About Raya’s Paradise
Raya’s Paradise, Inc. is a residential care community with multiple locations throughout Southern California and licensed by the State of California. Our communities are modern, clean, bright, and cheerful. We make sure your loved one feels at home away from home. Our caring staff provides personalized attention to each individual with bathing, dressing, medication supervision, diabetes control, and incontinence management.
We understand that finding quality care for your loved ones can be challenging, especially in terms of the costs involved. We insist upon excellence throughout our operation: retaining experienced staff, creating thoughtful and engaging activity programs at each facility, cooking tasty and healthy meals, and all other necessary assistive amenities. That is why we provide straightforward pricing to families, and encourage exploration of the many options available for financial assistance.
Our Executive Team
Moti Gamburd | Chief Executive Officer
Moti has had vast exposure and experience in the geriatric field since the inception of Raya’s Paradise in 1991.
Moti expanded his knowledge and dedication to geriatrics with the mentorship of his mother, Raya, who was the visionary leader and founder of Raya’s Paradise. His beginnings at Raya’s brought opportunities to learn every aspect of leading a successful community. This ranged from networking, marketing, building staff, providing transportation to residents, and shopping for groceries.
Over the years he has made it his mission to continue providing premium resident care, unparalleled family satisfaction, and creating state of the art communities to cater to residents and families. Moti’s dedication to all three of these factors has resulted in exceptional care and has earned Raya’s Paradise an impeccable reputation and great respect from the community.
Today he is focused on leading and growing Raya’s Paradise with the same innovative spirit, dedication, and passion that motivated his mother, Raya, when she opened her very first community.
Moti holds a BS in Biochemistry from UCLA.
Monica Westphaln | Chief Operating Officer
Monica Westphaln is the Chief Operating Officer at Raya’s Paradise.
She began her career in Senior care in 1994 while working at a skilled nursing facility as a graduate student specializing in Social Work. Upon completing her degree she transitioned to a full-time Social Worker role at a residential care community exclusively dedicated to serving patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. As she continued to master her role and further understand geriatric care management, Monica was promoted to the role of Executive Director, and eventually launched three new markets to bring specialized senior care to the cities of Tustin, Redondo Beach, and Beverly Hills.
Monica’s dedication to working diligently and thoughtfully with families to understand the Dementia and Alzheimer’s process through the end of life led to her transition into the role of COO for Raya’s Paradise. She is fully committed to utilizing her expertise in geriatric care to continue serving the families of Los Angeles and Orange County.
In addition to her role as COO for Raya’s Paradise, she also holds a license as a Geriatric Case Manager and serves various families throughout Los Angeles and Orange County. Monica’s passion is to simply change life, and to once again bring life to every patient and family she cares for. Monica holds a Master’s degrees in Social Work and Counseling.
Jose Valenzuela | Director Human Resources
Along with his passion for people, Jose brings to Raya’s Paradise over two decades of Human Resources management experience with a specialization in talent management including workforce planning, recruiting, performance management, employee development, employee relations and employee engagement. Jose also has significant experience in benefits management, compensation, and compliance issues.
Jose has been an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since 1999 and is a certified SAGE (Advocacy and Service for LGBT Elders), Wiley Everything DiSc workplace and Development and Dimensions International (DDI) trainer.
Our Core Values
Quality Care
We provide our residents the highest quality of care in cheerful boutique communities, with luxury accommodations and attention to every detail. Our Care Team is carefully chosen and provided with continuing in depth training, assuring superior care for our residents.
Family Atmosphere
Our communities are designed to help make our residents feel right at home. We strive to keep a warm and comfortable atmosphere, while encouraging social activities with peers, family and friends. Live entertainment, playing games and enjoying delicious home cooked meals together, creates a happy and nurturing home like environment.
Aging with Dignity
We give our residents the respect and dignity they deserve. We ensure that every day is enriching, has purpose and promotes a desire to enjoy life. We give our residents the respect and dignity they deserve. We ensure that every day is enriching, has purpose and promotes a desire to enjoy life. We give our residents the respect and dignity they deserve.
Our Logo Story
Raya’s Paradise has a long history of service in our market. As such, Raya’s Paradise is the “parent” company within our organization with an established brand equity.
The single most identifiable element of our brand identity is our logo, with and without the tagline. and is our primary visual symbol. The logo serves as the positive embodiment of the unique offerings of Raya’s Paradise.
The palm tree logo is a new take on our historical logo. In this update, we’ve retained our signature palm tree but in a simplified, more modern form to reflect our upscale amenities. We’ve enclosed the tree in a circle to represent the warmth and security of home. There’s a diamond in the heart of the palm tree, representing the luxurious comforts we offer; and a bird in flight above the tree, symbolizing the freedom and joy we strive to offer our residents daily. are simple and straightforward, created with deeper symbolism to represent each company’s mission and values.
