Robin Tomaschke
Nov 2025
My 102-year-old mother has been a resident at San Gabriel Memory Care since the middle of this last July. We wanted her as close to friends as possible in a facility that would meet her growing needs due to worsening dementia and mobility issues. My sister and I live on opposite coasts and it wasn't practical to move mom away from her remaining friends and extended family. After touring another memory care facility closer to her Greenville home and an assisted living facility that she didn't qualify for, we asked a staff member at the assisted living where they would want their mom to be if they had to make this choice. They said San Gabriel in Highland with no hesitation. When we arrived at San Gabriel (without an appointment!), we were greeted and immediately given the tour. We were impressed with Amber, the manager, and the care she showed to the residents and her staff. The facility is spotless. The common areas are lovely. Each resident brings in their own decorations and furniture for their private room. There are many activities and visiting musicians to entertain the residents. Communication has been very good with staff, CNAs and the RNs. Because my sister and I can't be there in person as often as we would like, we do have mom's personal CNA continue to go in and help her twice a week at the facility to make sure everything is okay and continue to offer a consistent familiar face that mom usually remembers. I video visit weekly with my mom with her Alexa Echo Show. She needs help calling me but staff as well as her personal CNA help her. I highly recommend San Gabriel. They have worked hard to transition our mother into memory care during a difficult time with kindness and understanding. Thank you San Gabriel Memory Care!
