Cedars Assisted Living

This assisted living facility has pros and cons.
The pros: Lower rates compared to other assisted living facilities. Caregivers are nice and very caring to the residents. A lot of the residents seem content there. They allow pets. Salads served at every meal. Sugar free desserts offered. They have activites and outings. Nice outdoor patio and side garden. Nice residents.
The cons: Old worn out building that has narrow bathroom doors and cut-​out tubs. The winter my parents lived there the rain leaked through the ceiling vents in the upstair rooms and pails had to be placed under all the ceiling vents. Some furniture got ruined. Bathroom light switches were old and filthy (filthy when my parents moved in) and filthy switches in a bathroom means one thing to me, yuck! Extremely noisey from traffic on Roscoe Blvd. If you get a room facing Roscoe Blvd to be able to get a good night’s sleep you either need to be hard of hearing or be someone that can sleep through anything. Some of the rooms have a shared air conditioning thermostat so those rooms can get very hot since you have no control of the temp in your room. (Other rooms have individual air conditioners.) I read that the food has improved but when my parents lived there the food was horrible. I forced myself to try to eat with them because if my parents had to eat that food I should try. Cheap white bread was the only bread I saw as far as sandwiches were concerned. One time I visited they served vegetable soup as an appetizer, it consisted mainly of over cooked green beans in broth. I couldn’t eat it. Another time they served hamburgers and the meat was so tough and hard everyone was complaining and no one could eat them. Yet another time they served thin lentil soup as an appetizer with some type of ground meat mixed in. Fruit juices appeared very watered down. Once I had tilapia there and it was good. I hope the food has improved from 1 – 2 years ago. As with all assisted living if you move the post office won’t forward mail since the building is listed as a business. I gave them self addressed prestamped envelopes to forward mail that I might have missed giving a change of address to. I received nothing so I called Cedars. They couldn’t find any of my envelopes that I gave them. Sent them more envelopes. Never got anything forwarded and never heard from them again.

Cedars has great staff and great management. Food there has improved tremendously! Residents seem very happy to be there!

So far this is the best assisted living I’ve found! Great environment and friendly staff. The food has improved and the residents here like to have fun and participate together in activities. I do have to say the place is always out of rooms because it’s high demand but you can always check for availability and rates.