Courtney Frei
Feb 2026
Can I give 10 stars please?!!!! Please read the entire review. It is worth the read I promise if you are searching for your loved one and going through what I recall being one of the hardest times of my life. Here goes - I lost my dad two weeks ago, and I feel compelled to share about the most wonderful, compassionate senior care facility I have ever experienced: Bubbe and Zayde’s Place in Santa Ana. I don’t say this lightly. I have been a caregiver to my grandparents and parents since I was 25 years old — I am now 50. Caregiving has been a defining part of my adult life. In 2019, I had to have brain surgery and at that point I truly had no choice but to get help. My dad needed 24-hour care, and I could not physically do it alone anymore. It broke our hearts and the amazing team at Bubbe and Zayde’s cared for my dad in ways that exceeded my every desire and need for my dad’s care. My father was a Vietnam veteran. He was exposed to Agent Orange, which led to Parkinson’s disease, and three years later he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia — a devastating, relentless illness. The last seven years were filled with complications, hospitalizations, chronic health issues, and heartbreaking changes. I can say with complete honesty: if it were not for the extraordinary caregiving team at Bubbe and Zayde’s Place, I do not know how I would have survived this journey. The men and women who work there are not just caregivers — they are earth angels. They are patient, gentle, skilled, attentive, and deeply loving. They treated my dad with dignity, safety, and compassion every single day, even as his disease progressed. They knew him. They protected him. They cared for him as if he were their own. During my dad’s final days, I spent six days and six nights living there with him. They provided a portable bed so I could sleep by his side. I silently watched and observed there devoted and difficult work. They strive to bless each resident with love, dignity and respect. I felt supported, held, and surrounded by people who truly understood what mattered in those final moments. They have all become my family. Bubbe and Zayde’s Place is owned by a devoted Jewish family, and the heart behind it shows in everything they do. The founder was a single mother who started with just one house in the 1990s — a powerful story of love, resilience, and vision. Today, there are six houses that share a backyard, creating a real sense of community to honor the elderly at a fragile time in their lives. They have a movie theater, activities, and — most importantly — they work intentionally to ensure residents stay connected to friends and to one another during what can be an incredibly lonely stage of life. The pricing is remarkably affordable, especially given the level of care, humanity, and attention provided. This place is proof that senior care can be both professional and deeply personal. There truly are not words big enough to express the gratitude I feel for what Bubbe and Zayde’s Place did for my father. They gave him safety, comfort, dignity, and love in the midst of a terrible and awful disease, and for giving my family peace when we needed it most. If you are looking for a place for someone you love — or if you are considering supporting a care home that genuinely changes lives — this is a place worthy of your trust and your support. From the bottom of my heart: thank you, Bubbe and Zayde’s Place. You carried us when we could not carry ourselves.
