A Golden Era

A Golden Era in San Bruno, CA, gives seniors many care options, including assisted living, memory care, nursing home care, independent living, and personalized care homes like Samantha's Care Home and Cristina's Care Home, and the whole place holds up to six seniors with a mix of pet-friendly private and community spaces, all in a fully furnished setting. The care team helps with bathing, dressing, toileting, medication, incontinence, diabetic care, high-acuity needs, and non-ambulatory care, while offering meal choices like kosher and vegetarian, plus home-cooked dishes served in restaurant-style dining rooms or as room service, so people who need special diets due to medical issues don't have to worry. Residents get involved in daily events, movie nights, music and animal therapy, card games, book rooms, brunches with live music, exercise and fitness, social nights, and outings, and there's a terraced sculpture garden, outdoor oasis, barber or beauty shop, game rooms, a hot tub or steam room, and garden spaces, with Christian services, devotional programs, and mobile stylists also available. There's help with transportation for medical appointments, shopping, and faith-based activities, and residents can get transit to 25 options nearby, with 8 restaurants, 15 pharmacies, and a café within walking distance, plus two hospitals close for emergencies, and people have private baths, wheelchair accessible showers, parking, and both indoor and outdoor common areas. The facility runs specialized homes like Nobis Care Homes, Turnberry Care Provider Inc, Golden Manor, Elle's Care Home, Chestnut Manor II, San Bruno Care Home, Home at Crestmoor, A Golden Era Home Care, C & C's Care Home, and others noted for personal attention, and there's a My Account dashboard to manage messages, emergency info, care coordination, visitor access, and more. For end-of-life needs there are hospice services, and for short-term recovery, there's respite care. Fall prevention programs, opioid and suicide prevention, disaster mental health, elder abuse resources, state and federal funded healthcare, Rx help, hospital ratings, and health library resources are included. There's access to legislative and community resources, symptom checking tools, and mental health support, so people who need help find it. The facility connects with an advisory service for free community guidance, and there's support for people needing assistive devices and mental health parity. The place also has a unique mineral and fossil collection of almost 11,000 specimens from Canada, the US, and other countries, along with research and educational projects, searchable specimen IDs, photos on a Creative Commons license, a link to mindat.org, and ongoing imaging of the full collection, though some specimens aren't yet photographed or located. Reviews average 8.5 from two people.