Astoria Retirement feels like a cozy home where only six seniors live together in each house, which helps everyone get to know each other and form close bonds, and these homes sit in places like Newport Beach, Monarch Bay, Corona del Mar, Dover Shores, and Palm Desert, making each location a little different but keeping the same safe, quiet, and elegant feeling throughout, and they call these places Astoria at Monarch Bay, Astoria at Dover Shores, Astoria at Corona del Mar, and Astoria at Palm Desert. Folks will notice staff support's always around to help with whatever's needed, whether someone needs just a little reminder for daily tasks-what they call Light Care-or more help with things like moving around, bathing, or medications, or even Heavy Care, where seniors need help most of the time, so there's care for nearly everyone, even those with memory loss like Alzheimer's or other conditions that make someone forgetful, with a separate building for memory care that's always locked to keep everyone safe and bracelets or alarms that go off if someone tries to wander off, which stops people from getting lost.
Residents get both Kosher and vegetarian meals if they want and meals come with group dining to help everyone connect, and people can bring their cats or dogs because Astoria's pet-friendly, making it easier to feel at home, with rooms set up to look nice and comfortable with hardwood floors, private TVs, call buttons, sprinklers, and even tubs and wheelchair showers, while the homes are on landscaped grounds where it's easy to spend time outside, which helps folks feel less confined. Astoria offers just about every type of senior care, from independent living for folks who don't need much help, assisted living for those who struggle with daily tasks, and memory care for dementia, all the way up to skilled nursing when medical help's needed, plus respite care for short stays and hospice services for end-of-life support, and since the buildings are smaller, people say it feels less like a facility and more like a family home.
Ancillary services help with things like incontinence, high medical needs, using lifts for people who can't move themselves, diabetic monitoring, and care for people who can't walk, so they're equipped for folks with a lot of health needs, but they don't just check blood sugar-they actually give insulin injections if needed, and staff helps with things like housekeeping, personal care, group activities, worship services in both Rite I and Rite II traditions, and spiritual support, with activities to keep everyone engaged. They've got fire alarms, door alarms, computerized wander alert systems, and secure properties, and every home has its own license number, business profile, and belongs to the Astoria Retirement Residences group. Astoria's on the Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating but isn't BBB Accredited, which is good to know, and the business has strict rules for professional licensing and registration. Caregiver Oana Abrudan runs most locations, and each site posts their fax and mailing addresses, so it's clear there's a network of homes, each able to meet people's changing needs as they grow older, and that lets residents stay in the same community even if they start to need more help, which folks find comforting, because moving's always hard and keeping some familiar faces and routines matters a lot as people age.
