Ventura Place

I toured Holiday Ventura Place. It was very nice, many of the residents are not independent. It's old, but the facilities were nice. The food is good. They've got some game rooms and stuff like that, but they're not big, very restricted. They don't have many activities. They have walking paths, a ve...

I toured Holiday Ventura Place. It was very nice, many of the residents are not independent. It's old, but the facilities were nice. The food is good. They've got some game rooms and stuff like that, but they're not big, very restricted. They don't have many activities. They have walking paths, a very small game room, and a very small library. The rooms were nice but old. The staff was very nice and the kitchen staff, and dining room staff, were all very nice.

Holiday Ventura Place was very nice. Everybody was very friendly and very professional. They answered all our questions, but we pretty quickly established that because my sister needed more of an assisted living type setting, that it wouldn't be a fit for her. The dining room was very nice. They had...

Holiday Ventura Place was very nice. Everybody was very friendly and very professional. They answered all our questions, but we pretty quickly established that because my sister needed more of an assisted living type setting, that it wouldn't be a fit for her. The dining room was very nice. They had a common space where they did some activities. They said they had art classes, games and crafts, and things like that. They were a little bit pushy, even though I told them that it really wasn't what we were looking for. The facility was well kept and clean. For somebody that just wanted assisted living, it would be fine. To me, there's nothing that could really improve. They just couldn't meet my sister's needs. She had back surgery a few years back and she has trouble putting her shoes on or getting her shoes tied. She needs some help with medications and somebody to just be available when she's in the bathroom showering and they just couldn't provide that. They suggested that we could call home health care to come in. That's kind of silly to call a home health care person to come in and tie my sister's shoes, maybe it's alright for medications and helping her in the mornings with shower. They basically said they cannot put hands on them at any time. They couldn't help her tie her shoes, and they couldn't help her get dressed.

My parents are currently at Ventura Place. It's an independent living and a lot larger. They have been there for 15 months now. It's a lovely community. I love it there. It's a lovely place, but they are in the process of going through some major changes because they were just purchased by another c...

My parents are currently at Ventura Place. It's an independent living and a lot larger. They have been there for 15 months now. It's a lovely community. I love it there. It's a lovely place, but they are in the process of going through some major changes because they were just purchased by another company. When we first moved in there, everything was wonderful. The food was great, the activities were abundant, and housekeeping was done every week; however, right now, they are running into staffing problems. In the long run, though, it's a lovely place, and I love that place. The staff that they have is wonderful; it's just they don't have enough of it as big as the facility is. I've tried their food, and it's wonderful. The food is fabulous. They have a chef there, and he is a wonderful cook. I have eaten there several times with my parents. The value for money is a 5. It is very reasonable to live there. It's like a luxury apartment, it's absolutely beautiful, and compared to everything that I have found in town, they are the most reasonable independent living. It's like a Hilton Hotel; it's beautiful.

Ventura Place was a lot more open. There were cottages, so you could have a lot more privacy and freedom to go outside. You could have your car, but they still offer free shuttles. So, you could still get transportation if you needed it around town. They had a gaming area where it had checkerboards ...

Ventura Place was a lot more open. There were cottages, so you could have a lot more privacy and freedom to go outside. You could have your car, but they still offer free shuttles. So, you could still get transportation if you needed it around town. They had a gaming area where it had checkerboards set up and other games as well, nice exercising equipment with elliptical machines, a salon, and an elevator so it's very easy to get around in the main building. They put up a volleyball net while we were there and they had volleyball in the chairs with the residents and people who were just visiting. That was fun. They have facilities all over the United States which they showed on a board. You can go and stay at least two weeks at any of them and so you always have a place to stay. They were having lunch and they let us join in and order anything we wanted. They had at least five things that day and I think they changed their venue up daily. It was a three or four-course meal. There's a fish dish, sides, and desserts at the end. They had seasoned meatballs with a sauce that was over it and pork tenderloin with the gravy over it. It was delicious and had a lot of variety. The main guy there showed us everything and was very nice. He was the one who allowed us to sit down and try out the food. He gave explanations about the rooms and their sizes in great detail. He took the time to showing us all and it was very well done.