Hillside House sits in Santa Barbara and serves 59 residents, with a focus on helping seniors and people with developmental disabilities live as independently as possible. Staff here often get noticed for being kind and helpful, showing respect to everyone, and treating each other and visitors with patience. The community offers several housing options and types of care, including assisted living, memory care with spaces to reduce confusion and keep residents safe, independent living, and home care. Folks living with Alzheimer's disease, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities find support and safety here thanks to features tailored to their needs. Residents get help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, and taking medicine, and there's 24-hour nursing care on site so people with greater needs are supported.
The facility offers nutritious meals, which chefs and meal planners prepare, and there's always a range of activities to help keep people engaged socially, physically, mentally, and emotionally, whether they're gathering to drum in the TRAP program, joining therapeutic programs, or heading out for community outings. Residents can tour the property, meet staff, see rooms, and talk to others in the "Getting to Know Hillside" tours. Hillside House also organizes a fun Disability Independence Day Festival with food, games, music, and a petting zoo, making the place lively and encouraging community ties. People here are treated with dignity, and the goal is always to foster abilities and help everyone reach their own potential, whether that means participating in activities, using resources set aside for well-being, or just enjoying time with other residents. This non-profit works to create new opportunities, like the mixed-abilities neighborhood project, for even more independence and integration in the future.
