Casa De Manana

This community is great for me as it is close to the ocean and within walking distance to La Jolla Village. The staff are friendly and helpful. The food is good and they offer a good variety. The community is clean and well maintained. They offer a number of activities and outings. The residents are friendly and I would recommend this community.

I feel that I must share my experience with Casa because people and their safety are at stake. Seems unimportant but made me think it may be a bigger problem. I contacted Casa to send flowers to a memorial and they kindly recommended a florist and gave me specific instructions Which I followed exactly. Well, flowers were not delivered to the memorial, this was a big maybe 36 inch arrangement. When I checked back they told me it was a weekend and there is no staff for anything on weekends. So if your family members falls on the weekend nobody is available til Monday.

I feel very, very fortunate to have found the Casa De Manana. It is incredibly nice. I'm very comfortable with my parents being there. I trust them and can sleep at night knowing that my parents are safe. The food has been fantastic. The staff has been very accommodating and friendly. Everyone is nice there. The value is excellent. The care services and activities are excellent as well. This is just a very nice place.

The ones we saw, except for Springs at Escondido, were all very good but my wife decided to stay home. I preferred the Casa de Mañana but my wife's first husband, who died of alzheimers, was there in a research program and was over medicated by the V.A. so she has bad memories of La Jolla. Paradise Village was our 2nd choice. Thanks for your help

Expensive - too close to ocean and moist weather - dress code for meals

I'd say it's a good value but not great. I'm from Arizona so everything in California is more expensive. The activities are good. It's right in the middle of La Jolla so it has good access to the city of La Jolla. They have people come in and do music and lots of theme nights, like western night with dancing. They have daily shuttles to town and they give free transportation with in 5 miles, if you need to go to the doctor or the store. It's my step mom that lives there. She likes it. It's a mental transition going form a house where your daily life is spent taking care of things to someplace where everything is taken care of. She's a little critical of the food but it was good in my opinion. They did a great job forcing her to become social. They make you eat with somebody different every day and they have new resident get-togethers so people that are new can bond. It's all about keeping active and social.

They have more activities then our loved one can participate in. They were able to offer us immediate availability. They really show their dedication to their clients and their interest in keeping the residents as happy and satisfied as they can. The location was also convenient for our family.