Solstice Senior Living at El Cajon

Nancy

We went to Solstice Senior Living at El Cajon. They were very welcoming to begin with. When we first went in, there was a man who works at the desk to check people going through, record their temperature, and ask questions about COVID and all that. (Of course we all wore masks.) We met up with John. He is very, very welcoming, and he told us a lot about the facility itself. He showed us the dining room and the different rooms that the people gather in usually -- but in these times things are different. They have that part of the dining room set up with social distancing. He said there are a few people who come in and want to eat in the dining room, but most of the people are getting their food delivered to them. Because of that they got a new system where they have these hot boxes that they take, so that the food stays hot, and they get to the people hot. We thought that was acceptable. He told us all the things that they do to make sure that the place is clean and sanitized. I think he said three times a day they go through and they use things to help to cut down cold viruses, and things like that. He showed us two one-bedrooms that were side-by-side, and they were very nice. We liked them very much; they had everything that we would probably need. Then he took us to see one that is a little bit different. They had taken two different rooms, a studio and a one-bedroom, and they put it together. So you can make it into a two-bedroom, or you could make a bigger living room, or whatever you wanted to do, and it had a nice bay window. Everything was very, very nice, and the grounds were beautiful. They didn't have a swimming pool, but it didn't really matter to us. Everything was very nice and spread out. The people who we saw, they seemed very happy. They were socially distancing, they were all wearing masks, and they were all very mobile. Everybody was welcoming to us -- even the people who lived there. When we left, he gave us an apple caramel pie that the chef there makes to give to the people who come to visit, and that was excellent.

Jessica

My mother moved into Solstice Senior Living at El Cajon. She's not living there anymore because of health reasons, but they were wonderful, and I have no complaints. It was clean, and the staff was friendly.

Anonymous

It was a lot nicer than I had thought. The staff was really accommodating and explained everything to us. The rooms were a lot bigger than expected, so that was nice. They let us have lunch with them, which was cool, and the meal was excellent and really good. The residents looked reasonably happy and felt like it was their home.