Community Care Center

    8665 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Clean safe caring excellent rehab

    I had a very positive stay - the staff were consistently kind, competent, and quick to respond, and the rehab team really helped me regain strength. The facility felt clean and safe, meals and activities were enjoyable, and I always felt well cared for. I'd pick this place again and recommend it to families.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.83·(173)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      3.1
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing and CNA staff
    • Skilled wound-care management
    • Strong rehabilitation services (PT, OT, Speech)
    • Engaging and varied activities program
    • Welcoming admissions and social-work support
    • Clean and well-maintained common areas
    • Comfortable outdoor patio and seating areas
    • Well-equipped therapy gym
    • Personalized dietary accommodations
    • Friendly and supportive front-desk personnel
    • Positive dining highlights and special meal events
    • Bilingual/Spanish-speaking staff and culturally sensitive care

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels leading to delayed care
    • Gaps in call-button responsiveness and clinical escalation
    • Inconsistent medication administration and timing
    • Variable food preparation and menu consistency
    • Maintenance and facility-aging issues
    • Cleanliness and odor concerns in some units or common areas
    • Supply shortages of basic resident items
    • Inconsistent discharge-planning and care-transition practices
    • Unreliable family communication and coordination with external teams
    • Variable staff conduct and supervisory oversight
    • Shortcomings in therapy scheduling and appointment follow-through
    • Limited parking and cramped room layouts

    Summary of reviews

    Community Care Center elicits strongly mixed impressions: many families and patients describe high-quality interpersonal care and effective rehabilitation services, while other accounts identify operational inconsistencies that affect clinical reliability and comfort. The facility’s clear strengths are in direct care and therapy: CNAs, nurses, and therapists are frequently described as compassionate, attentive, and skilled, with particular praise for wound care, physical/occupational/speech therapy, and an engaged activities team. Admissions, social services, and several front-line staff members also receive positive mention for making residents and families feel welcome; a number of reviewers also highlighted bilingual staff and culturally sensitive interactions.

    Dining and activities are notable positives for many residents. The center offers a varied activities calendar, special events, and amenities such as a therapy gym and comfortable outdoor patio. Meal highlights (for example, special meal events) were praised by some, and dietary accommodations and allergy management have been implemented successfully on multiple occasions. These programmatic offerings contribute to a sense of community and to rehabilitative engagement for many guests.

    At the same time, a recurring set of operational issues appears across reviews. Staffing inconsistencies and what families describe as understaffing are linked to delays in routine care, slower responses to call lights, and uneven attention during off shifts. Medication-timing problems, missed or late administrations, and scheduling lapses for therapy appointments are also described, suggesting gaps in medication administration workflows and appointment coordination. Several reviews raise concerns about discharge planning and care transitions, including early or poorly coordinated discharges that required subsequent hospital readmission.

    Facility condition and logistics are mixed. Many reviewers praise cleanliness of common areas and sanitation practices, yet other accounts point to maintenance problems, cleanliness or odor concerns in some areas, taped wiring or loose fixtures, cramped shared rooms, and limited parking. Supply shortages of basic items (linens, wipes, pillows) were mentioned as operational stressors. Communication with families and with external care teams is another theme: while some families experienced clear, helpful coordination, others describe difficulty getting timely updates, long telephone hold times, and challenges arranging follow-up care.

    Overall, Community Care Center demonstrates clear strengths in person-centered caregiving, rehabilitation services, and activity programming, which can provide strong outcomes and peace of mind for many families. However, prospective residents and their families should be aware of variable operational reliability — especially staffing levels, call-response and medication-timing consistency, discharge planning, and periodic facility maintenance or supply issues. Visiting in person, asking specific questions about current staffing, medication administration protocols, discharge coordination, and recent corrective actions taken by management can help assess whether the facility’s current operational performance meets a given individual’s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Map showing location of Community Care Center

    Community Care Center is located at 8665 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA, 91942.

    About Community Care Center

    Community Care Center sits on La Mesa Blvd in La Mesa, California, runs every day from 9:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night, and has 115 beds for skilled nursing and sub-acute care, so there's room for a good number of residents who need various levels of help, and the facility's got a team of general physicians-Dr. Benjamin Goldenberg, Dr. Anmar Jalil, and Dr. Richard Tran-along with a Director of Nursing and a Medical Director who help oversee the care, and the staff includes registered nurses, CNAs, and LVNs who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to provide both simple and complicated care. The center's privately held and employs between 51 and 200 people, blending clinical and holistic care while offering care for seniors through short-term post-acute stays, long-term care, and assistance with daily activities, all focusing on making it as comfortable as possible for every resident. Residents can expect management of constipation, dehydration, cachexia, asphyxia, hypoxemia, and even tricky issues like or rectal pain, headaches with migraine care, and adult failure to thrive, along with treatments for respiratory infections, abnormal thyroid, polyneuropathy from alcohol or drugs, fractures like clavicle and humerus, and chronic pulmonary heart diseases such as pulmonary hypertension.

    Community Care Center offers skilled nursing as a specialty, with programs for behavioral health care, Alzheimer's and dementia memory care, cardiac rehab, ventilator care, and also wound care, IV therapy, and enteral feeding, which means residents with memory loss, wounds, or feeding issues can get specialized help around the clock, and for those needing extra support, there's a subacute care station to help people coming out of the hospital or needing intensive care. Therapy teams help residents with speech, occupational, and physical needs, aiming to help people regain the best level of function they can. Residents with breathing or cardiopulmonary problems get respiratory therapy, while others get clinical lab and mental health services. The staff works on personalized care plans for each resident, inviting families to ask about both available rooms and possible waitlisting through a simple process that keeps things organized.

    Rooms come in 2-bed and 3-bed options, mainly designed to offer privacy while still keeping support close by, and while the building uses portable swamp coolers in the halls and doesn't have air conditioning in some areas, the facility makes up for it with outdoor common spaces for relaxing, strolling, or visiting with others in the sunlight. Housekeeping takes care of cleaning, and outpatient rehab helps folks get back on their feet if they've had hospital stays, plus there's structured activities, social events, and educational or recreational programs so people can make friends and keep up a good mood each day. Social services staff help with care planning and guidance during tricky transitions, and there's hospice services to focus on comfort and quality of life during serious or end-of-life moments.

    Community Care Center accepts tours for those who want to see it in person, and there's always someone available to talk about room options and how the care team can handle different needs. The center's well-known for its dedicated and professional staff and keeps its focus on treating residents as individuals, working to help each person live life with the right care, a bit of comfort, and a sense of community. The external website offers more information for those who want to do some reading beforehand.

    People often ask...

    Community Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    There are 5 photos of Community Care Center on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 8665 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942.

    No, Community Care Center 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 number374604326
    StatusLicensed
    Facility typeResidential Care Elderly
    Capacity6 residents
    LicenseeOASIS RESIDENTIAL CARE CORP
    EffectiveJuly 16th, 2020
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    Inspection Reports

    11

    Reports

    0

    Type A Citations

    2

    Type B Citations

    2

    Complaints

    6

    Years

    11 Dec 2025Inspection
    Identified an exclusion order affecting a licensee and noted discussions with licensing staff.
    14 Jul 2025Inspection
    Observed compliance with licensing regulations, with a clean, safe environment, adequate staffing, and up-to-date resident care.
    18 Jul 2024Complaint
    Investigated the allegation that staff did not provide adequate food service or properly administer medications; findings concluded the allegations were unsubstantiated.
    18 Jul 2024Inspection
    Observed the site was clean, safe, well-lit, and adequately staffed, with up-to-date resident care plans and proper medication administration. Nutritional needs were met, activities offered, and infection control and emergency procedures appeared in place, indicating overall compliance with licensing regulations.
    29 Nov 2022Complaint
    Determined that prepaid fees were not refunded after a resident's death, and that personal belongings remained at the site for about 15 days.
    • Type B1569.652(a)
    23 Oct 2022Inspection
    Conducted an unannounced case management follow-up after a resident death. No deficiencies were cited.
    08 Jul 2022Inspection
    Observed that infection-control measures were implemented and no deficiencies were found.
    14 Sept 2021Inspection
    Identified that a resident with dementia left the premises without permission around 10:00 AM and was located at about 10:45 AM. The absence of an auditory exit monitoring device or alert feature contributed to the incident.
    22 Jul 2021Inspection
    Found no deficiencies cited or observed during the visit. Staff had current clearances and infection control protocols were implemented.
    09 Jul 2020Inspection
    Conducted a visit to observe compliance with physical plant regulations, found that accommodations, safety measures, and record-keeping were in order.
    • Type B
    09 Jun 2020Inspection
    Confirmed successful completion of COMP II by the applicant, with understanding of key regulations and requirements for operating an assisted living facility.

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