I went to Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park, and I assigned my wife to stay there. The place has good vibes. I'm very happy with what I've seen so far and based on what I've seen in other places, it looks super to me. I've been there a total of maybe 2 hours. I looked at the place and I even met the chef and saw the room that my wife will occupy. I had a chance to critique certain details like how easily my wife could accommodate the toilet seat arrangement. There were a lot of little details that we talked about. I'm very happy with their responsiveness and their perspective on the whole situation. Plus, the facility itself is quite nice. It's in a residential area, and it looks like a large residence. It has the architecture and the layout of a residence. The staff were all quite dedicated. Every time somebody came by who was a potential caregiver, they stopped and introduced that person. They even introduced some people who are not on the staff there, but who happened to be there from some other auxiliary facility or some service organization. I was very happy with everybody I met there. I don't feel any tension in the place. Sometimes you go into a facility and you talk to the employees, you can detect tension, but I don't detect any tension there. Everybody is focused and with it, and responsive and friendly. All the positive things. The facility is immaculate. It looks cleaner than some of the hotels I used to stay in when I traveled in business. I was quite surprised by the room. I was expecting something quite generic. It's a very neat, clean, single bedroom with an adjacent bathroom. There is a window onto a garden from there, so that works.

I just liked that the staff at Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park seemed very involved with the residents. They were sitting around and playing the piano and everybody was engaged. Looked like they were very caring, too. They have outside gardens where the residents could go. We saw a single room with a bed and a dresser in it. It was very spacious.

I went to Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park. I liked their building. It had a lot of character. It sounds like they gave a high level of care. I only met the woman who gave me the tour. She was very nice and tried to be helpful, but she hasn't been on staff very long yet, so there were things that she was not quite familiar with. I saw them feeding some of their residents, lunch. The rooms were spacious, but they all had shared bathrooms and only one shower, which was down the hall.