Mountain Vista of Ojai is a senior living community in Ojai, California, that gives older adults a safe and quiet place to live while getting the help they need. The facility is licensed for up to 38 residents and offers assisted living, independent living, memory care, adult care home options, skilled nursing, and board and care home services, so seniors can find what suits them as their needs change. Caregivers and skilled staff are always in the building, offering help with bathing, dressing, and moving from place to place, and helping with meals, medication, housekeeping, laundry, and grooming. Some residents live in private or semi-private rooms, which come furnished with a bed, chair, closet, dresser, side table, and telephone, and some have kitchenettes. The living areas and social spaces have a TV for group viewing. The building has safety systems throughout, like fire alarms, sprinklers, smoke and heat detectors, emergency lighting, and call lights in each room, plus a 24-hour emergency alert system and a 24-hour call system for getting help right away if needed.
Mountain Vista of Ojai supports people with Alzheimer's and dementia, offering memory care services and extra support for changes in behavior or appetite. Residents get medication management and medication dispensing, with all medicines stored securely and refills and doctor instructions handled by the staff. The facility offers nutritional counseling and works with special diets, including allergy-sensitive and diabetes diets, and serves three home-cooked meals a day, along with snacks and drinks, in a dining room. Seniors who need help eating get it, and meals follow supervised diets when needed. Laundry and linens, regular housekeeping, hygiene, and toiletry supplies are all included, and residents can get help to and from meals and activities.
Staff arrange transportation for appointments or outings and offer community-sponsored activities, movie nights, garden time, arts and crafts in the arts room, and a walking path outdoors. There's a barber/salon for hair and beauty care. Residents can bring cats and dogs. Care is planned around every resident's needs, and the staff tries to keep communication open with both families and local healthcare providers like Ojai Valley Community Hospital. The community offers respite care and home care for those needing help at home, plus hospice support and referrals. Mountain Vista of Ojai is a Residential Care Facility For the Elderly with a residential home setting, so it feels less like a hospital and more like a home. The facility has earned a Best of Senior Living award and holds a review score of 8.5 from four reviews, reflecting its work in serving the Ojai area since it expanded from caring for fifteen residents to thirty-eight as of 2018. Walking trails, gardens, supervised activities, and a sense of companionship all help residents feel comfortable while caregivers focus on support, safety, and independence. Scheduled private tours let new residents see the home and meet some of the staff and caregivers before moving in.
