La Posada at Park Center

Don

The one that we thought was the best was La Posada at Park Center. There's no restaurant or mall near there. It's basically by itself just outside of Green Valley. They have two apartment complexes, several garden homes, and then individual homes. It's a CCRC. It's a top-notch place. It's much newer than the other place but the same kind of class. The streets are all paved. It's in the middle of a pecan orchard, so there are lots of trees and green grass. The apartments are large. Some of the garden homes are small or broken up with lots of walls which we didn't care much for. The apartments were sunny and open with lots of windows. The place is well-kept, but it's also very expensive. It costs $400,000 to get into it. They're very nice people. They're very service-oriented. They showed us everything that we wanted to see. Besides, we have several friends that have already gone there. We visited them in their homes. We've had two people that have been there for over 10 years and they're in their 90s. They have a nice rehab facility and they have also memory care and anything else. The dining area is very nice. The chefs are very good. You can order anything you want. Depending on the program you're on, you can get all your meals or you can get one meal. Each apartment comes with one meal and if there are two people, they had $600 a month or something like that for another person. The food is very good. We've eaten there several times with friends, but we also had lunch there when we took the tour.

Mel Pascal

La Posada is great for the most part but there a few things that you and your family should know. They offer to help take care of everything, like selling your home, car, etc., but make sure you have a trusted family financial professional or lawyer review everything before signing as they do take a chunk of not only that, but your personal savings and nest egg. My mom had about $300k in savings and passed away, so La Posada's arrangement is that they retain the money no matter how long your family lives there. For mom, it was under a year so there was nothing left for her kids.

Fran

I'm living in La Posada. I'm in an apartment, we have quite a variety. We have garden homes, those are smaller, and then we have apartments, and I have like 1,300 square feet with two bedrooms, two-baths, and a flex room, which is like a little office. It's just wonderful here. It's like a campus, they have an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and we have a tram to get around things on campus. They have everything on campus here too, and buses that take you to the theaters and the University when you're very near Tucson, which is very nice, and near the University of Arizona. They are very good at hiring people, most of the people like the dining people. We have terrific food here, and actually we have -- except because of the virus it's closed now -- we had a five-star restaurant here too. But most of the people, like the dining room and the cleaning people, the dining people are mostly high-school kids, and students at the University of Arizona. We give a lot of scholarships, and it's like a high priority to get one. And for the kids to get a job here, they're really great. As far as the other staff we have a nurse on duty all the time, and then we do have assisted living too, and a memory place. It has lots of palm trees, planting, and a lot of facilities here. I have housekeeping once a week, and I get one dinner or lunch every day. I think across the country they're rated pretty high, but you have to buy in, and they keep 30 percent of what you pay to buy in when you leave. The weather is wonderful of course, I have a mountain view. I'm on the second floor and they have like, I guess they call it a balcony, but here it's a screened-in porch where I have some of my white wrought-iron furniture, so you don't get claustrophobic. It's a wonderful place.

Mikel

I've been to La Posada Arizona as a visitor because I had friends or acquaintances there. They were very happy. My sister-in-law was there and I had a friend there also. I was very comfortable with the service that both of them got, and they were comfortable with it also. It was very neat, clean, and professional looking. We were very pleased and I'm basing my comment partially on their satisfaction. Their food is very good. I've eaten there several times. Every chance I get, I eat there, and they have a wide array of choices there. It's a lovely place.

Dorothy Mckenna

I have lived at La Posada for nine years in Independent Living I love the many activities that keep me moving ,so I can enjoy a quality life in my 90s. I participate in Sit and Be Fit, Yoga, Balance, and Meditation classes. Excellent food. The staff has been welcoming and kind to me. My small apartment I have made into a home that I love. There are apartments, garden homes,private pavilion homes are currently being constructed. A Concert weekly, lectures, I find it easy to be a life- long learner here at la Posada.

Dick481862

We went to see La Posada. It is absolutely perfect. The setting is gorgeous, and everything about it is wonderful. But we do not want to go into a continuing care community where you buy-in. Our main objection is the buy-in situation where you actually buy in and then pay monthly. That is the only reason why we discounted it. Its location is fantastic. It is in the middle of a grove of trees other than the fact that it is pretty close to the Mexican border, and they have acres around it. They also have casitas which you can go into if you do not care to go into the apartments, and those apartments are well-appointed. It is just very appealing as far as location is concerned. It has all of the amenities that you find in other places, the staff is accommodating, and the food is excellent. Most of the places that we visited have an activities chairman, and they have a full schedule of activities. In the case of La Posada, some of the people still have tickets to the symphony in Tucson, and they will make arrangements to get you there and to pick you up after the symphony is over, if you wish. It is a slight extra cost, but it is worth it as far as that is concerned.