Tarzana Senior Living

    5236 Otis Avenue, Tarzana, CA, 91356
    4.6 · 14 reviews
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Compassionate immaculate care and peace

    I am so grateful - the staff (Knarik especially) provide compassionate, family-like, above-and-beyond care with excellent medication management and one-on-one emotional support. The facility is immaculate, bright, and modern with private rooms, large windows, and a lovely park-like backyard. Meals are homemade, fresh, delicious, and tailored for health needs; residents receive grooming and daily stimulation. I have complete peace of mind and highly recommend this place.

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    4.64 · 14 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.6
    • Staff

      4.8
    • Meals

      4.8
    • Amenities

      4.8
    • Value

      4.6

    Pros

    • Compassionate, caring and responsive staff
    • Individualized, family-like emotional support
    • Competent medication management
    • Above-and-beyond, attentive caregiving
    • Immaculate, exceptionally clean facility
    • New, well-maintained, upscale building and curb appeal
    • Private rooms with windows and natural light
    • Safe, quiet neighborhood close to a hospital
    • Home-cooked, freshly prepared meals
    • Personalized meal preparation for health/dietary needs
    • Grooming and personal care services (hair styling, manicures)
    • Park-like backyard and pleasant outdoor spaces
    • Alarm/call system and safety features
    • Well-managed operations and organized staff
    • Daily mental stimulation and socialization opportunities
    • High resident/ family satisfaction and peace of mind

    Cons

    • A single review alleges severe neglect (weight loss, stage 4 and stage 3/unstageable bedsores, hospitalization)
    • Reports of limited activity options in some accounts
    • Occasional concern about meal variety—needs more vegetables and protein
    • Conflicting reports on overall care quality (majority positive vs a very serious negative allegation)
    • Mention that beds were available due to resident deaths (reported in one review)

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: The reviews for Tarzana Senior Living are overwhelmingly positive across multiple independent summaries, emphasizing compassionate staff, an immaculate and modern facility, high-quality medication management, and home-style dining. Most reviewers highlight a family-like atmosphere where caregivers go above and beyond, providing emotional support and individualized attention that gives families peace of mind. The facility’s curb appeal, quiet upscale neighborhood, and proximity to a hospital are frequently noted as additional positives.

    Staff and care quality: A dominant theme is the staff’s compassion and responsiveness. Reviewers repeatedly use terms such as caring, kind, loving, and responsive; one caregiver, Knarik, is called out by name as a standout. Medication handling and management receive specific praise in multiple summaries, and several reviewers comment on one-on-one attention and personalized care plans. Grooming and personal care services (hair styling, manicures) are mentioned as part of daily routines, and reviewers describe residents as well cared-for and emotionally supported. This creates a consistent impression of attentive, competent caregiving and strong staff-resident relationships.

    Facilities and safety: The physical facility is consistently described as immaculate, new, well-maintained, and up-to-date. Private rooms with windows and abundant natural light, lack of unpleasant odors, and common areas that are clean and inviting are common points. Safety features such as alarm and call systems are noted, as is the facility’s location in an upscale, quiet neighborhood with a park-like backyard and nearby hospital—factors that reviewers suggest contribute to family confidence in resident safety and wellbeing.

    Dining and nutrition: Dining is another strong positive: reviewers repeatedly praise home-cooked, freshly prepared meals (specific items like cabbage soup are mentioned), and several accounts note the staff’s willingness to personalize meals for health issues. Food quality is described as “amazing,” “delicious,” and “fresh every day.” However, a few reviewers raise minor nutritional concerns—reporting a desire for more vegetables and protein in the menu—indicating some opportunities to broaden meal variety and dietary balance for residents.

    Activities and social engagement: Reviews indicate that daily mental stimulation and socialization are provided and appreciated, contributing to residents’ quality of life. That said, a minority of reviewers mention that activities are somewhat limited, suggesting variability in the programming or differing expectations among families. Overall, social and mental engagement appears present but may not be uniformly extensive across all accounts.

    Management, consistency, and notable concerns: Many reviews praise visible good management, organization, and a team that “goes above and beyond,” which aligns with the high satisfaction and recommendations. Nevertheless, there is a very serious and discordant report alleging severe neglect—specifically weight loss, advanced bedsores (stage 4 and stage 3/unstageable), hospitalization, notification of authorities, and available beds due to deaths. This allegation stands in stark contrast to the majority of positive reviews and represents a significant red flag that should be investigated or verified with up-to-date inspection, incident, or licensing records before drawing firm conclusions. The presence of this single but grave complaint is the primary negative pattern amid otherwise positive feedback.

    Bottom line: Tarzana Senior Living receives frequent praise for compassionate staff, cleanliness, home-style dining, safety features, private bright rooms, and overall strong management, leading to high family satisfaction in most reviews. The key caveat is an isolated but serious allegation of neglect involving severe bedsores and hospitalization; this outlier warrants further verification (regulatory records, recent inspection reports, or direct follow-up with the facility) to resolve the discrepancy between this claim and the broader positive consensus. Minor, more common areas for improvement noted by some reviewers include expanding activity options and increasing vegetable/protein variety in meals.

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    About Tarzana Senior Living

    Tarzana Senior Living, found at 5236 Otis Ave. in Tarzana, CA, is a community for people age 65 and older who want assisted living, residential care, or memory care in a quiet neighborhood with a home-like feel, and you can really tell they try to make things comfortable since the place is newly renovated, small in scale, and even allows pets, which makes it easier for a person who's always lived with animals or just likes animals nearby. You'll see caregivers with over 10 years' combined experience helping residents day and night, offering support for daily needs like bathing, dressing, using the restroom, transferring with a Hoyer lift, medication management, and even help with blood pressure checks, plus they do what they can for folks with Parkinson's, diabetes, stroke, incontinence, and walker use. People who need memory care for Alzheimer's or dementia get special attention, including therapies to help reduce confusion and prevent wandering, and the staff includes private live-in caregivers along with visiting nurses, dentists, physicians, physical and occupational therapists, and a podiatrist, so health care needs get met right where you live.

    The meals always focus on taste and quality, because chefs and planners put together daily home-cooked dishes using good ingredients, and residents get three meals each day, so no one has to worry about eating alone or choosing what to cook. Shared dining also goes along with activities-there are organized options every day for social time, exercise, games, or just spending time with others, and the point really seems to be to keep people moving and talking to each other, because that helps with emotional and mental health. Rooms come as private, shared, or companion suites, and the houses each have fewer than 10 beds to keep things quieter and homier, with wheelchair access, high-speed Wi-Fi, cable TV, and an emergency call system, so there's modern comfort and safety alongside the basics.

    The grounds have a garden, gated entry, parking for residents and guests, and even beauty and barber services, and folks can bring their pets or use the computer room with fast internet. Tarzana Senior Living offers different kinds of help, like independent living for those who want to be active and social, adult care homes for shared living with personal attention from caregivers, and in-home services if someone would rather age in place but needs non-medical support or company. If hospice or nursing-level care gets needed along the way, the right staff and support is available with compassion and respect. There's a move-in special for new residents that gives 30% off the first month's rent, and tours are available if people want to look around before making any decisions. This place is run by Tarzana Senior Living, Inc., and the main aim seems to be keeping things personal, simple, and as comfortable as possible while making sure everyone's needs get met in a caring environment.

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