Pricing ranges from
    $5,059 – 6,070/month

    Allora Senior Living

    27532 Cabeza, Mission Viejo, CA, 92691
    5.0 · 4 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Calm comfortable professional hands-on care

    I placed my father here for his final months and I'm grateful for the calm, comfortable care he received. The owner is wonderful and hands-on, the caregivers are professional, patient, cheerful and articulate, and the home is clean and freshly renovated. Meals were homestyle and comforting. Communication with the owner, nurses and MDs was clear and proactive - emergencies and hospital admissions were handled thoroughly, which really reduced our family's stress.

    Pricing

    $5,059+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $6,070+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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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

    5.00 · 4 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      4.8
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Owner actively involved and communicative
    • Professional, patient, and kind caregivers
    • Clean and orderly facility
    • Recently renovated / freshly updated residence
    • Home-style, homemade meals
    • Open and clear communication with family
    • Clear communication with physicians and nurses
    • Attentive, compassionate, family-like care
    • Proactive emergency response and thorough ER/admission support
    • Engaged, articulate administrator/director
    • Friendly, cheery, smiley staff
    • Reduced family stress through hands-on support

    Cons

    • Meals are home-style rather than gourmet

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across these reviews is strongly positive. Multiple reviewers emphasize consistent, compassionate caregiving and strong, hands-on management. The facility comes across as clean, recently renovated, and orderly, with a homelike atmosphere created by staff who are described as friendly, cheery, and articulate. There is a clear pattern of family members feeling reassured by both the daily care and by communication from leadership.

    Care quality is a dominant theme. Reviewers repeatedly describe caregivers as professional, patient, and kind, and portray the care as family-like and compassionate. The staff are noted to be attentive to residents' needs and proactive in emergencies — reviewers mention prompt emergency response and thorough support during ER admissions. One review explicitly states the staff provided clear communication with the resident's MD and nurses, indicating coordinated clinical communication in addition to day-to-day caregiving. Reviewers also indicate the staff successfully managed a challenging resident, suggesting experience and capability with higher-needs situations.

    Management and communication are another clear strength. The owner/director is described as wonderful, actively involved, and open in communication. Reviewers emphasize that the owner’s engagement reduces family stress and that the administrator is engaged and articulate. This hands-on management style appears to create confidence among family members and contributes to a sense of partnership between the facility and residents’ families.

    Facilities and atmosphere receive consistently positive comments. The residence is described as freshly renovated, clean, and orderly, with a cheery staff presence that contributes to a calm, pleasant environment — one reviewer specifically noted the last months of their family member’s life were calm and relaxing. The homelike atmosphere is reinforced by staff demeanor: friendly, smiley faces and an overall welcoming tone.

    Dining is presented as wholesome and home-style rather than restaurant-quality; reviewers call the meals homemade and home-style and explicitly note they are "not gourmet but homemade." This is the primary and essentially sole negative or limitation mentioned across the reviews. No other consistent concerns (such as staffing shortages, safety issues, or poor hygiene) were raised in the provided summaries.

    In summary, the reviews portray Allora Senior Living as a well-maintained, recently updated residence with strong, compassionate caregiving and engaged leadership. Communication with families and medical providers, proactive emergency handling, and a calm, family-like atmosphere are repeated strengths. The only minor drawback noted is that meals are home-style rather than gourmet, which may be a matter of preference rather than quality. Overall, the pattern of comments suggests high satisfaction among reviewers, particularly around staff responsiveness, management involvement, and the facility’s ability to provide dignified, reassuring care even in challenging situations.

    Location

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    About Allora Senior Living

    Allora Senior Living in Mission Viejo, California, sits in a single-story residential house with a homey feel and supports no more than ten residents at once, so there's always someone around to help if you need it, and you get that one-to-three staff-to-resident ratio, which folks tend to like since the staff gets to know everyone pretty well, and the place itself is newly renovated, bright, and clean, with spacious private and semi-private rooms that come fully furnished and have their own bathrooms, air-conditioning, kitchenette options, internet, cable, and sometimes even telephones set up, so you've got things you need without fuss. It's an Adult Care Home, sometimes called Adult Foster, Personal Care, or Assisted Living Home depending on where you grew up, and it covers the main bases with personal care like medication management, meal prep using organic food, housekeeping, laundry, and basic help with daily activities, and if you or your loved one needs a little more, they also offer memory care if Alzheimer's is in the mix, independent living for folks who can manage on their own, and skilled nursing along with hospice if needs get more complex, and they'll help with home care and referrals too, kind of covering a lot of ground for a small place. They take good care of dietary needs-kosher, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, organic, and other requests get taken seriously, and meals come restaurant-style or whenever you're hungry, served in group settings so no one eats alone unless that's preferred, and both cats and dogs are welcome which is rare, and they even help with pet care if someone can't manage. The place has both outdoor and indoor common areas where residents gather for fitness, recreation, and social or educational activities, plus there's a beautician onsite and devotional events for folks who want them, and transportation is handled through resident parking or accompanied rides for a fee, even to public transit if someone needs it, along with help getting to doctor appointments and arranging rides elsewhere. The whole building's handicap accessible, so moving around with a walker, wheelchair, or cane isn't a big hassle, and staff are known for being helpful under pressure, with experience providing support during stressful or abnormal situations, keeping things safe and steady all day and night without being overbearing. Allora Senior Living is part of Allora Group, LLC, and offers continuing care, so as needs change, the type of help can be adjusted, and the focus is always on maintaining independence for residents while having support close by, and along the way, the staff's friendliness, attention to cleanliness, promptness with care, and warm approach help keep it feeling like home, which is probably what sets it apart even as it sticks to the basics and avoids anything fancy just for show.

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    State of California Inspection Reports

    23

    Inspections

    8

    Type A Citations

    16

    Type B Citations

    6

    Years of reports

    03 Apr 2025
    Found no deficiencies. Observed the home met safety and care standards, with seven resident bedrooms and seven full bathrooms, stocked restrooms, secured chemicals, knives, and medications, functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, a complete first-aid kit, and food supplies (two days of perishables and seven days of non-perishables), plus quarterly emergency drills last conducted on March 15, 2024.
    16 Dec 2024
    Found no deficiencies identified during the visit. Observations showed two residents, clean and well-furnished bedrooms, secure medication storage, functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and up-to-date staff training with complete infection control and emergency plans.
    12 Jul 2024
    Found an unannounced visit to follow up on prior concerns, toured with the administrator, observed one additional staff member who is cleared and associated with the current location, and noted five residents were present; the prospective new hire provided proof of hire but their background clearance remained in process and they were not yet scheduled. Identified that liability insurance is awaiting a quote; discussed scheduling an informal meeting and using the department's Technical Support Program; issued a Technical Violation Advisory Note about proper disposal of needles and syringes; the administrator agreed to submit a referral.
    12 Jul 2024
    Conducted an unannounced visit to address violations identified during a previous inspection, discussed necessary corrections, and provided information on additional support programs.
    02 Jul 2024
    Found twenty-one deficiencies and ten advisory notes after an unannounced visit, including no valid emergency/disaster plan, no infection control document, missing or incomplete staff and resident records, and no documented quarterly fire drills. Observed kitchen storage problems, odors and stained areas, no medication administration records, and a staff member not associated or fingerprinted leaving the premises; a civil penalty was assessed.
    02 Jul 2024
    Identified multiple deficiencies during the inspection including issues with staff records, emergency disaster plan, food storage, and incomplete resident records.
    • § 87465(a)(6)
    • § 87705(c)(3)
    • § 87506(b)(15)
    • § 1569.626(a)(1)
    • § 1569.618(c)(4)
    • § 87508(a)
    • § 87355(d)
    • § 1569.605
    • § 87633(b)
    • § 1569.695(c)
    • § 87469(a)
    • § 1569.695(a)(5)
    • § 87456(a)(2)
    • § 87411(c)(6)
    • § 87412(c)
    • § 87411(a)
    • § 1569.695(a)(1)
    • § 1569.695(a)
    • § 87412(f)
    • § 87555(b)(23)
    18 Nov 2022
    Found no deficiencies during an infection-control–focused visit. Noted 0 active COVID-19 cases, proper postings, adequate PPE and back-up supplies, and secure storage of medications and toxins with working safety devices.
    18 Nov 2022
    Confirmed no deficiencies or citations identified during required annual inspection focused primarily on Infection Control.
    09 Nov 2022
    Found no deficiencies related to safety or infection control; observed proper signage, six residents (two on hospice), secured medications and sharps, and safe bathrooms with needed supplies. One exterior exit gate was not self-latching, and advisory notes were issued.
    09 Nov 2022
    Confirmed no deficiencies were found during the inspection with an emphasis on infection control.
    • § 9058
    29 Sept 2022
    Found the centrally stored medicines deficiency was cleared and medications were secured; noted the administrator's certificate had expired but training was completed and the certificate was to be submitted.
    29 Sept 2022
    Confirmed deficiency related to medication storage has been addressed and cleared. Administrator training certificate has been updated.
    19 Jul 2022
    Found medications were stored in an unlocked room and were locked during the visit, and two vacant rooms plus the garage used for storage were cluttered and should remain inaccessible to residents. Found no staff have been employed since November 2021 with the licensee running the site alone, and a prospective buyer had not yet submitted an application; a technical advisory on infection control was issued.
    19 Jul 2022
    Confirmed deficiencies in medication storage and issued an advisory on infection control requirements.
    • § 87465(h)(2)
    15 Nov 2021
    Found no evidence to support the allegations that staff did not provide appropriate care and supervision or that residents were forced to sleep; both allegations were deemed UNSUBSTANTIATED.
    15 Nov 2021
    Found the site in substantial compliance with state regulations. Observed five residents and two staff, functioning safety features, hot water at 105 degrees, and medications and cleaning supplies kept inaccessible, with one resident under hospice care.
    15 Nov 2021
    Inspection report confirmed substantial compliance with regulations.
    16 Sept 2021
    Identified unsecured toxins, sharps, and medications left in non-lockable drawers and unlocked areas; staff promptly secured all items.
    16 Sept 2021
    Identified deficiencies in storing hazardous items and medications, prompting corrective actions.
    • § 87303(a)
    • § 87309(a)
    12 Jan 2021
    Conducted an unannounced video visit with the administrator, observed six residents and two staff on site, and noted that the applicant did not work there because the criminal record exemption was denied. An exit interview was held with the administrator.
    12 Jan 2021
    Visited facility had six residents in care and two staff members present during inspection. One staff member was not working due to denial of criminal record exemption.
    24 Jan 2020
    Inspection found the facility to be in compliance with regulations, with no citations issued.
    12 Dec 2019
    Confirmed no deficiencies identified during inspection, facility in compliance with regulations.

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