Community Integration Services

    10100 Balboa Blvd, Granada Hills, CA, 91343
    4.5 · 8 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    5.0

    Excited to join friendly program

    I'm waiting to start - the staff are friendly, well organized, and clearly love their jobs. The program and outings offer activities I enjoy.

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    4.50 · 8 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      4.5
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.5
    • Value

      4.5

    Pros

    • Well-organized program
    • Friendly staff
    • Staff demonstrate positive, enthusiastic attitudes
    • Staff express job satisfaction
    • Engaging outings and activities
    • Activities tailored to resident interests

    Cons

    • Waiting to start / limited immediate availability

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the provided reviews is clearly positive, centered on program quality, staff demeanor, and activity offerings. Reviewers repeatedly note that the program is well organized and that staff are friendly and enthusiastic. Several comments emphasize that staff appear to love their jobs and bring a positive attitude to their roles, which contributes strongly to visitors' or participants' favorable impressions.

    Care quality: The reviews do not provide detailed information about clinical or medical care, so no direct conclusions can be drawn about nursing or medical oversight. However, the consistently positive remarks about staff attitude and organization imply a supportive, resident-focused environment. Because explicit comments about hygiene, medical responsiveness, or individualized care plans are absent, any assessment of clinical care would be speculative.

    Staff and management: Staff are a standout theme. Multiple summaries highlight friendliness, positivity, and apparent job satisfaction among employees. This suggests effective hiring, training, or workplace culture that motivates staff. The program being described as "well organized" points to competent management and clear operational processes. Those factors together indicate strong day-to-day leadership and staff engagement, both important for resident experience.

    Activities and lifestyle: Outings and doing things residents like are specifically mentioned, indicating an active programming component that aligns activities with participant interests. This is a clear strength: residents or participants report enjoying outings and engagement opportunities, which speaks to meaningful social and recreational programming. The tailored nature of activities ("doing things I like") suggests staff make efforts to match programming to individual preferences.

    Facilities, dining, and other services: The reviews do not mention physical facilities, dining quality, transportation, or other ancillary services, so no claims about these areas can be made from the available data. Absence of commentary could mean these areas are unremarkable or simply not a focus of the reviewers who provided the summaries.

    Notable patterns and concerns: The only potential negative noted is that someone is "waiting to start," implying either a waitlist or a delay between enrollment and participation. This could reflect capacity limits, scheduling constraints, or administrative processing times. Aside from that, reviewers did not report complaints or negative experiences. It is important to note the small and uniformly positive dataset: while praise for staff, organization, and activities is consistent, the lack of detail about clinical care, facilities, dining, and other operational aspects limits the breadth of the assessment. For a fuller evaluation, more reviews covering those domains or specifics about any waitlist processes would be helpful.

    Summary conclusion: The reviews portray Community Integration Services as a well-run program with friendly, motivated staff and engaging activities that align with participant interests. Management and staff engagement appear to be key strengths. The primary concern to investigate further is access/timeliness (a wait to start). Other operational areas are not addressed in the provided summaries and would require additional information to assess comprehensively.

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    About Community Integration Services

    Community Integration Services, Inc. sits at 10100 Balboa Blvd in Granada Hills and has been family built and family run since 2005 with the original owner still in charge, led by a CEO, and you'll find that this non-profit has always served folks across the San Fernando Valley, with doors open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM for adults who need care during the day. The place mostly works as an adult day care, but it also acts a bit like a community center, focusing on bringing adults with developmental disabilities, seniors with aging challenges, high-needs adults, and their families together for community integration, multicultural and intergenerational activities, and ability-diverse programs. The CIS Center, as they call it, gives you a simple, dignified and welcoming space that treats all visitors with respect, and its main goal centers on helping people build independent living skills, join in lifelong learning classes, enjoy social and recreational opportunities, or get help with care coordination, health education, preventive health programs, and essential incontinence care too. You'll see that their programs try to help with both mind and body, offering things like family respite, volunteer positions for members, support and advocacy resources, behavioral health recovery tools, and even a full health library and care guide, and people can use an online account dashboard for things like favorites, PHR, and care coordination. They've got assistive devices, emergency service access, and they also keep everyone updated with news, legislative information, and learning centers. Community Integration Services belongs to the Network of Care for Developmental Disabilities, and their main goal is promoting dignity and connection, letting people contribute no matter their background, age, or ability. The focus stays on letting participants stay involved, build their skills, and stay engaged with others, and the setting is designed to help everyone feel comfortable, valued, and welcome.

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