My sister has moved into Caliche Senior Living. It's fairly new and well kept up, as far as the rooms and everything are concerned. The memory care unit is called The Gardens. There's also the other regular part of the senior living community. The memory care unit is not big, but it's big enough, and that's what I was concerned with, that she be in a safe, secure, fairly comfortable place. The memory care is built in a circle, so the rooms are around the outside of the perimeter of the circle, and then inside is the dining area and the exercise area, and so on. If the person leaves their room, they're not going to be faced with long hallways and they're not gonna get lost when they go out and take a walk because it's a circle. Eventually, they will just go around the circle and come back to where they were, which I liked. The food seems acceptable. I haven't had a meal there, but my brother and sister-in-law both have and they said the meals are pretty good. I looked at the menu and the menu is varied. There are a lot of different things on it. My sister isn't a picky eater, so it should work out just fine with her because she'll eat everything on there. I talked to the staff on the phone and met them in person. There is a beauty salon there. I talked with the beautician, Joan, there the day that my sister came and I said I wanted her to have manicures, pedicures, and haircuts. She gave me the price list, which is very reasonable. I just established a $100 credit with Joan and I talked to her about what I expected in terms of the frequency of the services. I just told her to send me the receipts on whatever they do for her and when we run short on money, I'll just refresh that account. It works fine for me and Joan seems very nice and very easy to work with. I like Fanny, the sales director. She's the person I dealt with most when I was getting information about the home and getting the paperwork done and she is very nice and very pleasant to deal with and very thorough about what she has to offer. We'll maintain some watchfulness to make sure my sister is getting the kind of care we want her to have, but certainly, initially, I'm very pleased. I haven't seen the staff interact with the residents very much, but they made it a point on the day that I took my sister there to introduce themselves and start her on some activities and kind of steer her away to other residents and other activities so that we had an opportunity to get her room straightened out, make the bed and put the furniture in place. They were very helpful. I was impressed. They seemed friendly, nice, and knowledgeable. I couldn't ask for anything more. As far as the move-in is concerned, I, my brother, and sister-in-law are in our 70s and my brother and I both have mobility issues, so moving a bed and a dresser and that kind of stuff in would've been kind of challenging, but when Fanny found out we were coming, she directed us to the backdoor and there were a couple of maintenance men waiting there for my brother and they unloaded everything for him and brought it up to the room. I consider that indicative of the overall excellence of the facility. Everything seemed very clean. There are activities, trips, games, movies, cards, and some other things that someone like my sister with Alzheimer's would be able to participate in and some things she wouldn't be able to, like a trip, for example. When they take a bus trip, it's visual. They stay on the bus, they drive them around, and they have someone explain what they're seeing and what they're looking at, but they are not allowed to get out off the bus and go anywhere they want for obvious reasons. My sister was involved in putting a puzzle together on the first day she went there. She had met a couple of the other residents and they were working on a puzzle by the time I left.

My mother is in Caliche Senior Living. She is in memory care now, but she started in the assisted living side. It's a very nice facility, but it's a little expensive. It's Spanish style, it's clean, they've got very friendly people, and they're well-staffed. I've met staff all over the facility. The reception staff was nice, and their manager was very nice and very accommodating. I've met the nursing staff. They have a nice chef. She's a lady chef and she's very good and very friendly to all of the residents. I haven't been able to eat there, but my mom says it's really good. The family can't eat there because of COVID, but they offer lots of activities. They have movies, they bring in music once or twice a month, they have bingo, they have exercise class, arts and crafts, a beauty shop on site, a very nice library, a billiards room, and a woodshop. The rooms were nice, both in the assisted living side and the memory care. They keep them clean. The memory care service is full service. They do their laundry and they clean their room. The staff is very helpful and always willing to assist you. They have activities for everybody to do. My mom seems to be happy there.