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Brookdale Riverwalk

350 Calloway Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93312

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9.5
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110 reviews
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110 reviews
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Brookdale Riverwalk

Find one-of-a-kind versatility, homelike features, and person-centered care when you live at Brookdale Riverwalk of Bakersfield, California. Brookdale Riverwalk is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC), which means you’ll find independent living, assisted living services, memory care, and skilled nursing here. If you or a loved one require additional care services later down the road, we can accommodate. All residents have access to a variety of helpful amenities, staff services, and community perks. Whether you’re seeking a short- or long-term stay, we’ll provide around-the-clock care when needed. Families and residents can find peace of mind knowing staff is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to be alerted to any emergencies.

Our community’s campus is designed to provide residents with a supportive and independent lifestyle. We encourage you to spend your days feeling free of stress and worry. Take advantage of the heated outdoor pool, the movie theater, and the game room, or try out your green thumb in the garden and greenhouse. If you need assistance with transportation, obtaining personal hygiene items, or getting a haircut, we can handle that. We even serve meals on-site. You can rest easy knowing you’ll have access to multiple levels of...

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Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care
  • Independent Living

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for Brookdale Riverwalk

9.5 out of 10
Review Score110 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.3
Cleanliness
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Care Services
4.4
Staff
4.8
Meals & Dining
4.1
Activities
4.5
Value for Cost
4.2

A Place for Mom has scored Brookdale Riverwalk with 9.5 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Brookdale Riverwalk has 110 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.3 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 10/27/25

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Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 27, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Would recommend

Quality of care drop down to a four only because they have a few not so great aides that would rather chit chat then do their job. That being said they have very caring and amazing staff! Their response time to a pressed call Button could be quicker but they have a lot of patients and are probably short on quality staff, as everyone is in California. Our family has experienced a friendly staff, great dining room and food, fun and plentiful activities, prompt and efficient Administration. I would recommend Brookdale for your loved one.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 22, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Brookdale Riverwalk

The staff is very friendly and caring. I've had a little issue with the showering schedule, it's a bit inconsistent. One time it's 5:30pm or 8:00pm. You don't know when. Every thing else is pretty good.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 20, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Stayed at a place that has great potential.

I think the place is great potential My Granddaughter did her CNA training there. She was bothered by the care of the patients get. I was also a patient there and sometimes when I take a half hour to an hour and a half to have someone answer your call light.,

Yvonne C

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 19, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

A compassionate and safe alternative To Home for elders with moderate memory loss.

The staff are very attentive and joke with her when my loved one initiates it. They comfort her and distract her when she is sad. They fix her hair and get Her involved in activities that she enjoys. They do a great job of jogging her memory to help keep her aware. Overall, everyone is so nice and supportive and welcoming to friends and family of the residents.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 4, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review for Brookdale Riverwalk

To be clear, the skilled nursing side was a 1 and Bldg A is a 5. Skilled nursing was a mess. Skilled nursing side was understaffed and the nurses were slow and distracted. Bldg A is very solid. Attentive staff, good food, clean.

Jim

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 14, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

A place that cares and is well run

4 out of 5 stars at least. People there are very caring and the facility is top notch. Due to a few care employee's leaving, the response times are sometimes 20 minutes to a half an hour. That isn't the norm. As they get folks hired and trained we know it will go back the way it was. Food is from good to poor depending on the menu. Over all my parents are adjusting after a few months of tough transition. We would still recommend Brookdale Riverwalk over any of the other 3 we toured. Thank you!

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 14, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review for Brookdale Riverwalk

I have been working with [name removed]resolving a few things regarding my father. After a few hiccups, due to the change in management over the memory care unit, everything is moving smoothly. I personally am a very nice person, until I'm not, and we quickly smoothed out the hiccups getting to the correct manager.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 11, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Brookdale Riverwalk

Brookdale has very good food! It's like eating at a nice restaurant. What attracted me to Brookdale was that they have all levels of care on one campus. Independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. So no matter what the needs of the resident are Brookdale has something for everyone. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They know their residents by name and try to anticipate their needs.

Gina

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 30, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Friendly Brookdale

What impressed my mom was that people are always walking around in the common areas. All the residents smile and say hello. It's a happy place. We would recommend Brookdale.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 18, 2025

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Brookdale Riverwalk

Staff friendly with great intention but seemed to be short staffed.. Stay on top of staff. Again great staff but too much on their plates. And unnecessary charges I.e. charging over 400 mo to get a wc ride to dining or pay 10 a meal in room. It could also be my dad very reliable on help but we were told pay more and his needs are going to be met. They weren't.

Sandra C

Independent Living

Resident/client

June 14, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Great place to live

Good enjoyable, loves that I can live independently yet still utilize all the services offered on campus. Everything that is offered is great. Staff is always friendly. And great food in the dinning room.

Mary C

Assisted Living

Resident/client

June 13, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Nice place & nice people.

Riverwalk was what my daughter-in-law needed for a temporary residence & help. The staff was very nice and her apartment was clean and quite liveable. The dining room service was not good although the staff was nice in general. It took a long to to order and a long time to get the food. Most of the residents I spoke with said they were not happy with the dining service. Other than that fixable issue I was appreciative of the time she was there.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

May 19, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Expensive? Yes. Worth it? You betcha!

The level of care is top notch. And as things progress (increase in level of care) Mom can just change buildings but be at the same place. I gave the food a 3 but I understand the need for no salt, no spices, no flavor. That is truly the only downside. Mom has had 2 issues since moving there and both were handled professionally and quickly. No complaints from me.

Cheri D

Memory Care

Family/friend

April 29, 2025

2.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
2.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

The cost doesn’t equate to services promised

They are understaffed, there are times I. Memory center no medical staff are on the floor very dangerous! Frequently we clean poop and urine off our mothers bathroom floor, come into her room to find her participating in activities and all her bedding covered in urine and poop with the staff saying she wouldn’t let us clean and then watching us as we clean the room up. Laundry disappears never to be seen again. Each time we complain the next time we come generally 3 days later we get pulled aside that our mother did something inappropriate. They are under staffed and they don’t care about the residents. It’s all about getting the monthly fee. I’ve complained about staff taking other residents into the dining room with diapers obviously full and leaking. Who does that to human beings, people that do not care cause the residents are in the memory center and often do not have the ability to voice the conditions themselves. Shameless!

Anne

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 13, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

I would recommend them

I have only dealt with one other place and Brookdale seems much better though larger in everything, residents, staff, are etc. Always seems clean. Very friendly caring staff and professional Quality of care of seems very good. Mom says food is ok but hard to know what she would like better. Seems more crafts would be good, but they like a routine. Small tasks. It is expensive but all of the facilities are, and this one provides good care and keeping an eye on her.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 5, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Staff is Great

I have piece of mind that mom is safe, receiving attention and being cared for. The staff is very friendly and personable with mom and family. It seem a like something is usually going on to keep residents occupied and around each other.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

November 26, 2024

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

Very disappointed

We took my mother out. They didn't check on my mother regularly. The food was not good at all the price too much money for what my mother got. She would ask for a nurse and they never came and this happened several times she lost 30 pounds in the first two months three months she was there.

Elaine W

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 4, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Our Experience

The assisted living facility did not adjust Mom's care when she declined shortly after moving there. She passed away within 11 days and a skilled nursing placement would have been more appropriate the last week, especially.

Katrina

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 29, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Peace of mind

The facility and staff were amazing. Gave me peace of mind that they were in good hands.

Vickie C

Assisted Living

Resident/client

August 28, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Very caring staff

Brookdale was the perfect place for my needs at that time. I had broken my leg and was non weight bearing for 2 months. I had to use a wheelchair for those 2 months and felt right at home. Thank you.

Brookdale Riverwalk

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