My tour of The Oaks at Nipomo was very helpful. The staff members were excellent. We met with the executive director who led us on the tour, and then she introduced us to the person who's in charge of the program in the memory care center who was also really impressive. We also bumped into different staff people all the way through, and all of whom were friendly, helpful, and engaged with the folks that were there. It looked like a really good place. We were not able to go inside of any rooms because none of them were empty at the moment, but we peeked through the door. We were only looking at memory care, so we didn't look at the other rooms at all. And at the memory care, we were looking for a shared room, and from what we could see, it looks like a good plan because shared rooms are actually two separate bedrooms, each with their own door, and they open into a little corridor, and then they share what looks like a nice, large bathroom. We walked through the main assisted living portion on our way to the memory care portion, and the assisted living is quite elegant. It was very beautifully decorated and it looked really pleasant in there. The memory care is more institutional looking, but still nice and pleasant. We found several different clients sitting there at the table drinking coffee mid-morning. They always have coffee and snacks available for the people if they want to just sit with their friends, so this was a really nice one. There's a little courtyard area. The place is designed around it so that you see windows all the way around. Even if they're indoors walking around, they can look outdoors, which is really nice. There are benches and things out there. They have a pleasant outdoor area for memory care. The grounds looked quite nice. It's obviously a fairly new building. Everything is clean and neat, and I think designed it to be a really pleasant environment for people. They had a special meditation time for the memory care people, which they were all gathered together to do. And then after that, we ran into them getting on their special van bus, and they were heading out for a picnic up in our area. They had their little picnic things with them, and they were going to the Dinosaur Caves in Pismo. The staff member said they do this weekly possibly where they actually have an actual outing, and then another time a week they will have a driving outing where they go touring, but they don't necessarily get out. When they have a real outing then they have extra staff members along, and they can get out and walk around and sit in public. They look very excited about that.

The tour we had at The Oaks at Nipomo was nice. The place was beautiful. The dining room was pretty. The activities director was nice. The rooms were nice, too, but we were looking for a private room and they didn't have any private rooms available in the memory care, only doubles. They were separate rooms, but there was a wall between the two beds. The grounds were beautiful.

I visited The Oaks at Nipomo. They're very nice. I only went there once. It's very friendly and very informative, and it looked like a very nice place to reside. They have an activities director, and I think they have transportation to a church or a doctor. I liked the fact that the rooms were divided. Even if you shared a room, I don't think you shared next to each other, there was a wall between you, so I thought that was nice.

My grandmother moved into The Oaks at Nipomo, but she did not want to stay there, so she's back home. They were extremely helpful, supportive of our family, and did everything they could to make sure she was comfortable. It definitely felt like there was another family member that we had when my grandmother was there. They were open to receiving clarification, we got updates on her status, and they tried everything to make her stay.