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Community Information
The Gardens of Santa Monica is an assisted living facility in Santa Monica, CA. The Gardens of Santa Monica offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and The Gardens of Santa Monica offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so The Gardens of Santa Monica provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Making sure residents with diabetes monitor their insulin levels is clearly an important task and The Gardens of Santa Monica can help with that task. If a resident needs assistance moving from a bed to a wheelchair, this facility has staff who can help. The Gardens of Santa Monica is operated by Brookdale.
Unique Features
Comprehensive Activity Program, including exercise classes, ballroom dancing, concert and museum visits and theater events.
Garden courtyard with fountain and lovely seating areas. Rooftop sundecks, computer lab and elegant dining room.
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting NurseHomecare OnsiteVisiting PodiatristVisiting DentistVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care 4200% Medium Care 0% Heavy Care 50% The Gardens of Santa Monica prefers that residents need: light care, medium care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
Diabetic residents must be able to manage their own care, including blood sugar tests and insulin injections. The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections.
Memory Care Offered
This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community.
Incontinence Care
This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 1 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableComplimentary TransportationProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Additional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersFull TubsHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedVegetarianAdditional info: opportunity to provide traditional Jewish dishes though the kitchen isn't Kosher. Chef will also make various options available to individuals. Wonderful Salad Bar
Activities Provided
Daily Excercise Classes, Professional Entertainers four times a week, Outings to museums, theater and shopping. Discussion Groups, Book Club, Art Classes, Knitting Group. Religious services. -
Average Room Pricing at The Gardens of Santa Monica
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 92 1 Bedroom 1 Semi-Private 7295.00 Monthly 2 Bedrooms 4500.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at The Gardens of Santa Monica
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee Respite Fee 900.00 Monthly Buy-In Fee 4000.00 One-time High Care Needs Fee 185.00 Daily Medium Care Needs Fee Low Care Needs Fee 2000.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If The Gardens of Santa Monica isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
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| Santa Monica | 0 miles | 4 | $7,040 |
| Pacific Palisades | 2 miles | 1 | $7,750 |
| Los Angeles | 3 miles | 19 | $4,650 |
| Culver City | 5 miles | 2 | $5,000 |
| Playa Vista | 6 miles | 1 | $6,100 |
| Beverly Hills | 7 miles | 2 | $6,750 |
General Pricing Information for Santa Monica Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $6,050 | $7,045 | $8,000 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $8,500 | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| Semi-Private | $4,050 | $4,050 | $4,050 |
| Studio | $1,500 | $4,490 | $5,300 |
Community Reviews
Treats Every Resident with Compassion
reviewed on: 10/20/2020 by AnonymousI think that the level of caring from this community. Everybody that works there from the cook to the administration and everyone in between knows my mom's name. My mom got extremely sick,... Read the full review.
Shangri-La
reviewed on: 04/13/2015 by LoriWe selected Brookdale Santa Monica Gardens as a temporary place for our uncle following an illness so he could recover his strength with assistance. After a week, he asked if he could stay... Read the full review.
Caring , Active and Fun
reviewed on: 12/13/2015 by KathyMy mother has been at Santa Monica Gardens for 3 years. The staff is happy and caring. She has so many friends because it is a warm family atmosphere. The activities are so much fun that I... Read the full review.
Not very impressed!!
reviewed on: 03/30/2017 by AnonymousI was not very impressed with my tour of this community. They have a great ocean view and its in walking distance from the facility but that was about all I liked. This place used to be a hotel... Read the full review.
Great life for a Senior
reviewed on: 12/14/2016 by CathyMy mother has been living at the Gardens. She is so happy there. The staff is friendly and caring. Great Food and lots of social activities. The location is great. In the residential part of... Read the full review.
