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Cloisters of the Valley

4171 Camino Del Rio S, San Diego, CA 92108

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Carine McLaughlin

Child of resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

Cannot Be Happier

My mother-in-law has been a resident at the Cloisters for almost 6 years, she is 100 years old, walks with a walker, has severe memory deficits and needs assistance with all of her daily activities. The staff are well trained, all are very caring and patient and the Activity Staff are very creative with programming and keeping the residents engaged. I would highly recommend this facility to any family looking for a small home like place for their loved ones with memory impairments.

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Cloisters of the Valley

About the facility

Cloisters of the Valley in San Diego, CA is one of senior living communities in the area. To find the right community for your needs and budget, connect with one of A Place For Mom’s local senior living advisors for free, expert advice.

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living

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Amenities

at Cloisters of the Valley

Healthcare Services

  • Staffing & Ancillary Services
  • Incontinence Care
  • Medication Management
  • Non-Ambulatory Care

Meals & Dining

  • Room Service
  • Low / No Sodium
  • Vegan
  • Guest Meals

Room Amenities

  • Cable or Satellite TV
  • Handicap Accessible
  • Ground Floor Units
  • Air Conditioned
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers

Community Amenities

On-site dining options

  • Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

  • Complimentary Transportation
  • Covered Parking
  • Uncovered Parking

Common areas

  • Beauty Salon
  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Central Fireplace
  • Meeting Room

Recreational areas

  • Arts and Crafts Center
  • Game Room
  • Piano or Organ

Services

  • Laundry Service / Drycleaning
  • Beautician
  • Housekeeping

Languages spoken

  • English

Activities

  • Happy Hour
  • Art Classes
  • Trivia Games
  • Stretching Classes

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4171 Camino Del Rio S,
San Diego, CA 92108

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8 out of 10
Review Score15 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.7
Cleanliness
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Care Services
4.9
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0
Activities
4.7
Value for Cost
4.7

A Place for Mom has scored Cloisters of the Valley with 8 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 1 review in the last 2 years. Over all time, Cloisters of the Valley has 15 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.7 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 6/1/25

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Carine McLaughlin

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 1, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Cannot Be Happier

My mother-in-law has been a resident at the Cloisters for almost 6 years, she is 100 years old, walks with a walker, has severe memory deficits and needs assistance with all of her daily activities. The staff are well trained, all are very caring and patient and the Activity Staff are very creative with programming and keeping the residents engaged. I would highly recommend this facility to any family looking for a small home like place for their loved ones with memory impairments.

Kevin N

Assisted Living

Resident/client

April 2, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Good overall

I had good stay. They took good care of me while I healed up. The facility is beautiful and well maintained. Staff is courteous and responsive. Now I am able to return to work.

Saidy

Assisted Living

Family/friend

January 13, 2019

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Cloisters BEST!

This is the third move for my Mom. I was hoping to keep her closer to PL. I visited Cloisters of the Valley 2-3 times before taking my mom there. The care there is outstanding! Everyone who walks with a cane, walker, wheelchair has an assistant by their side when going to the dining room & back. They are happy to help. The nurses are happy to assist & extreamly helpful. The rooms are large and have 3 closets. Every room has a patio, with furniture and a beautifully landscaped garden, with seasonal flowers. There are fountains & lots of birds. The staff is receptive to my moms needs. This is leaps and bounds better than her last place. It was new and pretty, close to PL, but she wasn’t getting the care we contracted for.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 8, 2016

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

Impressive Community

My father is doing pretty well here at this community. Overall I'am pleased with all they have done for us. It is a pleasant community, with a good staff. There is always a nurse on site. It is a very beautiful community, everything is very nice and clean. The assisted director and some of the other staff members have been there for over 20 years, which is impressive. I would highly recommend for anyone to go check out this community.

Julie C.

Assisted Living

Family/friend

May 16, 2016

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Assisted living at its best.

Cloisters of the Valley is a beautiful facility with the most caring staff ever. My 94 year old mother just moved there and everyone is bending over backward to make sure she is comfortable and happy. The grounds are gorgeous, the interior is gorgeous and the meals are delicious. I recommend this place to everyone who needs a safe and comfortable place for a loved one.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

April 16, 2016

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Loved this place. It is intimate and seems very caring. The grounds are lovely and the staff was very open and friendly. This will probably be the place

Ellen

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 25, 2015

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

A Beautiful, Loving Community.

My mom loves it there. The staff is warm and friendly, very willing to help in anyway, and always happy to see you when you visit. The ambiance is like a fine hotel, from the furnishing to the linen napkins.

Becky P.

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 2, 2015

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Cloisters of the Valley was the best place for our mom!

My mom is 95. She had been living at her home by herself with limited care giving. This past summer she had a medical situation that she was having a hard time coming back from. The family finally realized that it was time for her to go to an assisted living facility. I called "A Place for Mom". They pointed me in the right direction. After my family and I toured many different places for assisted living we chose Cloisters of the Valley. I knew right away that this is the level of care my mom needed. Caregivers 24/7, single story facility, friendly atmosphere. I sat down with Bonnie the Executive Director and with tears in my eyes said this is where my mom needs to be. Cloisters of the Valley has been great. But what I had a hard time with was the adjusting period that it took for my mom to get in with the swing of things. It is only normal for a person that has been in her home for almost 50 years to have an adjusting time when moving to a new place. The best part of moving her in was she able to have all of her own furniture. It has been a month now. She is joining in on a lot of the activities. She is having three good meals a day. And for us, Cloisters means peace of mind. If any issues come up with mom they are on the phone to us. When we go visiting many of them know our names. Cloisters of the Valley was the best place for our mom!

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 14, 2014

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

warm, personal attention

The Director & staff at Cloisters helped my 94-year-old mom (and me!) through her difficult transition to her new home this past summer. Cloisters provides a flexible level of care and is ideal for someone like my mom who no longer can live independently and actively but who still appreciates the comforts of home, rather than a nursing facility. My mom has a lovely room furnished with her own belongings, and she appreciates walks in the garden. I visit often and never see anything worrisome. She is well and her surroundings also are in good shape. Most importantly, my mom receives warm, personal attention from caretakers who check on her frequently and give her all of the help that she needs, plus provide positive social interactions. The activities Cloisters offers and the nursing/medical support it provides are excellent, too. In addition, my mom enjoys the food and the company of others around her same age. I take her out sometimes, but she's always ready to return for dinner at her regular table. My family is grateful to Cloisters for keeping my mom, despite her weakening physical and mental abilities, as safe and content as she can be at this time in her life. The staff is very responsive to my requests and inquiries, too. Cloisters is just the right size to offer sufficient professional services without seeming institutional. It's a place that emphasizes genuine one-to-one care, conversations, and connections.

Ben

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 29, 2014

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.5

Elegant, caring, beautiful

Beautiful surroundings, caring staff, individualized attention. After visiting some board & care facilities, the Cloisters was like a dream come true! The staff is very accommodating and friendly.

Suzi M

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 1, 2013

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Cloisters of the Valley

I absolutely love The Cloisters of the Valley, where my aunt has lived now for about two weeks. In that time we have come to know the countless people who work there, who help her in so many ways. She has caregivers, nurses, visiting doctors, a beauty salon, a very helpful handyman, a wonderful executive director and her assistant and the activities director, to name a few. Residents are provided with daily activities, from exercise classes, to live music performances, bible classes and church services, games, slide presentations and many more. I just hope it is still available if/when I need assisted living. She has a lovely private room (about 11X17-one of the "smaller" ones) with a sliding glass door to her patio, and which looks out onto a beautiful garden. Throughout the interior of the building there are gorgeous paintings, furniture and other decor. I've eaten in the dining room and the food was great as was the service.

A Place For Mom Customer

Assisted Living

Toured community

November 8, 2013

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0

Nice facility. Definitely for seniors who are more frail, older, etc. Not for independent living or lightly assisted.

A Place For Mom Customer

Assisted Living

Toured community

December 28, 2012

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

Lovely environment and looks like residents are very well cared for.

A Place For Mom Customer

Assisted Living

Toured community

December 27, 2012

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

I visited this site. I met with director and she showed me around. The staff seemed friendly and attentive. If I can get a room at this place at the time that we need it, this would be my first choice.

A Place For Mom Customer

Assisted Living

Toured community

December 26, 2012

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

Nice, clean, friendly. Maybe not able to provide enough care for Mother. Maybe easy to get "lost" on the other hand, Mother might be quite happy Meals not particular flexible. Very friendly. Not willing to accept Mother=too much care

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