My mother Audrey has been a resident at Coronado Retirement Village, in the memory care program, for one and a half years. Prior to this, she had lived in Iowa in a senior community. My family and I were frustrated having her living such a great distance from us, we missed her, and were concerned that managing health care issues and her general well being would be challenging, If she continued to live in Iowa. So in spite of being intimidated by the sheer logistics involved in moving her out of state, we hoped to find some way to make it happen! Very fortunately for us, a health care adviser highly recommended Coronado Retirement Village. I meet with the director, Liz; she was very knowledgeable and friendly. She told me they had helped other resident at CRV successfully make the transition from out of state and she shared with me the insights others had gained by the experience - so beneficial! Liz was able to lift a lot of the burden of the move for us. She did a great job coordinating all the records between facilities, so the first day mom arrived at CRV, everything was completely up to speed - it seemed seamless. Liz and the welcoming staff, had my mom's beautiful room set up for her and she was able to settle right in!
From the first day my mom arrived and consistently since, the memory care staff has been very kind and compassionate to my mother, they are very responsive to her needs and all the other residents' needs too! Their ability to watch over everyone and always be patient and create a happy atmosphere is inspiring to me. I'm so grateful for the peace of mind they give me and my family and for always giving us updates on how she's doing. I think it's so nice that when they dress my mom in the morning that her clothes are always so nicely coordinated, clean and they even match her jewelry (which she loves!) to her outfit. It's a very clean environment. You always see housekeeping staff at work. Also they just recently had an artist paint lovely mural on the walls in memory care.
Mom enjoys the food and it's a healthy variety of the food groups. The kitchen staff is friendly and on holidays they will have special festive dining. For a small fee, families can attend - we have really enjoyed that - delicious!
The med techs are all real professionals. They all have been very competent in their responsibilities of managing my mother medicines and answering my questions. They are always keeping a health watch for any changes.
The activities staff here is so great! They really add the extra sparkle to CRV - they are the fun ambassadors! The staff is always going out of their way to involve my mom. They are creative in engaging the residents in activities! Whether it's the every Friday Happy Hour, with live entertainment and hors d'oeuvres, the fireside chats at the beautiful Marriott Hotel, backyard BBQ's on the newly remolded outdoor patio and garden, that overlooks Tidelands Park or arranging church services in their main living room, they've always got something going!
The location is really awesome! Just a short wheelchair stroll away we can go right across the street to my mother's medical clinic and Sharp Hospital. Also just across the street on the bayside, the Marriott has beautiful ponds where several flamingo and other interesting birds are kept for the hotel guests to enjoy, but mom gets to enjoy them too : ). Just a few block away is the Ferry Landing, where all the tourists shops are and mom likes exploring that with her granddaughters.
Coronado Retirement Village has earned 5 stars and our gratitude!!
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