La Vida Real

  • 11588 Via Rancho San Diego,, El Cajon, CA 92019
  • (619) 867-8074
  • 4.5 ( 10 reviews )
  • Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care

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About This Community

Welcome to La Vida Real, a luxurious senior living community in Rancho San Diego, CA!

There’s always plenty to do, and plenty of fun-loving folks to do things with. Work out at the fitness center, lounge and splash around in the pool, or catch up with the grandkids on Skype® in the Internet Lounge. Or take part in planned community outreach programs. There are also plenty of cozy reading nooks in the library, and always, the peace and privacy of your own, beautifully designed residence. Fit your day to your mood and still find plenty to choose from. At La Vida Real, you can be as busy — or as laid back — as you’d like. At La Vida Real, your days belong entirely to you.

Here are the amenities you will find at La Vida Real:

  • Dine Your Way™ at the Del Oro Grille restaurant with VIP service, evolving menus and daily fresh specials, available 12 hours a day so you can enjoy meals how you want, and when you want
  • Club lounge and bistro for casual bites and social hour
  • Genuine Hospitality energized and delivered by The Power of WE.
  • CARF-Accredited Assisted Living services and Memory Care for your peace of mind
  • landscaped courtyards, walking paths, gardening areas, and outdoor covered seating area to stroll, dine and relax outdoors
  • Fully-equipped fitness center and group classes to stay active and fit, including indoor and aqua-aerobics
  • Heated swimming pool and spa for a refreshing swim or soak in the courtyard
  • Fixed-seat Brabham St. movie theater to catch a great flick
  • High speed Internet lounge to keep connected
  • The Mercado sundries shop for the ultimate convenience
  • Library and Living Room with cozy nooks for enjoying a good book or a game of cards
  • Billiards room for a rousing game of pool with your pals
  • Full-service beauty salon/barbershop and manicure/pedicure spa to keep you looking your best

Independent Living at La Vida Real

As a resident at La Vida Real, you will find all kinds of opportunities for social connections, health and wellness activities, and the comforts and conveniences to help simplify life.

La Vida Real’s Assisted Living

La Vida Real’s assisted living services take a “whole-person” approach to wellness, and are tailored to meet your needs, now and in the future. Services can be dialed up, or back, at any time, so you are always getting the help you need. Residents choosing assisted living to enjoy all personalized care services as needed to support independence and wellness. Here are the services offered in assisted living:

  • Three meals daily, and snacks
  • Weekly housekeeping, personal and flat linen laundry service
  • Help with daily activities, including bathing, dressing and grooming
  • Assistance with managing medications
  • A holistic personal wellness plan that supports the whole “you”—physical, spiritual, emotional, social and intellectual
  • Alcove and one-bedroom residences
  • Individual climate controls (heating & air conditioning)
  • Safety assist grab bars in tub and showers
  • Conveniently located elevators and access to common areas
  • Smoke/fire detectors and sprinkler systems
  • Utilities, (except telephone) including basic cable TV, heating, air conditioning, water
  • Interior and exterior care and maintenance of all residences, common areas and grounds

La Vida Real's Enliven™ Memory Care

La Vida Real's Enliven™ Memory Care offers personalized care within a secure residential environment. Our carefully selected and trained staff works closely with memory-impaired residents and their families, developing individualized and innovative programs that focus on meaningful tasks that are engaging and stimulating while being stress-free for the resident.

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Reviews

4.5 ( 10 Reviews )
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Jules
April 28, 2022
I'm now in La Vida Real and I'm meeting all these nice people. This is a great place, the room is great. The terrain that they make it on is flat, so I can go for walks, and the people that I meet here are all very nice. The staff are very nice and very helpful, and the food is excellent. The dining areas are pretty large, they have multiple dining areas, some for assisted living and one for independent living. They have a social hour every week on Fridays, they have discussion groups and they have a lot of room for people to do crossword puzzles, and jigsaw puzzles and they have exercise classes too. Some of the staff members are very good, and some of them it's hard to say. The facility is very fine, nice, bright, and pretty easy to navigate.
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Joseph
April 24, 2022
La Vida Real was very nice. The staff were nice, but not as good as the other facility. The rooms were very nice, but not quite as large as the other facility. The facility itself was nice. The community was good.
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Irma
November 23, 2020
I found a place for my mom. It's La Vida Real. We chose it because of its location. It's a beautiful facility. It has a garden; it's beautiful. Also the price is right, and there is availability. The staff is very nice, very efficient. It's a large facility, but I think they do a great job. They have yoga, they have a movie theater, andt they have gatherings outside. There's nothing inside except very, very small, ten people per yoga class. There are very few people in the theater, too. The food is good, but there are very few people. You have to make a reservation for the dining room.
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Mary
We're living in La Vida Real. We're here for 2-1/2 months before the pandemic, and we enjoyed every minute of it. I would give everything high marks, like everything else, the food is not up to its standard before the pandemic. It's a beautiful place, nice residents, good staff, and we just had a change in management, our director retired, and we have a new manager which seems to be on top of things. We're getting a lot of things open that we're closed because of the pandemic, and I don't know if it's the governor, or the director, we're just happy that we have more programs to enjoy.
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Donna
October 08, 2018
La Vida Real was one of the top places I visited. It was very quiet, very nice, very pretty, and there were a bunch of flowers and plants all around. They have a little park in between the buildings, and it’s a nice place to go and sit. The inside was a little bit dark, but the windows in the rooms were really long and tall, so you really get some light. The 1-bedrooms were a good size. It’s huge, they have a lot of places there, and it's a pleasant place to be. The food was excellent, they have people that come in and lecture, and I enjoyed the stuff like that. I liked the idea that they have a hospital thing there, and they have an in-house care center.
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Marilyn648347
June 17, 2016
I really liked La Vida Real. The setting of the community was beautiful and everyone seemed very congenial. The staff was very helpful. I liked the way it was laid out, the atmosphere, and the apartments. I was able to have lunch there, and it was good. It was easy to get around, which was important.
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Tina41
January 13, 2016
La Vida Real was fabulous but just a little bit out of our price range. It was like a cruise on land. They had activities every day, like cards, day trips, and dinners. The staff and the meals were fabulous.
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Happy Visitor7
December 28, 2015
We visited La Vida Real and loved it. It had the flexible meals where we could eat dinner anytime up until 7:00, and we could eat lunch and breakfast anytime we wanted. We didn’t have to go at 5:30 and sit down at certain table; we could sit wherever we wanted. The food was great. The facility and rooms were nice. The woman that showed us around was fantastic. We like the grounds. There were lots of activities, which is what we were looking for, both in the facility itself and places where they took us.
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Visitor107835050
May 28, 2015
We went to La Vida Real three times. I didn't care for the assisted living so much because the rooms were small, but the independent living was very nice, and the atmosphere was very pleasant. The people were very accommodating, and the location was very nice. I would recommend it. I really was impressed.
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Tim30
May 13, 2015
La Vida Real is a very nice upscale place. My in-laws lived there for a time which is why we have an acquaintance with the place. I can't say anything negative about it. I thought the food was excellent, and the staff was very helpful. At the time, my in-laws were in the independent living section.
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