The Gardens at Park Balboa

Beedie Johnson

May 2026

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I'm having a good experience so far, for I've been here for only a week and one day so far. They are clean, and facility smells good, and you don't see patients dirty, or smelly, and this place is reasonably maintained. Smiling faces throughout the facility and the food taste good too, they provide you with 3 nutritionally well balanced meal, small portion, which is fine. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, but I don't know if you are supposed to have snacks brought to you in by family for in between or after dinner, because there is no transparency on some things in here. I will only be here for a short time.

Helen G

Nov 2025

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This facility the staff. It's like family. They took amazing care of my mom. She was there for 2 years. Always in awe at the genuine care they provided to my mom. I'm so grateful. Will forever be. We lost our sweet mama today and the staff came in one by one to say goodbye and it was so touching. Thank you all 💞💗

Maxine Rudoff

May 2025

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I gave a special 102nd birthday party for my friend at the Gardens. I had a whole list of questions for Jonathan, the best and most helpful director ever - such as Do I need paper goods, silverware, etc. Jonathan assured me that since it was my friend's 102nd birthday, we would have the best - regular plates, glasses, silverware - literally anything I needed or wanted. The day was a very big success with Jonathan's help. Thank you, Gardens at Park Balboa, for making my friend's birthday the best ever. Mickey

Glynnis Campbell

Oct 2023

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The Gardens is truly a gem! From the moment you walk in, the ambience is one of peace and calm in a lush and lovely setting. The rooms are generous in size and wheelchair-friendly, and many have beautiful views of the courtyard and small private patios for mini gardens. There is a restaurant-style dining room serving up award-winning meals--and ample desserts! The activity and living rooms have a cozy, family feel, and there is always something going on in the way of games, fun exercise classes, lectures, movie showings, field trips, and special events. The greatest asset, of course, is the patient and caring staff of the family-owned facility. Community Relations Director Jonathan is warm and welcoming. Health Services Director Laura is professional and generous with her time. Javier the Dining Services Director takes pride in his cuisine. The caregivers are loving and nurturing, and they keep lines of communication open. But perhaps the best indicator of the quality of The Gardens is how happy the residents are. They extol the virtues of the place with no prompting. (One woman said she'd tried five different facilities, and this was the best.) They're eager to welcome new residents into the family--by the third day, lunch-goers were calling my mom by name to sit at their table. As with most assisted living places, there is a sliding scale of services based upon need, and when a transition to a higher level of care is required, Safe Haven offers memory care with a higher caregiver-to-patient ratio. Safe Haven is safe and secure, with its own small garden and dining area. Caregivers encourage residents to spend most of their day in activities with others rather than remaining isolated in their rooms. I'm delighted I found this new home for my mom. She's still in the process of settling in--she's been there just under two weeks--but I can already sense this is a perfect place for her.

Lawrence Weiss

Dec 2017

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We have an elderly relative in GPB and it is truly the best facility in the city for assisted care. The staff really cares and it is a clean facility with a great nurse named Bobbie right on the premises. They are loving and treat her like family. The food is excellent and they have a separate small facility for dementia residents which is great because they get special care yet get the advantages of being in a place with non-dementia residents as well. Lots of activities and they keep their residents active and happy. I like that the place is well maintained and there is a special fall prevention system in place. It is not run down like so many places.