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Betty K
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I have lived here five years going on six years. I love my apartment!!!! It’s comfortable and a view of the mountains that is gorgeous! It is the right size for me and I moved from a three bedroom home in Albuquerque.

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Bear Canyon Estates

Bear Canyon Estates

Situated between the Sandia Mountains and the lush Cibola National Forest is Bear Canyon Estates — a Sky Active Living community offering excellent independent living services in a supportive environment that facilitates a sense of belonging. This multi-story community is located in a charming, suburban neighborhood conveniently located near Albuquerque’s entertainment and amenities, enabling residents to enjoy a peaceful atmosphere and urban luxuries. Our community is also a five-minute drive to Albuquerque ER & Hospital. Bear Canyon Estates features a quaint, naturally lit atrium lobby, which serves as an excellent space to chat with visiting friends and family. Feel free to bring your pet along with you — this is their new home too, after all!

Community Services and Amenities

At Bear Canyon Estates, a wide range of services are available. Friendly team members provide regular housekeeping, maintenance, and linen services to help keep your apartment in top condition. Choose from a variety of fresh menu options, prepared fresh by the culinary team every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Scheduled transportation services to nearby country clubs, nature trails, and other attractions are also available so you can continue living the lifestyle you love.

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Amenities
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Healthcare Services

  • Staffing & Ancillary Services
  • Medication Management

Meals & Dining

  • Vegetarian
  • International Cuisine
  • Meals Provided
  • Room Service
  • Restaurant Style Dining
  • Professional Chef
  • Guest Meals

Room Amenities

  • Private patio, deck, or balcony
  • Cable or Satellite TV
  • Ground Floor Units
  • Kitchenette
  • Bath Tubs
  • Full kitchen
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers
  • Fireplaces
  • Air Conditioned
  • Garden View
  • Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
  • Handicap Accessible

Community Amenities

On-site dining options

  • Café or Bistro
  • Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

  • Covered Parking
  • Property Convenient to Public Transit
  • Complimentary Transportation
  • Uncovered Parking
  • Resident Parking Available

Pets

  • Dogs Allowed
  • Pet Care Available
  • Cats Allowed

Common areas

  • Beauty Salon
  • TV Lounge
  • Outside Patio
  • Barber Shop
  • Indoor Common Areas
  • Computer or Media Center
  • Meeting Room
  • Central Fireplace
  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Library
  • Indoor Atrium

Recreational areas

  • Arts and Crafts Center
  • Piano or Organ
  • Fitness Center
  • Billiards Lounge
  • Game Room

Services

  • Laundry Service / Drycleaning
  • Beautician
  • Grocery Shopping and Errands
  • Housekeeping

Languages spoken

  • Spanish
  • American Sign Language
  • English

Activities

  • Activities Off-site
  • Catholic Services
  • Pet-focused Programs
  • Devotional Activities Offsite
  • Walking Club
  • BBQs or Picnics
  • Devotional Activities On-Site
  • Educational Speakers / Life Long Learning
  • Bridge Club
  • Karaoke
  • Live Well Programs
  • Birthday Parties
  • Intergenerational Programs
  • Yoga / Chair Yoga
  • Dances
  • Cooking Club
  • Holiday Parties
  • Book Club
  • Forever Fit
  • Christian Services
  • Community Service Organizations
  • Current Events Club
  • Live Musical Performances
  • Live Dance or Theater Performances
  • Art Classes
  • Cooking Classes
  • Men's Club
  • Cards / Pinochle Club
  • Happy Hour
  • Bible Study Group
  • Day Trips and Outings
  • Other Religious Services
  • Activities On-site
  • Community Service Programs
  • Wine Tasting
  • Stretching Classes
  • Wii Bowling

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A Place for Mom has scored Bear Canyon Estates with 9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Bear Canyon Estates has 76 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.5 out of 5.
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4.5
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Care Services
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Meals & Dining
4.2
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Value for Cost
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A Place for Mom has scored Bear Canyon Estates with 9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Bear Canyon Estates has 76 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.5 out of 5.
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Betty K - Resident/client
Independent Living
October 3, 2024
4.0
Betty K
I have lived here five years going on six years. I love my apartment!!!! It’s comfortable and a view of the mountains that is gorgeous! It is the right size for me and I moved from a three bedroom home in Albuquerque.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Cheryl K - Industry reviewer
Independent Living
October 3, 2024
5.0
Bear canyon estates
Love being here! Residents are like family and treat everyone like they are. Very welcoming! Great Mountain View’s. Beautiful cottages as well as studios, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments. Thank you
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Roberta R - Family/friend
Independent Living
June 6, 2024
4.0
Holiday bear canyon
Great place! Food is great the have a lot of activities! Mom wishes for more transportation! Maybe with the new management that will change! Thank you for all your helping my mom find a place as there is so many to choose in Albuquerque in her $ range.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
4
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
4
A sister - Family/friend
Independent Living
May 16, 2024
5.0
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Review for Holiday Bear Canyon Estates
No care services are provided by Bear Canyon. Foot Prints Home Care has an office there and they provide reasonably priced care from morning to night. No medical training. No nighttime services. Seemed like someone on staff s as pilfering small things. Never could figure who. The room was locked. Activities are based on people choosing to participate- so no activities director individually working on someone to get them to participate. Great place if resident is fully cogent.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
1
Staff
5
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
May 7, 2024
3.0
Verified Review
Overall a Good Community but needs improvement. Would recommend with caution.
The apartment had a lot of work before my mother moved in but there were a lot of things that should have been fixed. These include grab bars in the main bath, a light switch that did not work properly, doors that needed new weather stripping, doorbell battery that was out, etc. No one thing was big but combined it added up. The apartment had new carpet and paint but they did not clean well prior to move in. The staff really tries hard. They have been pleasant and helpful. It seems that the staff are required to do the job of 1.5 to 2 people. The meals are not good at all. Once in a while they are good, but mostly they are mediocre. The dining hours are very limited. (1 hour) and if you are late you are SOL. Very disappointed.. Value for cost. 3 The advertised amenities are just minimal.
Cleanliness
3
Friendliness
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
1
Value for Cost
3
Response from Bear Canyon Estates
May 9, 2024
Now managed by Sunrise Senior Living as of June 2024 Your feedback is important to us. The General Manager would appreciate the opportunity to better understand your concerns. Feel free to email me at CustomerService@AtriaSeniorLiving.com if you would like to be put in touch.
Ilene - Family/friend
Independent Living
August 23, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Happy family
The staff at Holiday Bear Canyon Estates does a good job of personalizing interactions. We have a large family and all questions and concerns from everyone were considered important. The place feels like an extended home. My siblings and I met there many times in the transition process for my parents. We got to know lots of people there. Both residents and staff. I think Mom and Dad were happy to have so much family feel so comfortable there. I would recommend this facility to others.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
3
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
4
Value for Cost
4
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 26, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Nice community, friendly staff and residents. Everyone has helped my Grandfather feel at home
I am only able to visit 1 time per month so I am not sure about the care services. When it comes to the activities, grandfather does not participate in them, he says non of the activities interest him. Based on the experience we have had so far with the Holiday Bear Canyon community, we would recommend them to others.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Value for Cost
3
DB - Family/friend
Independent Living
February 9, 2023
4.0
Verified Review
A Happy Community
I really like the staff. The meals are tasty and good, and there is a set time when the meals start. They encourage everyone to come down and socialize. The community is really strong, and they support each other. They are in the process of replacing the activities director. It is inexpensive compared to other places. We picked this facility because of the community interaction. It's a lot of safe freedom for my loved one. For the last four months, there has been a transitional issue, and there is a new general manager, and they are hiring new people. My loved one has help with her pet and medicine. It's a customized assisted living, which I really like.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
3
Value for Cost
5
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
August 11, 2022
4.0
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Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
August 5, 2022
2.0
Verified Review
Don't Move To Bear Canyon Senior Estates
Management is unresponsive, food is awful, lack of servers is laughable. Paying to be served in dining room and often there is no service and my parents have to retrieve their food and bring it to their apt to eat it.
Cleanliness
2
Friendliness
2
Care Services
2
Staff
2
Meals & Dining
2
Activities
2
Value for Cost
2
Response from Bear Canyon Estates
October 20, 2022
Now managed by Sunrise Senior Living as of June 2024 Thanks for taking time to share your experience. If you'd like to talk more, please feel free to email us at Resident.Relations@HolidaySeniorLiving.com.?
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
February 23, 2022
4.0
Verified Review
My Tour Experience at Bear Canyon Estates
Really good community.
Kim G - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 1, 2021
5.0
Great place for Mom
My mother has really enjoyed her time here
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Monica S - Resident/client
Independent Living
September 1, 2021
5.0
I love this Community
I love this community. I love all the employees. I feel safe and secure here.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 1, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
my review of Bear Canyon Estates
The community is straight forward and easy to deal with. The whole process was very easy. I would recommend this community to others based on my experience.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Meals & Dining
5
Value for Cost
4
Pat B - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 29, 2021
5.0
Amazing Staff
Only here for 2 months, so far everything has gone wonderfully. Have no reason to think this will change. The employees make it a very positive place to live, they are thoughtful without being controlling.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
Diana L - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 26, 2021
4.0
They've made it an easy move and space for me.
Everyone has been welcoming - the staff. Staff is very helpful. My apartment is very sweet. I love to do the stretching!
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Leo A - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 25, 2021
5.0
I like it here!
I like it here, and I'm very happy on the 3rd floor. The food is really good! The staff is very nice. I'm happy to be here, if I'm not going to be in my house. I love my housekeeper!
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
August 20, 2021
3.0
Verified Review
My review of Bear Canyon Estates
At the time of our visit there was a room available that was in the price range that our loved one could afford. Their apartment is spacious and we do think the value for cost is fair.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Response from Bear Canyon Estates
August 23, 2021
Hi there, thank you for your review. We appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback on your experience with our community. Do you have any suggestions for things we can improve upon? We see the 3-star rating and are wondering if there's anything that was not to your satisfaction. Please let us know. Thank you!
JR - Family/friend
Independent Living
May 6, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
its like living in a resort
The community is very neat and clean, and the staff are all amazing and know everyone's name. The food is very good and they have lots of activities going on. They are pet-friendly and they have transportation available. I recommend this community to others based on my experienceJR.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
April 20, 2021
3.0
Verified Review
my review of Bear Canyon Estates
We toured this community and the tour felt rushed. The community was very nice and the residents seemed very happy. We didn't like the layout and there was lots of big heavy furniture everywhere.
Response from Bear Canyon Estates
April 23, 2021
Hi there, thank you for your review. We regret to hear that you were not completely satisfied with your visit to our community. We would love a second opportunity to show you everything that our community has to offer. Thank you
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