Garden Court

Garden Court sits at 690 Crane Ave in Foster City, near the Parkside area, and runs as a residential care home, offering both a peaceful, home-like setting and a wide range of care services for seniors. The homes are regular neighborhood houses adapted for shared senior living and staffed with professional, caring people who help residents with daily needs like bathing, dressing, transferring, medication management, and getting to the bathroom, always making sure someone's around for 24-hour supervision, which helps with safety and peace of mind. There's memory care, non-ambulatory care, and even hospice care for those who need more medical oversight, and the staff can help with health condition monitoring, incontinence care, and diabetic support. Residents get three meals a day, with options for special diets, support for food allergies, diabetes, vegetarian preferences, and meals can be adjusted for medical needs like high blood pressure, and if someone misses a meal, dining's available all day, and staff handle all the cooking and meal prep. Each room comes furnished and has telephone access and Wi-Fi, and housekeeping staff come by to clean, do laundry, and even offer dry cleaning, so there's always clean clothes and a tidy space. For outings, residents can use the Garden Court transportation service to get to doctor's appointments, errands, faith-based services, or join organized excursions around the area, and there's always enough parking if someone drives or family comes to visit. Common spaces like community rooms let people gather for movie nights, games, or just some good company, and there are planned programs including music, art, board games, workout and wellness schedules, or social nights; sometimes there's even music therapy, pet therapy, or visits to the reading room or on-site salon for haircuts. Outdoors, folks enjoy well-kept gardens, walking paths, and places to relax outside. Garden Court brings in senior-oriented technology services too, like internet plans, cell phones for seniors, medical alert systems, and ID theft protection, along with medication dispensers and home security. Residents may participate in devotional activities both onsite and offsite, and there are opportunities for independent living, with options like senior apartments, condos, and townhomes for those who like to keep to themselves but want some backup and social options nearby. The whole structure at Garden Court leans into the "social model of care," meaning each person stays independent as much as possible, but with the right support and safety nets in place-nobody has to do it all alone, but everyone has the chance to do what they can, in a safe, friendly spot with neighbors nearby. Housekeeping and grooming help such as a mobile barber are available, and residents can get help with personal hygiene, bathing, clothes changing, and moving around if needed; the care homes can even provide respite care for short-term stays. Nearby, there are other senior living facilities like Beach Park Apartments and Emerald Retirement Residence, so seniors in the area have several options for finding the right fit. Garden Court doesn't post its hours, so folks need to call to coordinate visits or move-in dates, and there's no email or website listed, which keeps things a bit more old-fashioned.