THE MONTECITO SENIOR LIVING

The Montecito Senior Living is a senior living community on North 87th Avenue in Peoria, Arizona, operated by Cogir Senior Living. It sits on about 14 acres and offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care. The Arizona Department of Health Services licenses it as an assisted living center (license AL12198C) with capacity for 141 residents. Housing includes apartments as well as casitas and villas.

One-bedroom floor plans run about 807 to 919 square feet and two-bedroom floor plans about 1,108 to 1,289 square feet. Caregivers are certified and receive monthly training, and memory care is delivered through Cogir's Revere Memory Care program. Monthly rent includes dining, housekeeping, Wi-Fi, linen service, scheduled transportation, and utilities. A waterfall greets residents and visitors at the entrance, and café-style dining offers a relaxed place to eat.

The activity list includes billiards, book clubs, cooking classes, and other social and educational programs. Because The Montecito Senior Living offers several levels of living in one place, it can suit couples whose needs differ, or someone who is independent today but wants a plan if more support is needed later. A move from one level to another usually begins with a new assessment, so it helps to ask how that process works and how much notice is involved.

In Arizona, assisted living communities are licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services. A licensed assisted living center serves eleven or more residents and may be approved to provide supervisory care, personal care, or directed care services, with directed care being the level for residents who can no longer direct their own care, as is common with dementia. Families can look up a community's license and inspection history on the state's AZ Care Check website before a visit, and reading recent inspection reports can show how a community has responded to any past findings.

Around the neighborhood, Abrazo Arrowhead Campus is about 2.5 miles away. Apache Park is under a mile away, Albertsons is under a mile away for groceries, and Sun City Library is about 2 miles away. On a tour, ask to see a casita or villa as well as an apartment, how moving between care levels works, what the Revere memory care day includes, and how monthly caregiver training is structured. Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families, and a local advisor can help you weigh The Montecito Senior Living against other options around Peoria and plan the questions to bring on a visit.