Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V

    1983 Drew Rd, Escondido, CA 92027
    • Assisted Living

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    Reviews

    4.23·(13)

    Overall rating

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

      4.4
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      4.2

    Pros

    • Compassionate, resident-centered caregiving
    • Strong owner involvement and values-driven leadership
    • Personalized care plans and safety-focused scheduling
    • Clear and proactive family communication
    • Skilled hospice and end-of-life coordination
    • Clean, well-maintained interior
    • Wholesome, home-style meals
    • Comfortable, nicely appointed resident rooms
    • Pet/therapy-dog visits and resident engagement
    • Supportive staff–family collaboration during transitions

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff conduct and responsiveness
    • Medication-management and clinical oversight gaps
    • Safety and resident-supervision process weaknesses
    • Unreliable meal-service consistency
    • Restrictive or inconsistent family access policies
    • High-pressure admissions and sales practices
    • Insufficient pre-admission clinical screening and monitoring
    • Background-screening and security process gaps

    Summary of reviews

    Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V elicits strongly mixed impressions. Many comments highlight a consistently compassionate, resident-focused culture: staff are frequently described as caring and respectful, the owner is noted as actively involved with values-driven leadership, and families praise personalized care plans and safety-conscious scheduling. The facility is also commonly praised for its hospice coordination and end-of-life support, including dignified care and good communication during transitions. Several families specifically commended housekeeping, room appointments, and the availability of wholesome, home-style meals.

    Care and staff performance are the facility's most prominent strengths. Reviewers emphasize kind, attentive caregivers, strong family communication, and coordination with hospice and other providers. Positive accounts include comfort-focused end-of-life support, therapy-dog visits that add to resident engagement, and staff who work collaboratively with families during difficult moments. Clinical comfort and hospice provision are repeatedly identified as reliable aspects of the program.

    The physical environment and daily living amenities are another area of positive feedback. Multiple comments note a clean, fresh facility interior, nicely appointed resident rooms, and meals described as wholesome and homelike. The overall atmosphere is often characterized as home-like rather than institutional, and visitors have reported helpful interactions with management and front-line staff.

    Contrasting with these strengths, a minority of accounts raise serious operational concerns that warrant attention. These include inconsistent staff conduct and responsiveness, questions about medication-management and clinical oversight, and weaknesses in safety and resident-supervision processes. Reviewers also described variability in meal-service consistency and instances where family access or communication was restricted. Admissions practices were another recurring theme: some families described high-pressure sales interactions and recommended careful documentation during the move-in process. A small number of reviewers raised very serious issues, including an allegation of criminal behavior and concerns that point to potential gaps in background screening and post-admission monitoring.

    For prospective residents and families, the pattern suggests a facility with notable strengths in compassionate caregiving, hospice coordination, and a welcoming environment, but also with operational areas that have produced significant concerns for some families. Recommended due diligence includes asking for written policies on medication management and incident reporting, verifying staff credentials and background-screening procedures, reviewing the facility’s admission and screening process, clarifying family-access and communication policies, and observing staffing levels during typical shifts. Balancing the frequent positive accounts with the more serious negative concerns will help families make an informed decision.

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    Location

    Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V is located at 1983 Drew Rd, Escondido, CA, 92027.

    About Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V

    Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V is a small assisted living facility for seniors, found at 2113 Drew Road in Escondido, California, though sometimes it's listed as 1983 Drew Road, and it has a license number 374601420. Six elderly adults can live here, so the place feels more like a home than a big institution, and the building blends into the neighborhood with a friendly backyard and garden you can see from the windows. The staff includes caregivers who help with things like bathing, dressing, and handling incontinence. A pharmacist supervises the care and the staff, making sure medication management stays safe, and there's always someone available because supervision runs all day and night. For people who need memory support, Eagles Nest has dementia and Alzheimer's care, along with high acuity, diabetic, and non-ambulatory care to help seniors with different needs. Meals are prepared on site, with three regular meals each day plus quick snacks, and you'll find options for both private and guest dining.

    Residents can join daily activities, take part in fitness programs, enjoy craft and music plans, and go to community night events or movie nights if they're interested, and those who need transport to the store, doctor, mass, or trips around town can get help, though transportation may come with a cost. Amenities cover a lot, with wheelchair accessible showers, cable TV, air conditioning, reserved dining areas, a library area, reading rooms, game rooms, workout and wellness spaces, a sauna, hot tub, and even a hairdresser and parlor, along with salon services that can come to your room, and there's a play area and garden spaces out back. Residents get clothing and laundry help, cleaning services, and monthly wellness checkups, plus nursing and personal care as needed, while those with higher care needs or hospice requirements can still stay. The place calls itself a retirement ranch and has six assisted living units, focusing on a home-like environment for people who need customized care plans, whether for short stays or long-term living. Eagles Nest also schedules regular recreation, literature reading, and arts and crafts, and offers mental wellness support. There are both private and shared rooms, and the facility is set up for wheelchairs with ramps and accessible showers. The staff addresses different care levels and tries to match what each person needs as best they can. Staff and service details should always be checked with the manager because amenities and options might change, and pricing isn't listed publicly. Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V works as a residential care home in the Eureka Springs neighborhood up in the hills of Escondido, offering independent and assisted living, memory care support, and help for those wanting a quieter, smaller feel and more direct care.

    People often ask...

    Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V offers assisted living and board and care.

    There are 6 photos of Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 1983 Drew Rd, Escondido, CA 92027.

    No, Eagles Nest Retirement Ranch V 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 number374603864
    StatusLicensed
    Facility typeResidential Care Elderly
    Capacity6 residents
    LicenseeEAGLES NEST ELDERCARE HOMES INC
    EffectiveJuly 20th, 2016
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    Inspection Reports

    6

    Reports

    1

    Type A Citations

    0

    Type B Citations

    0

    Complaints

    5

    Years

    31 Jul 2026Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    31 Jul 2025Inspection
    Found no licensing deficiencies noted during an unannounced annual review; observed a clean, odor-free environment with adequate food supplies, functioning safety detectors, and staff with required clearances and CPR/First Aid training.
    03 Jul 2024Inspection
    Found that two staff members did not hold valid CPR certification, creating a potential health and safety risk for residents. The home was observed as clean with functioning safety features and proper postings.
    • Type A1569.618(c)(3)
    30 Jul 2023Inspection
    Observed that all required safety and care standards were met, with no violations noted.
    28 Jul 2022Inspection
    Observed infection control measures in place and no deficiencies were found.
    30 Jul 2021Inspection
    Observed infection control measures were in place and no deficiencies were noted.

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