Silverado Sierra Vista Memory Care Community

I’m actually a nurse from an outside agency that comes to visit a patient under their insurance. I have to say this place is amazing! The nurses take extreme care of the residents and also extremely friendly staff! Everyone is welcoming and kind. The residents are well taken care of. The building it’s self is just gorgeous and well kept as well as resident rooms! I was very impressed! Veronica was an amazing charge nurse I had the pleasure speaking to and Jennifer (DON) knows her residents! All very knowledgable.

They only cater to seniors who are wealthy…
If you can’t afford the $ 7,000 a month they will not even help you find another facility!!! Also needs to be remodeled as well… Heartless salespeople!!!

They took such great care of my grandpa who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in the last 12 years of his life. He was at Silverado for about 2 and ½ years before he passed away in 2004. I would automatically recommend this place to anyone with parents or loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s.

I don’t know how to start this review. Perhaps start by reading Lisa W.‘s review. It is very accurate as to how things are at Silverado. I shall try to provide colour, but the long and short of what I want to say is this: Silverado is the best possible place in the world for the care of victims of what is one of the worst and most cruel of diseases.
Our wonderful 83yo father has been in Silverado for 18 months now. We knew he had Alzheimer’s for some time before he went into Silverado, but a sudden decline brought on by miniature strokes meant he needed urgent care. He was initially in hospital then «rehabilitation» places… what an insane use of the word rehabilitation. We conducted a frantic, full-​on search — unprepared, bewildered, and very sad. We looked at every Alzheimer’s facility/​memory care facility in the Los Angeles area — well, not every one, but many many. We were so fortunate to find Silverado and knew from the beginning it was for our Dad.
Silverado is a standout and we are all so very grateful that our father is so well looked after there. When admitted, Dad was a zombie in a bed and sometimes in a wheelchair, heavily medicated and really out of it. Silverado got him off all but the essential meds, and got him to walking. They put hip pads on so he doesn’t break a hip, and they try to get him to use his walker although he has been so independent that he has been walking around as he pleases. He has had a wonderful time and re-​developed his joie de vivre, joy of life. After a relatively short time there, he came around fairly quickly to engaging with anyone and everyone. Sure, he has had the attention span of the proverbial goldfish but he has been golden Dad, and he has obviously been enjoying himself.
The staff at Silverado are specifically hired based on their personal characteristics and they are coached and trained in further developing their caring, nurturing and engaging skills. They learn to «join the journey» of the Alzheimer’s patient, and they kindly teach the families and friends of these patients to join the journey. When Dad says «we’re playing golf today,» we say «YES!» (By the way, Silverado do take some residents to the local golf course where the kind Silverado attendants drive the residents around in golf carts and let them swing the odd club, carefully.)
Also, it is important that Silverado actually specialize in Alzheimer’s. It is not an adjunct to aged care, so common at other facilities. These people totally know what they’re doing and they keep the families completely in the loop. Your loved one will be placed in a group that is at a similar level of illness and his/​her care will be focussed on bringing out the best given the circumstances.
As Lisa W. says, there is no cure. Not yet. Providing the best care possible and joining the journey of your loved one are the only things you can do and my family is ever so grateful to Silverado for teaching us this.
Dad is now apparently in decline and so now we enter the last part of this journey. We are naturally so distressed but at least we know Dad is being cared for and loved so dearly.
If you are facing this dreadful task of considering the care for your loved one with Alzheimer’s don’t hesitate to go to Silverado.

This review is long overdue but I’ve been meaning to write about how impressed I was after taking a tour of the facilities. I have looked into several places that care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia and have never seen anything that can even compare to Silverado. There is such a family environment and so many activity options for the residents. There was absolutely no hospital smell and the community spaces were big and open. I was very impressed by the attention to detail and the effort made to make the place feel like home! If you are looking into a residence for your family member with memory problems, I definitely recommend going to Silverado first.

I visited Silverado with my family and my Small Group last year. We were greeted very warmly by the staff. The facilities were clean and pleasant. The care givers and staff were very friendly. The residents looked happy, comfortable, friendly and all around pleasant. Over all my experience at Silverado was good.

I recently took a tour here and boy was I impressed. When I walked in I was immediately greeted and felt very welcomed. The staff was very friendly and I could sense that they really do love their job. Each resident has their own room which has a shadow box that reflects their lives and likes. When I saw that I thought it was brilliant. I enjoyed seeing the dogs roaming the halls and guest seemed to enjoy it too. I was told that they have a open kitchen so the residents can eat freely which makes them feel like they are at home. I loved the smell if fresh baked cookies and that there was no hospital smell. This truly is a place you can call home.