Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home

    7675 Family Cir, San Diego, CA 92111
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.1ยท9 reviews

    Very satisfied with caring staff

    I'm very satisfied with the care my mom receives - staff are caring and attentive, nurses communicate well, meals are tailored to her needs, rooms are clean and comfortable with their own TVs, rehab and activities are good, and special events like the birthday patio celebration feel thoughtful.

    Loved one of 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

    3.11ยท(9)

    Overall rating

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

      3.2
    • Staff

      3.2
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      3.1

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful staffโ€“resident interactions
    • Responsive nursing team with timely family notifications
    • Skilled rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Clean, well-maintained resident rooms
    • Private-room options with personal televisions
    • Tailored meal accommodations for dietary needs
    • Occasional engaging special events and celebrations
    • Physician-endorsed clinical oversight
    • Reliable sanitation in living areas

    Cons

    • Inconsistent CNA responsiveness, particularly on night shifts
    • Medication-management and discharge-medication coordination gaps
    • Limited meal variety and occasional meal-service continuity issues
    • Small, crowded resident rooms and shared-room configurations
    • Limited bathroom-assistance capacity and outdated bathing facilities
    • Cramped circulation and accessibility challenges for wheelchair users
    • Insufficient enclosed visitor/common-space capacity
    • Limited regular activity programming and engagement options
    • Staffing mix imbalance (adequate nurses but fewer CNAs)

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with clear strengths in compassionate clinical care and rehabilitation, paired with operational limitations that affect day-to-day comfort and responsiveness. Many families praised the nursing staff for dignity-affirming interactions, timely communication about health changes, and coordinated rehab. At the same time, recurring operational issuesโ€”particularly around direct-care aide availability, medication coordination, dining options, and physical spaceโ€”are evident and have a meaningful impact on resident experience.

    Care and staff: Nursing staff receive consistent positive mention for clinical attentiveness, trustworthiness, and the ability to notify families when conditions change. Reviewers describe staff as caring and respectful, and some physicians have endorsed the facility's care. However, there are recurring concerns about the availability and responsiveness of CNAs, especially during nights. These gaps manifest as delays in assistance for toileting and water, requests for one-on-one aides for higher-need residents, and at least a few accounts of prolonged periods without direct assistance. The staffing pattern appears to be nurse-heavy with comparatively fewer CNAs, which contributes to these responsiveness issues.

    Dining and medication: Dining experiences are mixed. Some reviewers report meals that are tailored to individual needs and satisfactory, while others describe limited menu variety and instances where residents could not or did not eat facility meals and needed supplemental food from family. There are also operational issues around medication: examples include misplaced or mismanaged medications and confusion during discharge medication coordination. These indicate a need for strengthened medication-handling protocols and clearer discharge planning procedures.

    Activities and social spaces: Activity programming is inconsistent. The facility hosts events (holiday celebrations, birthdays, patio gatherings) and some residents enjoy available offerings and in-room entertainment, but reviewers also note limited regular activities and desire for more engagement options. Multiple comments call out a need for a larger, enclosed sunroom or expanded visitation area to accommodate family visits and socializing.

    Facilities and accessibility: Resident rooms are generally described as clean and comfortable, with private-room options and personal TVs in some units. However, many rooms are small or shared, with shared bathrooms in some configurations, producing a sense of crowding. Bathing facilities were characterized as outdated and less accessible, and hallways or circulation spaces were identified as cramped for wheelchair maneuvering. There are also isolated odor concerns reported in dining or common areas that warrant targeted sanitation or ventilation review, despite overall generally good sanitation in living spaces.

    Notable patterns and recommendations: The dominant positive theme is compassionate, clinically capable staff and good rehabilitation services. The dominant operational themes are inconsistent direct-care aide responsiveness (particularly at night), medication and discharge coordination shortcomings, limited meal options for some residents, and physical-space constraints that affect accessibility and visitation. Prospective residents and families should weigh the strong clinical and rehabilitative care against these operational limitations; management attention to CNA staffing levels, medication workflow, dining variety, and modest facility upgrades (bath/shower accessibility, expanded visitor space) would likely produce the most immediate improvements in resident experience.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

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    Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home is located at 7675 Family Cir, San Diego, CA, 92111.

    About Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home

    Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home sits in a large building with 98 licensed beds and offers care for people with many needs, from independent living all the way up to skilled nursing, memory care, and hospice, plus some home care and day services, and really the staff tries to cover all types of support, like medical care for wounds or breathing, help with bathing, help with medicine, as well as things like physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and they have an in-house Rehabilitation Therapy Center for strength and mobility. The place provides meals for guests, beauty and barber services, laundry, and even banking on site, and there's an activities department with both group and individual games and programs that help folks stay social and active, and you'll find a library and a church room in the building too. Residents get access to grocery and pharmacy services, dry cleaning, scheduled activities, and transportation if needed, plus visits from doctors, dentists, podiatrists, vision specialists, and audiology services. There's also a registered dietitian on hand, special diets offered, and pharmacy consulting, along with regular and restorative nursing programs. For safety, the building is accessible, has restrooms and air conditioning, and offers parking and WiFi, with electric beds in rooms and good space from the beds to closets and bathrooms. Nursing care is available around the clock. Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home is owned by Generations Healthcare. The state has documented 24 deficiencies there, including some related to accident prevention and quality of life, and two were about infection control, but none caused actual harm and the facility has had at least two complaint reports and has gone over two years since the last major inspection, which is longer than recommended. Nurse turnover is 52.4%, above the state average, and staffing is slightly below average at 4.43 nurse hours per resident each day.

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    The full address for this community is 7675 Family Cir, San Diego, CA 92111.

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