Atria Carmichael Oaks

The facility is nice and staff are friendly and helpful. However, this is operated by a large corporation that is more concerned about profits than helping people. They sell the place with low rates, promise not to increase too dramatic, then once the elderly person is in they raise the rates. Rates have increased by nearly 19% in less than 2 years. Don’t be fooled by the sales pitch of low increases of rates annually. Plus, effective January 2016, they are increasing the cost of guest meals by over 100%. Buyer beware here. Check the facts.

If you are looking for memory care or for that fact any other form of assistance forget this one. Atria is forcing residents out that actually need care in favor of just residents. Their system of passing out medications for people needing help with this is at best awful. My mom has had mixups, stopping and starting meds when the shouldn’t be. Also they kept calling her doctor for narcotics after being told not for health reasons and because she was getting halucinations

If you are looking for a place for your loved one that has memory issues DON’T BOTHER!!! Their Memory Care part of the facility is lacking in everything! Not enough caregivers and no activity director. Mostly they sit around doing nothing, and there are some residents that need a lot of attention because they are mean and are continually harassing the caregivers. The families pay a lot of money to this place and none of the UPPER management pay any attention when we try to voice our opinions. They ignore everything we say. Caregivers are wonderful, but there are not enough of them. It’s all about the bottom line with Atria. They don’t care about the residents. They say they do, but it’s obvious they don’t.

We moved my mom here a little over a week ago. We had some rocky moments the 1^st few days but she seems to be settling in now. I must say that the staff… all of them, are really trying to meet the need of their senior residence and seem very happy!

We’ve looked at SO many places like this. So many are just awful. This one is outstanding — care, facilities, art, social, etc. Foods good for this type of place, not great. Residents LIKE it here, care for each other, say it feels like family.

We moved my grandmother here a year after my grandpa died. She was alone in her house, bored, and there was no one there in case she fell or needed help. We felt bad about moving her into a «retirement home,» but live-​in nurses were too expensive and we didn’t have much choice.
Sob story.
But not.
Moving here was the best thing that could have happened to her. At 93, my grandmother was starting to drift into quiet spells and talking to herself out of lonliness. But here, there are so many activities and people to interact with that she is sharper than ever.
She plays poker bingo, watches movies, goes on excursions to the countryside, gets massages, and gets rides to doctor’s appointments. She has friends and gossip and is fun to hang out with again.
Her room is pretty spacious and there is a cleaning service that comes once a week to do her linens and general upkeep.
She is allowed to have guests and has even reserved a private room for the extended family for a banquet (free of cost). We got waiter service and had our choice of several meals.
The food was not so great (hence the four stars)… I guess its all prepared beforehand and heated at meal time. Pretty much your basic cafeteria food… edible but barely. Reminded me of being a kid in elementary school again, except everyone was old.
If you are looking for a place to be taken care of in later life, this is a great option. I am told it’s not too pricey and its located along a stream so there is the occasional deer or turkey sighting. My grandmother is happy there, and its fun to visit her (they have billiards, poker, activities too)!