Holiday Chico

Jean

We love The Oakmont. The rooms have small balconies, which they keep clean. Their rooms are very nice with neat accommodations. The workers are all amazing. We like them. The food is very good too. I wish it was a little less expensive, but compared to other places, I think it is the best value. For us, it is a little less expensive, but I understand because it is all inclusive. They have a bus that takes you shopping, if you want to go to a museum, or if you want to go church.

Howard

I had an extremely good visit at The Oakmont. I liked it very much. They have many different kinds of activities, like art activities, card games, a lot of community involvement, a lot of social experiences, opportunities, and dinners. They had viewing rooms, a library, and gardens. The rooms were spacious, clean, and affordable. You can take your pet with you. The staff was excellent, very personable, very efficient, and cooperative with questions and what your needs might be.

Kathy

The Oakmont was very nicely set up, the dining room was nicely set up, and of course it was spread apart so the seniors could still congregate in the dining room, but well away from each other. I thought it was a beautiful place as well. The carpets were clean, the stairwells were nice, and they had a beautiful, working elevator. The staff member was very nice, very helpful, and they knew I was coming, so they had all the pamphlets ready for me and even greeted me at the door. The outside of the building wasn't kept up very well. It was pretty filthy. It didn't look like it had been cleaned in a while, and there was a lot of bird defecation. They were very limited on their outside seating arrangements. There was only spot and there was a walking path around the back of the building. Most of their ambiance was inside.

Linda

My mother has moved into The Oakmont. I'm very happy. We have had no problems with them. The apartment is absolutely fine. My mother is pretty much chairbound so she doesn't really participate in many of the activities, but they have a number of activities. The food is good, too. The staff members are very friendly. There is no problem there whatsoever. They have good common areas, like a video room, a library and a workout room.

GH

The Oakmont was nicer, newer, and seemed to have a lot of nice activities. The people seemed nice, but the price was higher. The place was well-kept, and the rooms were average. Everybody had their own alcove to live in and they seemed to be happy there. The dining area was very nicely set up with individual tables. They had a theater and some of the residents were doing arts and crafts.

CA

The Oakmont is considered independent living, but most people there have private care coming in from various agencies, and it's probably bordering close to assisted living for most of the people living there. It's not like a senior apartment situation. It's about as close to independent living you can get without being assisted living, which is good, because a lot of people can't afford assisted living; it's like the gap in between. They were really accommodating to my mother's demands in there, like bringing her meals up to her or this and that. They have a dozen openings and those were all taken in a day. It's a little threadbare, but it is what it is. It's one of those fancy, high-end places. The room had been vacuumed and the bathroom had been cleaned and everything, but you can see the evidence in the furniture, the impressions on the rug, the carpet hadn't been cleaned per se, and it hadn’t been painted or anything like that. Everything you need is there, and from that standpoint it's a very adequate option in Chico. They had some really nice musical groups when I was there. They brought in miniature farm animals for people, and a volunteer guy comes over and does that bean bag game every week with a group. They have a regular routine of appropriate entertainment going on over there. We ended up with a 1-bedroom which was way more than what my mother needed, but I would have to say that it's a little bit on the high side for how well-kept the place was (especially since it's an older community).