The thing I liked the best about Arcadia Gardens was they had a lot of activities for the 55 and over individuals there. Their calendar was filled up with everything and they had full breakfast for free. And then they had lunches and dinners, you just pay a price. It was just so lovely and the people seemed amazing there. They have a bar area where they have parties. And when I was there, there was a dermatologist speaking and he brought in lunch for people who wanted to attend the conference. On a regular day, you can have water aerobics, you can do anything you want to do, they're busy the whole day. They have a calendar filled up from morning to night. The staff that I met with was Joseph, he was amazing, he took me all over every single room. He was explaining to me what the differences were. And they were beautiful, they were nice, and they were large enough. I was thinking about getting their 2-bedroom and a den if and when we decide. I went at 2:00, they were playing mahjong and doing a lot of things. They also texted me if I wanted to come back for something that was going on last week. There's a doctor on staff all the time.

My mom is in Arcadia Gardens. They focus on seniors. They don't have as many amenities as the other place does. This is just pretty much a senior place, which is fine. But I didn't anticipate a 10% increase in senior citizens. Seniors are on a fixed income, and they're not getting raises from the government. Their increases have gone up across the board on their food, their medical, and everything else. They seem not to care so, we're a little frustrated with the ownership there. They don't seem to care. It's a great place. My mom loves it. Great facilities. It's clean and new. It has great views. It gives my mom the opportunity to walk around and do different things, but I can't keep moving her every couple of years. It's costly and it's not good for them. They're also not 100% occupied. They have vacancies. There are multiple units. In the unit my mom is in they didn't make many, so they feel that there's more of a demand. They've made a lot of larger units like two, three, and four-bedroom suites, but nobody's taking those because the prices are astronomical. Their prices are ridiculous. They're trying to capture a market, but we're in a bad market as it is. There have been quite a few people that have left due to the rent, but they don't seem to care. What's frustrating is they promote their place as a senior place. If you look at their vision and what they offer and the different things, they very much promote it. They only offer breakfast. They have a nice garden and then the pool is phenomenal. They have a great pool. They have a walking area, which is great. But for instance, they started the garden, and now they won't and they're not maintaining it. The garden needs dirt and it needs different things, but it just goes by the wayside.

I liked Arcadia Gardens. It was phenomenal. They have people on site. They have doctors on-site so you can get whatever care that you need right there. I was very impressed by that. No need to go anywhere if they don't want to. I thought the living conditions were phenomenal, very modern, very light, very bright. The staff was very nice. They've got art classes. They've got a fitness center. They've got all kinds of swimming, you know, aerobics type classes. And then you can get a plot of land if you want, and you can garden. That's the only place that they have any kind of ability for my brother to be outside and garden, which is something he would miss. So that was nice to see.