Pilgrim Terrace Cooperative Hm in Santa Barbara, CA, offers a cooperative housing setup where residents share in the running of things and have their own apartments or units, with unit names like Pilgrim Terrace Dr and family names such as Valsecchi or Rowinsky used for households, making it feel like a real community. Folks living here have daily care services, including residential care for seniors, assisted living, convalescent care, and memory care, and there are options for respite and non-ambulatory care, which helps if someone needs short-term help or more long-term support as they get older. The place offers meals every day, with choices that include room service, low or no sodium meals, and meals delivered right to the apartment, and people can even have pets with support for pet care.
Residents have good access to community spaces with indoor and outdoor common areas, a library, an outside patio, and a computer or media center, and they can use complimentary transportation or easily get to public transit, plus there's parking available. Every apartment comes with handy features like private baths, bathtubs, handicap accessible bathrooms, cable or satellite TV, and Wi-Fi or high-speed internet, which makes it easier for people of all ages, especially seniors and those with convalescent needs. The staff help residents manage medicines, provide regular check-ins, and help with incontinence care or other health needs as needed.
The community has activities to help people connect, ways to stay in touch like email and phones, and a tradition of arranging and delivering flowers for many occasions, from birthdays and anniversaries to funerals and memorial services. They do special flowers for weddings, graduations, patriotic days, and even "just because." Friendliness here gets good marks, with a 4.5 star community rating for friendliness and activities, and folks have left a wide range of reviews, averaging a 5.7 score out of 15 reviews. Pilgrim Terrace Cooperative Hm offers a steady community feeling for seniors, retired people, and those who might need more assistance now and then, and it puts a focus on day-to-day needs, good company, and support when life changes.
