Assisted Living
Grossmont Gardens Memory Care
4960 Mills Street, La Mesa, CA 91942 · Map
Licensed for 64 residents · VISTA LA MESA SENIOR LIVING, INC.
Grossmont Gardens Memory Care is a state-licensed assisted living community in La Mesa, California. It is licensed for 64 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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What the public record shows
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License
Active, 64 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 374604684, licensed since Jun 7, 2023. Licensee VISTA LA MESA SENIOR LIVING, INC..
Nearest emergency room
1.0 miles
Grossmont Hospital, rated 4 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grossmont Gardens Memory Care this community | 64 | Not published | Active | 2 Type A, 7 Type B | |
| Maryam RCFE | 0.1 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Mesaview Senior Assisted Living | 0.3 mi | 40 | Not published | Active | 4 Type A, 3 Type B |
| Grossmont Gardens Senior Living | 0.6 mi | 425 | Not published | Active | 4 Type A, 6 Type B |
| Casa de Vida Senior Living | 0.8 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
State inspection record2 Type A, 7 Type B
- Last state visit
- September 24, 2026
- State visits since May 5, 2023
- 30 (including 3 inspections, 23 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 2 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 7 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 54: 9 substantiated, 45 not substantiated
- No citations at the last inspection (June 2026)
- License active since 2023
Citations (9), newest first
- 87465(a)(4) (plan of correction due April 3, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. The community must have a plan for residents' medical and dental care and help residents arrange and get to that care.
- 87211(a)(1(d) (plan of correction due March 26, 2026): Reporting Requirements. Events the community must report to the state and to the resident's family or representative, such as deaths, injuries, abuse and changes in leadership.
- 87303(i)(1) (plan of correction due March 4, 2026): Maintenance and Operation. Communities with 16 or more residents, or with separate floors or buildings, must have a call signal system from each resident's unit to staff.
- 87465(a)(1) (plan of correction due January 30, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. The community must have a plan for residents' medical and dental care and help residents arrange and get to that care.
- 87464(f)(4) (plan of correction due January 30, 2026): Basic Services. Basic services must include care and supervision.
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- 87468.1(a)(3) (plan of correction due December 17, 2025): Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities. Lists the basic rights of every resident, including dignity, safe and comfortable accommodations, and freedom from punishment, humiliation and abuse.
- 87465(a)(1) (plan of correction due December 17, 2025): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. The community must have a plan for residents' medical and dental care and help residents arrange and get to that care.
- 87468.1(a)(1) (plan of correction due February 4, 2024): Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities. Lists the basic rights of every resident, including dignity, safe and comfortable accommodations, and freedom from punishment, humiliation and abuse.
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- 87468.2(a)(1) (plan of correction due February 4, 2024): Additional Personal Rights of Residents in Privately Operated Facilities. Additional rights for residents of privately operated communities, such as privacy, confidential records and help exercising their rights.
Plain meanings are our short reading of the rule cited, from the state’s regulation text. The state’s report says what happened.
Complaints with substantiated allegations (date the finding was approved)
- July 7, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated
- April 28, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated, 1 Type B citation
- April 3, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- March 6, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- March 1, 2026: 2 substantiated, 2 Type A citations
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- January 22, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- December 10, 2025: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
- October 27, 2023: 1 substantiated, 2 unsubstantiated
Complaints with no substantiated allegation (15)
- June 24, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
- May 26, 2026: 2 unsubstantiated
- April 7, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
- March 8, 2026: 3 unsubstantiated
- March 6, 2026: 1 unsubstantiated
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- February 2, 2026: 3 unsubstantiated
- December 23, 2025: 6 unsubstantiated
- December 3, 2025: 8 unsubstantiated
- November 7, 2025: 3 unsubstantiated
- November 5, 2025: 3 unsubstantiated
- October 22, 2025: 2 unsubstantiated
- October 15, 2025: 4 unsubstantiated
- September 23, 2025: 1 unsubstantiated
- February 28, 2025: 2 unsubstantiated
- December 17, 2024: 1 unsubstantiated
Every state visit (41)
- June 17, 2026: Complaint visit (3)
- June 9, 2026: Inspection
- March 26, 2026: Complaint visit (3)
- March 3, 2026: Complaint visit (5)
- January 29, 2026: Complaint visit
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- January 21, 2026: Complaint visit
- November 17, 2025: Complaint visit (3)
- November 7, 2025: Other visit
- October 29, 2025: Other visit
- October 24, 2025: Other visit
- October 23, 2025: Other visit
- October 20, 2025: Complaint visit
- October 9, 2025: Complaint visit
- October 8, 2025: Complaint visit
- September 30, 2025: Complaint visit
- September 19, 2025: Complaint visit
- July 30, 2025: Other visit
- June 12, 2025: Inspection
- May 14, 2025: Complaint visit
- January 29, 2025: Complaint visit
- November 22, 2024: Complaint visit
- November 14, 2024: Other visit
- September 24, 2024: Other visit
- May 13, 2024: Inspection
- January 5, 2024: Other visit
- October 20, 2023: Complaint visit (2)
- September 15, 2023: Other visit
- September 7, 2023: Other visit
- August 10, 2023: Other visit
- May 5, 2023: Other visit
Read every report on the state’s site →
What these terms mean
Type A citations are for “the most serious type of violations in which there is an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care,” and are issued “even if the violation is corrected on the spot.”
Type B citations are for “a violation that, if not corrected, may [pose] an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients,” such as faulty medical record keeping or staff training.
CCLD: “There is no difference between an inconclusive and an unsubstantiated complaint allegation. Both terms mean that there was no preponderance of evidence to prove that an alleged violation occurred.” Allegations CCLD finds unfounded are also not substantiated.
This community is licensed for 64 residents; larger communities are visited and complained about more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing, data as of September 28, 2026, covering the five years of records the state publishes. The state’s advice: “Never rely on this information alone to make a decision about a facility. Always visit facilities in person.”
License and ownershipActive license, licensee VISTA LA MESA SENIOR LIVING, INC.
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 374604684
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2023-06-07
- Licensed capacity
- 64
- Licensee
- VISTA LA MESA SENIOR LIVING, INC.
- County
- San Diego County
- Administrator
- Natalie Carlborg
Source: California state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the California licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsOn the California list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the California list of Medicaid providers. Listed as GROSSMONT GARDENS MEMORY CARE under Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). (state list, as of Mar 3, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
How Medicaid pays for care in California
- Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). Medi-Cal can pay for assisted living care services through the Assisted Living Waiver, but only in 15 counties, only for people who need nursing home level care, and there is a waitlist. The resident still pays room and board. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Assisted Living Waiver has a waitlist. DHCS reported 18,365 people on it in December 2025. (source)
Staff pay and workplace safety1 OSHA inspection, 7 violations cited
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 3, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed May 3, 2021. 7 violations cited (2 serious, 5 other). Penalties: $29,290 proposed, $8,290 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as La Mesa Operations LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 4300.32(a). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2018. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(B)(2). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2018. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(A). Penalty $420 proposed, $420 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2018. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3276(C)(3). Penalty $420 proposed, $420 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2018. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3384(A). Penalty $700 proposed, $700 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2018. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 3249(A). Penalty $13,500 proposed, $3,000 now. To be fixed by Nov 6, 2018. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(A). Penalty $13,500 proposed, $3,000 now. To be fixed by Nov 6, 2018. Contested by the employer.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.0 mi, nursing home 0.6 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, La Mesa. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Odos Home Health Inc, La Mesa. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- La Mesa Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 91942 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Balboa La Mesa, La Mesa, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita College Dialysis, San Diego, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Dialysis Services Of College, San Diego, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 54 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 91942.
Together Hospice Care LLC, office in La Mesa, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Anc Corporation, office in La Mesa, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Mission Hospice Services Of San Diego LLC, office in San Diego, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Family Health Centers Of San Diego Inc, Lemon Grove. 2.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in July 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing inspection records | Sep 28, 2026 | See above |
| California Medicaid provider list | Mar 3, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Grossmont Gardens Memory Care provide?
Grossmont Gardens Memory Care is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in La Mesa, California. Its licensed capacity is 64 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Grossmont Gardens Memory Care?
No. We publish state licensing details for Grossmont Gardens Memory Care but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Grossmont Gardens Memory Care cost?
Assisted Living in San Diego County typically starts at $3,500 to $5,400 a month. Based on 23 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Grossmont Gardens Memory Care does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Grossmont Gardens Memory Care?
Visit Grossmont Gardens Memory Care at 4960 Mills Street, La Mesa, CA 91942.
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