Inn on the Boulevard Retirement Living

Inn on the Boulevard Retirement Living, located at 11201 Ventura Blvd in Studio City, CA, used to be a place where seniors and their families could find supportive living, assisted living, respite care for short-term stays, independent living, and memory care for people with Alzheimer's and dementia, and while the facility is now closed, it had a strong reputation for offering safe and clean accommodations in a friendly atmosphere that's close to shops and restaurants, with staff who were caring, compassionate, and always available, since they had 24-hour awake staff and a low resident-to-staff ratio of about 1:3, making sure there was always someone nearby to help out, whether that's with personal care, daily housekeeping, medication management, getting out of bed, taking a shower, or just needing a companion, and people liked that the staff could help with all sorts of health needs right there in the building, including nurses on site, a doctor on call, standby help for moving from bed to wheelchair, and support for residents who needed their blood sugar checked, but they did require residents to handle most incontinence needs themselves, which mattered to some people. There were 152 licensed beds in private rooms, including studios, one-bedroom, and suite options, and meals were prepared by a chef and served restaurant-style, which helped residents save time and money on groceries, plus the kitchen did a good job making sure meals were kosher-style or fit special diets like vegetarian or diabetic. The place had a minimum resident age of 55, allowed both men and women, and was a mixed community where people with memory issues lived alongside those without, with pets allowed and smoking only allowed outdoors, and the grounds included indoor common areas that made it easy to socialize, plus there were planned daily fitness and social activities, holidays parties, and even professional entertainment, so people weren't left feeling bored or alone, and folks could attend devotional services offsite if they wanted. There was an emergency call system with an intercom in every room, transportation to doctor's appointments and outings with wheelchair access, and parking for residents, all included with month-to-month leases that left families flexible, along with homecare available on site, hospice services, and care plans that were tailored to individual needs, whether someone wanted part-time, full-time, or 24/7 help, and different levels of care added fees, with higher care needs costing $750 a month and medium care needs costing $250, plus a one-time community fee of $500, and rents ranging from about $2100 to $4000 a month for studio and one-bedroom apartments. Families did not use Medicare to pay, but the place accepted private pay, Social Security, veteran's benefits, and private insurance. The facility was complaint with licensing rules-it was certified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as a Residential Care Elderly location, but operated purely as a non-acute care setting, and it earned several positive reviews, especially for how safe and discreet it kept family matters, letting residents even paint their rooms any color they liked, and always offering snacks, daily housekeeping, linen services, laundry, transportation, and even letting folks bring pets, so while it's a shame the Inn on the Boulevard is no longer open, people in Studio City did have a place where seniors could get varied levels of care designed to let them stay as independent, safe, and engaged as possible.