St. Paul's Plaza

Lisa6

I've had a lot of experience at St. Paul's Plaza. My godmother was there. She was independent, but if you're medical status changed, you pay a little extra. She went from independent to assisted because she had to have help after her. She was a resident for about two years. When you drive through, there's not a lot of parking, but there's a lot of street parking. On weekends, you could park at the hospital across the street in their parking lot. It's a gated community. It has a grass area with a playground for the kids, a dog park, and an area where they celebrate, like Veteran's Day. They have barbecues out there and music. When you go inside, it has marble and nice rich wood. They have a formal dining room, so if the family wants to use it, they can have their food or have their food catered. There are elevators. You can either have a one-bedroom or a studio. The living area has a kitchen with a small top two-burner stove, lots of cabinets, and a large closet as you come into the door. The bathroom is large and is located in the bedroom if you have the one-bedroom and there are two closets in the bedroom, which was nice. The shower area is large, where you can roll a wheelchair and scoot over into your shower chair. You have to provide your own internet. There's a large park across the street if you want to take your parent or your loved one out and stroll through the park. Their dining room is nice. They also have a bar with TVs. It's like Buffalo Wild Wings where you have the TVs on the wall showing the different games, and they have a bar where the residents can have a wheelchair roll up to the bar or residents can sit in the bar stools and you can get beer and wine. They have a meal plan where you either have breakfast, lunch, and dinner or you can reduce your cost by just choosing one or two meals. They have a gym with a physical therapist onsite at all times. They have a swimming pool and a therapy pool. The staff is really nice. The doors close at 11:00, and you ring the doorbell. I believe there's staff there 24/7 or you have a scan, so you can get back in. It's easy to get around. It had very nice wide hallways. They have exercise every morning where you just come right out your door and everyone in that hallway who wants to participate just does hallway exercise. Each floor has a full-sized kitchen and a large area for families to have their own little cookouts and meals together.

Paul

St. Paul's Plaza was very nice, it was just a little more expensive than the other place, and they didn't have a pool and a spa. The apartments were fairly decent size, very nice, but not much storage. They had a very good list of things to do, they take people shopping, and they had several choirs; they were very good on that from what we saw. The staff seemed to be hard working. The dining area was very nice, and typical.

Frankie Reyes Jr

St. Paul's Plaza was really nice. I liked the people and the set up. I liked the facilities and the restaurant-type meals. The room was nice and everything was good. The staff was wonderful.

Phillip

St. Paul's Plaza is fairly new and very nice. They had two dining rooms that offered two meals a day, and washer and dryer in the apartment. They had a bar, weight rooms, swimming pool, and you could have a pet. I saw a nice, clean one-bedroom with views over San Diego. It's independent and costs around $2,800, but you can get more care for a maximum of $8,000 a month. We had lunch there, and it was very good. We met one girl who showed us around and was very nice and polite.

Martha

St. Paul's Plaza is a new building with nice apartments for assisted living. I wasn't so impressed with their memory care, but their model was well-done in terms of trying to keep those who are in memory care involved in their communities. They had little sections where they watched TV together and community meals. The food was good quality, nutritious, and was varied enough so they catered to a bunch of different tastes. Whether you like spicy or not spicy, you could choose from their menu and have what you would like. The staff is very engaged and solicitous. They have a library, exercise room, exercise saltwater pool, activities every day, music that comes in, and a lot of entertainment.

Artie524260

I like St. Paul; it’s absolutely gorgeous. It has the saltwater pool, but it was just too much for my parents. I liked their staff, but it was more like a business, and since it’s fairly new there weren’t a lot of patients; it looked empty. The grounds were gorgeous, and it was cheaper for its price.