La Costa Heights Assisted Living

    3111 Levante St, Carlsbad, CA 92009
    • Assisted Living

    Immaculate friendly care with value

    I moved my loved one here and I'm very pleased - the place is immaculate with a pleasant hotel-like smell and no odors. Staff and the owner are friendly, knowledgeable and respectful; care feels dignified and personalized. Meals are home-cooked and tailored, supplies and equipment are well organized, and there's a homey, smaller-community vibe with activities (morning exercise, karaoke, kids' visits, pets). Rooms are smaller but the single-room flat fee and location make it good value - I would recommend and would return.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.67·(6)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.3
    • Amenities

      4.7
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Clean, hotel-like interior ambiance
    • Tailored, home-cooked meals
    • Dietary awareness and meal personalization
    • Knowledgeable and responsive staff
    • Respectful, dignified resident care
    • Organized medical equipment and personal supplies
    • Small, home-like community atmosphere
    • Structured daily programs including exercise and music
    • Intergenerational visits and pet-friendly activities
    • Clear communication and owner involvement

    Cons

    • Small private room dimensions
    • Limited capacity and service breadth inherent to a small residential setting
    • Flat-fee single-room pricing may be inflexible for some families
    • Potential limitations managing higher-acuity clinical needs

    Summary of reviews

    Review summaries for La Costa Heights Assisted Living present a consistent picture of a small, home-like assisted living setting with strong emphasis on cleanliness, personalized care, and a warm interior ambiance. Commenters highlight a hotel-like scent and generally tidy common areas, and they describe the facility as well organized with orderly storage of equipment and personal supplies. Cleanliness and attention to the environment are presented as notable strengths.

    Care quality and staff interactions are described positively. Summaries emphasize knowledgeable, helpful, and personable staff, including owner engagement, and use terms such as respectful and dignified care. Communication with families is noted as clear, and reviewers portray staff as responsive. These patterns suggest a facility culture oriented toward individualized attention rather than large-scale operations.

    Dining and daily programming receive frequent praise. Meals are characterized as home-cooked and tailored to residents' preferences, with awareness of dietary needs. Recreational offerings include morning exercise, music/karaoke sessions, and visits from children, as well as opportunities to interact with animals—indicating an emphasis on social and intergenerational activities that support quality of life in a smaller community.

    The facility's small scale is both a strength and a potential limitation. The intimate, home-like atmosphere and single-room model are appealing to families seeking a residential feel, but room dimensions are described as modest and capacity is necessarily limited. The flat-fee single-room pricing structure is noted and may not suit every family's budgeting preferences. Prospective residents with higher-acuity clinical requirements should confirm the facility's clinical scope and staffing levels, as smaller assisted-living homes commonly have more constrained medical resources than larger campuses.

    Overall, the reviews portray La Costa Heights as a clean, well-managed small assisted living residence with attentive staff, personalized meals, and engaging programming. Prospective residents and families should verify room sizes, pricing flexibility, and the facility's capabilities for managing complex medical needs during the touring and intake process to ensure alignment with individual care requirements.

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    Location

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    La Costa Heights Assisted Living is located at 3111 Levante St, Carlsbad, CA, 92009.

    About La Costa Heights Assisted Living

    La Costa Heights Assisted Living sits in a quiet Carlsbad neighborhood and provides board and care home services for up to six residents, so folks get a calm and private space that feels like a real home, and you'll find trained staff here day and night, including licensed nurses and caregivers who've all passed background checks through the DOJ and FBI, which means supervision is round-the-clock and help is always close by for things like bathing, dressing, taking medicine, and moving around, especially if someone uses a wheelchair or needs help with transfers. Since this place is family-operated and has been licensed since November 22, 2005, you'll see how it tries to treat everyone like family, focusing on each person's needs-whether they need care for dementia, incontinence, or respite care, or they just need help staying independent longer, and the caregivers try to meet those needs with both a caring attitude and a lot of experience.

    Meals get prepared for each resident, and if somebody has dietary needs or special food preferences, staff are happy to work with those, and the furnished rooms come with telephones for private calls, while the emergency alert system means no one is left alone in a crisis. You'll see residents staying busy with scheduled daily activities, movie nights, and community-sponsored events to keep up a social life, and there are walking paths, gardens, and a dining room where friends can meet-plus, if someone needs to get out for an appointment or a bit of fresh air, there's complimentary transportation. Residents also enjoy housekeeping, laundry, move-in coordination, and nurses always ready to coordinate with healthcare providers or arrange for hospice services if needed. Because this is a smaller home, most residents say they get to know each other and find friendship here, and the professional staff do their best to answer questions and keep everyone informed about personal care and daily routines. La Costa Heights Assisted Living has been serving the area since 1997 and keeps its license current, using a Seniorly Community Score to track quality and resident satisfaction, so anyone who moves in can expect consistent, reliable care in a friendly setting that's focused on helping seniors feel well and stay as independent as possible.

    People often ask...

    La Costa Heights Assisted Living offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $4,971 per month.

    La Costa Heights Assisted Living offers assisted living and board and care.

    There are 7 photos of La Costa Heights Assisted Living on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 3111 Levante St, Carlsbad, CA 92009.

    No, La Costa Heights Assisted Living does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In California, the Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division licenses residential care facilities for the elderly, conducting inspections and investigating complaints.

    License number374602302
    StatusLicensed
    Facility typeResidential Care Elderly
    Capacity6 residents
    LicenseeLA COSTA HEIGHTS, INC.
    EffectiveNovember 22nd, 2005
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    Inspection Reports

    6

    Reports

    2

    Type A Citations

    1

    Type B Citations

    2

    Complaints

    5

    Years

    24 Feb 2026Complaint
    Investigated a two-part neglect complaint: a resident developed an open wound from not being repositioned, and a separate claim alleged sepsis.
    • Type A87564(f)(1)
    • Type A87464(f)
    30 Oct 2025Inspection
    Identified a safety risk when scissors were left unsecured and unattended in the dining area.
    • Type B87309(a)
    06 Nov 2024Inspection
    Observed a clean, safe, well-maintained care-setting with adequate food, supplies, and functioning safety features; no deficiencies were cited.
    26 Feb 2024Complaint
    Investigated a complaint alleging staff failed to meet residents' care needs, provide adequate food, administer medications as prescribed, provide clean linens, treat residents with dignity, and follow the admission agreement; no evidence supported these allegations.
    22 Nov 2023Inspection
    Observed no deficiencies; the site was clean, sanitary, and in good repair, with adequate furnishings, food supplies, and safety equipment in place.
    12 Nov 2021Inspection
    Observed no deficiencies during the visit.

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