assisted living would be the right place for my sister.

My mother just got out of here. She was there for rehab for about 4 weeks. The care was very good. That's a very nice facility. They do have activities. It's more like a skilled nursing/rehab facility so it's not a place you would stay in long term. It's more a place that you would be in for 1-3 weeks so they don't have bus trips or things like that. They bring in activities like once they had a guy making sushi in the lobby and the residents could go check out what he was doing. I think about once a week they did something.

Showed us around the facililty & introduced us to Anita their nurse.

Medicaid receptive and will transfer to WA w/out problem, if necessary. The employees are really nice.

visited, looks nice and clean. Also on the expensive side. Good location.

Larger community 3 floors, 2 bedroom very nice, seemed to have a hotel feel and would they get lost trying to find room? some with balconies. Residents seemed ok, mens club! drink beer, talk sports etc. happy hour every friday afternoon drinks and entertainment. Larger woman to man ratio, 6 couples? This is right off West Union Rd.

Very good candidate. Nice property and community. Unique with the choice of lovely cottages.

Pleasent. Nothing stood out as super great or bad. Very nice room. Ave view. Tour guide very nice. Memory care was very good.

Nice.

Beautiful facility. Love the dining room. Prices for the room are reasonable. I liked the Director and the nurse. Would like to know how long the nurse has been with Sandia Springs and what happens if and when she leaves. Very hard for me or my daughter to get to in a hurry. Very far for my daughter to visit her.

They need to improve their level of communication with both their clients and the clients guardians. Initial impression would be a five out a five, the rooms are great, they would also be a five out of five. We were able eat with our loved one before COVID and the food was great, there was a lot of choices and variety. Hwoever, during COVID they had to eat in their rooms so the quality and variety has dropped tremendously.

They need more aides and long term resident more activities for memory , excersis and things to do for not to get board. Update paint , re do resident room bathrooms. Staff less talkie talkie unless it is resident related to next shift. Phone needs to work for the whole building portable only works in halway usually. Answer call light in a timely manner, rotate breaks dont talk all at once be more viable on floor pass meals out so they are still hot

I toured here when looking for a community for my parents. I really liked the marketing person, she was very helpful, but the facility was a little older and needed to be updated. I thought maybe there was a little bit of confusion in getting around the place because of multiple elevators. But it has some beautiful grounds that I think are very nice. They don’t offer memory care under the same roof, but it is across the road. So if one of my parents had to move, they would have to move across the street and that wasn’t ideal.