Golden Haven sits on 2.5 acres with lots of trees and gardens, giving residents space to walk and enjoy the outdoors, and the place covers about 40,000 square feet, which holds up to 150 seniors. The facility is family-built, owned, and run, and it's designed as a stand-alone specialty assisted living community for elderly people with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, with secured grounds that let folks roam safely. Rooms look and feel like a regular home and they're made to help people with Alzheimer's stay safe and comfortable, with features like wheel-chair accessible showers, full tubs, private bathrooms, and kitchenettes. Golden Haven has a long history-over two decades-of caring for people facing memory loss, offering both assisted living and focused memory care, along with respite or short-term care and even hospice services if needed.
Residents get 24-hour supervision and care from nurses, doctors on call, caregivers who stay awake at night, and specialist visitors like podiatrists, dentists, and therapists-physical, speech, and occupational. Staff can help with bathing, dressing, medication, transfers, and mechanical lifts, and Golden Haven can support light to heavy care, including high acuity and non-ambulatory needs, diabetic care with blood sugar checks and insulin, and complex behaviors. Technology also helps keep residents safe, with bracelets that set off an alarm if someone wanders off. For medical needs, in-house check-ups and consultations are provided.
Meals are nutritious and made daily, and there are kosher and vegetarian choices for those who need them, with meal programs that can offer one or two meals a day, and options for special diets including diabetic and allergy-sensitive meals-all-day dining is an option too. Housekeeping, laundry, and dry-cleaning are available, and residents can use furnished units with cable TV, Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and telephones.
There are plenty of things for residents to do, since the place offers an activity program made to help people make friends and keep active, with onsite and offsite activities, movie nights, music and arts programs, scheduled events, and programs run by residents. Amenities include a beauty salon, a barber, the Serenity Wellness Center with spa and massage therapy, a swimming pool and hot tub, a game room, fitness room, library, movie theater, and walking paths through the garden and common areas inside and out where people can relax or join devotional services. There's a hospitality room for private parties too. Staff provide transportation for medical visits and outings.
Golden Haven also aims to let residents keep as much independence as they can, with support for both active seniors and those who need more help, offering a mix of residential homes or apartment-style settings. Services reach across independent, assisted, and nursing care, which means folks can stay even as their needs change and families don't have to search for another place if the level of care needed goes up. Wheelchair access is built in, with accessibility features throughout all the main areas.
The facility is licensed by the State of California Department of Social Services under license number 390312403 and sits at 2324 Lever Blvd in the Van Buskirk neighborhood of Stockton, CA, close to local hospitals, doctors, dining, and places for entertainment. Respite care is offered with fees around $135, and Golden Haven can provide care for those with major behavioral challenges, covering most activities of daily living and offering different levels of help based on each resident's needs. Emergency alert systems are set up for safety. The grounds are secured, so residents can move freely but safely, and every part of the facility is focused on helping seniors with memory loss live as well as possible.
