Easy Living

    10136 Zapata Ave, San Diego, CA 92126
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Caring staff clean safe facility

    I'm very pleased with the prompt, caring staff and congenial manager - everyone is responsive and treats residents like family. The place is clean, safe and well-maintained, meals are healthy and often customized to tastes, and the personal, around-the-clock attention delivers great value compared with other facilities I've tried.

    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
    • 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

    4.33·(6)

    Overall rating

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

      4.5
    • Staff

      4.2
    • Meals

      2.7
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      4.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate, person-centered care
    • Around-the-clock attentive care
    • Higher staff-to-resident ratio
    • Approachable management
    • Friendly and responsive caregiving staff
    • Clean, well-maintained facility
    • Safe living environment
    • Customizable meals tailored to resident preferences
    • Accurate billing and administrative processes
    • Perceived good value compared with alternatives

    Cons

    • Limited social and recreational programming
    • Inconsistent meal quality and limited menu variety
    • Language-barrier challenges among direct-care staff
    • Inconsistent family communication and care updates
    • Limited administrative oversight of day-to-day operations

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Easy Living Residential Care Facility for the Elderly is described as providing caring, person-centered support with an emphasis on respect and individual attention. Families and others emphasize around-the-clock availability and a staffing pattern that results in a higher staff-to-resident ratio, which reviewers associate with attentive daily care, safety, and a well-maintained environment. The facility is frequently characterized as clean, safe, and offering good value relative to prior placements.

    Care and staff: Reviewers highlight a compassionate approach from direct-care employees and an approachable management presence. Staff are described as friendly and responsive to requests, and the facility's responsiveness is cited as a strength. At the same time, there are operational concerns related to communication consistency with families and a hands-off management style that can limit administrative oversight of daily practice. Language-barrier challenges among some quieter direct-care staff are noted; these appear to affect social engagement and may reduce conversational interaction for residents who benefit from more verbal stimulation.

    Dining and activities: The facility offers healthy meals and is willing to customize menus to resident tastes, and several families praised meal tailoring. However, reviewers also describe variability in food quality and a generally limited menu, with some characterizing offerings as plain. Activity programming is another area of mixed feedback: planned activities and occasional outings are available, but the overall social and recreational programming is limited and does not consistently provide high levels of stimulation or variety for residents seeking more engagement.

    Facilities, management, and patterns: Physical spaces are maintained and cleanliness is consistently reported as good; billing and administrative processes are likewise described as accurate and straightforward. The management approach is seen as congenial but sometimes hands-off, which can contribute to episodic communication gaps or inconsistent oversight. In summary, Easy Living appears well suited for individuals and families prioritizing compassionate, steady personal care, cleanliness, and a higher staffing presence. Families seeking robust social programming, greater dining variety, or frequent proactive administrative communication should verify those specific services during the placement process.

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    Location

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    Easy Living is located at 10136 Zapata Ave, San Diego, CA, 92126.

    About Easy Living

    Easy Living Residential Care Facility for the Elderly sits in San Diego, California, offering care for up to six residents with license numbers 374603338 and 374602415. This home provides both assisted living and memory care for people who need help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, grooming, and getting in and out of bed, and they've got trained staff on hand day and night who watch over residents, help with medications, manage diabetic and incontinence care, assist with transfers including those using mechanical lifts, and support folks dealing with memory loss or behaviors tied to dementia. The building's fully furnished, wheelchair friendly, and has private and shared rooms, including one-bedroom options, plus a secured memory care area with safety features like a wander alert system and alarm bracelets for those with Alzheimer's or who might wander. Every day residents get three home-cooked meals, and staff can adjust diets for special needs like lower salt or diabetes, and there are kosher and vegetarian options too, with meal planning tailored to what people need, and snacks available if someone gets hungry between meals. Laundry and dry cleaning get handled by staff, and there's a mobile barber or hairdresser who can come by. For getting to doctor's appointments or hospital visits, transportation can be arranged, and for families who just need a break, there are respite services, as well as hospice and aging-in-place options so folks can stay even as their needs change.

    The home's known for being clean, friendly, and safe, with staff who are awake and available around the clock and a doctor on call. Residents enjoy planned activities like movie nights, music, arts, fitness programs, and games, and there's a yard for sitting outside, as well as common rooms for reading or spending time together, plus things like a jacuzzi, steam room, and game room. There's parking for residents who drive, and transportation to shopping or religious services when needed, sometimes for an extra charge. They accept people with different care needs, whether someone's still pretty independent or needs heavy assistance, and they can handle challenging behaviors, even people prone to wandering or physical outbursts. The facility helps residents and families understand their care options and can point them to other homes nearby if needed. Reviewers often mention helpful, kind staff and say the place is well-kept, with a strong reputation for good food, safety, and care that fits what each person needs, and their reviews, checked for accuracy, usually rate at 4 out of 5 stars, which gets called excellent. Pricing can change, especially for different room types or services, and while they don't take Medicare unless specially certified, they do offer long-term care as well as short-term stays for relief care. The home is part of a larger network that helps tens of thousands of families every year, and it often gets noticed for its friendly staff and supportive atmosphere, with a focus on helping seniors stay as independent as possible while still getting whatever help they need.

    People often ask...

    Easy Living offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,279 per month.

    Easy Living offers assisted living, memory care, and board and care.

    The full address for this community is 10136 Zapata Ave, San Diego, CA 92126.

    No, Easy 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 number374603338
    StatusLicensed
    Facility typeResidential Care Elderly
    Capacity6 residents
    LicenseeCALCETAS, MYRNA M AND DANILO C
    EffectiveOctober 22nd, 2013
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    Inspection Reports

    9

    Reports

    0

    Type A Citations

    3

    Type B Citations

    2

    Complaints

    7

    Years

    15 Oct 2025Inspection
    Found clean, safe conditions with all safety features functioning and no deficiencies identified.
    14 Nov 2024Complaint
    Investigated allegation that staff treated a resident roughly during a bath; interviews and records reviewed found no evidence supporting the allegation.
    30 Oct 2024Inspection
    Identified health and safety deficiencies and gaps in medical documentation during a routine annual licensing evaluation.
    • Type B87411(f)
    • Type B87463(c)
    • Type B87465(a)(4)
    18 Oct 2023Inspection
    Identified no deficiencies during an unannounced required annual review; observed clean, safe living spaces, adequate food storage, and well-kept records.
    25 Oct 2022Inspection
    Observed adherence to infection control measures with no deficiencies identified.
    25 Oct 2022Inspection
    Identified an incident involving a resident with eye discoloration; the resident was transported to a hospital for evaluation and returned to the location. No deficiencies were observed.
    21 Oct 2021Inspection
    Observed no deficiencies and that infection control practices and COVID-19 mitigation were in place, with entry screening, visitor policies, PPE availability, and hand hygiene resources.
    29 Oct 2019Complaint
    Investigated allegations of mistreatment towards a resident, but evidence did not support the claims.
    08 Oct 2019Inspection
    Confirmed deficiencies in various areas during the inspection, including incomplete resident appraisals in the files.

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