Adat Shalom Board & Care Homes

For 4 years, our aunt lived in a huge corporate assisted living facility where she was one of many, received subpar care, and paid a huge monthly payment. Last October, her money started running out and we needed to find a board and care facility where she could receive personal care that was within her budget. All I have to say is that I am extremely grateful that we found Adat Shalom and Angelica. We fell in love with her and her environment immediately and quickly moved our aunt in. The house, and her bedroom, was clean comfortable, and homey… and they even helped us move in her furniture. The staff was super friendly and they truly cared about our aunt. Unfortunately, our aunt only spent two weeks with Angelica and her team because they immediately found bed sores on her that were from the previous facility and were so bad that she was quickly moved into the hospital and then into a rehab center where she stayed for 3 months recovering. You would think that Angelica’s involvement would have been minimal since she barely knew our aunt, plus she has been in rehab all that time, but that has not been the case. Angelica worked with us to get our aunt back into her room. She personally reached out to a senior advocate to help us with Medicare as the time elapsed in the facility and our aunt has to now pay out of pocket for her rehab. Angelica was constantly reaching out to help us through this difficult and challenging situation. I am excited that our aunt was finally released and moved back into Adat Shalom. Angelica made sure it was a smooth transition, ensuring all her belongings were set up for her. I know, just based on the amazing help we have gotten so far, that Angelica and her team will take incredible care of our aunt and will ensure that she spends her remaining years in comfort surrounded by love and care. Thank you, Angelica, you have truly been a blessing to our family.

After living in a beautiful corporate assisted living facility where my aunt received only minimal care despite her infirmities and our enhanced payment, I moved her to a board and care facility as advised by her physician. Previously she had been in the ER at least 4 times that year for relatively minor, but very painful, conditions. In the five years my aunt lived at Adat Shalom, she was well-​cared for, loved for her idiosyncrasies and never had a serious illness. She never complained or appeared to be in anything but minor discomfort. Despite her increasingly advanced dementia, she always smiled broadly at the staff whenever I was there — with her biggest smiles going to the young men caretakers. My aunt passed away peacefully last week at age 95 and I will always be grateful to the Adat Shalom staff and caretakers for their care of my aunt and their help to me. Sharon M

Due to hip fracture surgery my mother first spent a few months recovering at Kaiser Permanente and a nursing home. When she was well enough, she went to Adat Shalom. After only three weeks at Adat Shalom she developed bed sores severe enough that the Kaiser Permanente care personnel required that she be removed from Adat Shalom and transferred to a nursing home. She died about two months later at the nursing home. While the bed sores may not have contributed to her death, they certainly made her remaining time that much worse and caused the rest of us that much more anguish and grief. We filed a complaint with the California state Ombudsman since we believe that with proper care the bed sores should not have occurred. The complaint is in process.
I was not impressed by the environment at Adat Shalom. The employees appear to be brought in from overseas, probably on some kind of healthcare work visa. Their demeanor suggested to me that they are probably overworked and underpaid. I do not recommend that you entrust the care and health of your loved one to Adat Shalom.