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Overview of King Lunalilo Trust

King Lunalilo Trust offers assisted living, adult day care, residential care, and respite care in Honolulu, HI. Located in the Hawaii Kai neighborhood, the community has 40 beds, creating a smaller setting where staff and residents may get to know one another. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident maintains their own living space. Residential care provides an ongoing care setting, while adult day care gives a person daytime care and supervision before returning home.

Respite care supports a short stay, which can suit a family whose usual caregiver needs time to travel or recover. The range of care types can suit a resident whose needs change over time, as well as families seeking short-term support through respite care. A Walk Score of 48 places the area in a car-dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride.

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Overview of Kisco Ilima at Leihano

Kisco Ilima at Leihano offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care in Kapolei, HI. Independent living means private living with community services and no daily care, while assisted living includes help with dressing, bathing, medication, and other daily tasks while the resident keeps an apartment. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone who may be at risk of wandering, and the range of care levels can support a resident whose needs grow over time.

In the City Center neighborhood, the community has studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom residences, including layouts for one person or a couple moving together. Respite care offers a short stay when a resident’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. Pets are allowed.

A pool, salon and spa, gardens, courtyards, and walking paths give residents places for recreation, personal care, and time outdoors on the property. The Art of Living Well signature program, wellness programming, rehabilitation services, and transportation provide structured activities, health related support, and rides for scheduled needs. With a Walk Score of 67, the area is somewhat walkable, so some errands are possible on foot and a resident who no longer drives may be able to reach select destinations independently.

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Overview of Wisdom Home Care

Wisdom Home Care is an adult residential care home located on Waikele Road in Waipahu, Hawaii. Run by operator Maricor Dela Cruz, this licensed, two-story house accommodates up to four residents, providing a small-scale living arrangement as an alternative to large senior living complexes.

The surrounding neighborhood features a walkability score of 76 out of 100, which allows visitors and families to complete most daily errands entirely on foot. Caregivers remain on-site 24 hours a day to assist with bathing, grooming, cooking, light housekeeping, and personal companionship.

The staff also provides hospital accompaniment to help coordinate logistics during medical transfers or external doctor appointments.

Prospective residents can contact the administrator directly to ask about current room vacancies and monthly fees.

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Overview of Apostol Care Home Arch

Apostol Care Home Arch is an assisted living community in Waipahu, HI. Residents can receive help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while living in a private or shared room.

The home has five beds, creating a small setting where staff and residents can get to know each other. It may be a good fit for someone who prefers a smaller community. Apostol Care Home Arch is operated by Edwin Apostol.

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Overview of Rose Hwang’s Care Home

Rose Hwang’s Care Home offers assisted living and memory care in Pearl City, HI. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for a resident at risk of wandering. With four beds, the home may be a good fit for someone who prefers a smaller community. Rose Hwang operates the home.

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Overview of Caring Manoa

Caring Manoa is a family-owned assisted living community in Honolulu, HI, offering assistance with daily living activities. With its intimate, home-like setting, the community ensures older adults experience the utmost comfort throughout their stay. Housekeeping, well-balanced meals, and innovative recreational activities are among the exceptional services provided to help residents live independently. Along with generous caregiver ratios, customized care plans are also provided to meet residents’ needs and preferences.

Daily family visits, fitness programs, and social events provide residents with emotional support and help them maintain holistic wellness. Residents can also relax and make friends with clean and accessible amenities like the garden, spacious rooms, and lively gathering areas. Located near Round Top Forest Reserve in the quiet residential area of Honolulu, the community guarantees a laid-back lifestyle. This assisted living community has high standards of care, making it a good option for senior living in Hawaii.

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Overview of Pālolo Chinese Home

Pālolo Chinese Home is a nursing home in Honolulu, Hawaii, offering assisted living, residential care, respite care, hospice care, and skilled nursing. It opened in 1896 and is in the Palolo neighborhood. With 18 beds, the home may suit a resident who prefers a smaller community.

Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Assisted living supports daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication management. Hospice care supports residents receiving end of life care, while respite care provides a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

Adult residential care includes Standard Care Level and Expanded Care Level services. Private rooms give one resident a room of their own, while semi private rooms use a shared arrangement. Rehabilitation services and short term rehab support recovery focused stays, and overnight respite care offers another temporary care option.

Additional programs include senior day care, in home services, home cleaning, chore services, meals to go, and the Older Adult Home Modification Program. Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are accepted: Medicare can help cover short term skilled care after a hospital stay, Medicaid may assist when savings do not cover a long stay, and private pay means paying directly for care. Total nurse staffing is 4 hours and 35 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated per resident, and Darlene Nakayama is identified as the operator.

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Overview of Kahala Nui

From its address in Honolulu, HI, Kahala Nui provides memory care, assisted living, continuing care retirement services, nursing home care, and skilled nursing. Memory care starts with the need to address a wandering risk, and it addresses it with a secured area for the resident and staff on watch. Assisted living is a lower level than that, covering help with daily tasks like taking medication, bathing, and getting dressed.

Private pay, Medicare, and Medicaid are all accepted here. Two of those three payment routes are up to someone else to determine and have their own limits and restrictions. Private pay is what has to cover whatever the first two won’t.

Kahala Nui is in the Waialae-Kahala Neighborhood of Honolulu. Rooms here come either private or semi-private. Continuing care retirement is a program that means the whole range of care is licensed at this one site, and the deep end of that care is held under the nursing home and skilled nursing care designations.

The area’s Walk Score puts the address at a very walkable 71, meaning most errands can be managed without a car.

The range on offer here suits someone who either needs memory care or daily assistance with routine tasks. And it also suits a family planning further out than the immediate need, looking at needs that may still be some way off.

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Overview of Tangonan Adult Residential Care Home

Tangonan Adult Residential Care Home offers assisted living and residential care in Waipahu, Hawaii. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while a resident lives in a private or shared room. The home has five beds. Its smaller size may suit someone who prefers a setting where staff and residents can get to know one another.

Private rooms provide individual living space, while shared rooms suit someone who wants to live with a roommate. A Walk Score of 52 places the area in the somewhat walkable category, so some errands can be completed on foot and certain nearby trips may not require arranging a ride. Edna Tangonan operates the home.

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Overview of Lunalilo Home

Operated by CEO Keolamaikalani Dean, Lunalilo Home is an assisted living community in the Hawaiʻi Kai neighborhood of Honolulu, about 1.8 miles from the city center. It offers assisted living, adult day care, residential care, and respite care under one roof, and has served Oahu’s kūpuna for over a century. The 40-bed community is licensed as a Type II Expanded Adult Residential Care Home in a two-story building. Residents can select from private or shared rooms, including single, double, or multi-person occupancy. The somewhat walkable neighborhood carries a Walk Score of 40. A few nearby errands can be done on foot, with most trips needing transportation.

With staff available to help with personal care, medication management, and first aid, Care at Lunalilo Home is built around ambulatory residents. Special dietary needs are handled, and meals and snacks are served from a set sample menu, alongside a meals-to-go option for added flexibility. Recreational, cultural, and spiritual programming is rooted in native Hawaiian culture and values, giving daily life here a distinct local character. Practical support transcends direct care. The home provides transportation to medical appointments, along with housekeeping and laundry services, so occupants and their families have fewer logistics to manage on their own. Between its cultural programming and its set of care levels, from residential care to respite stays, Lunalilo Home is tailored to support kūpuna at more than one stage of need.

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Assisted Living in Hawaii at a glance

Avg Monthly Cost: $12,000The average monthly cost across facilities in Hawaii. Reflects published or estimated base rates and can vary with care level, room type, and amenities. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: $5,600
Avg Walk Score: 43/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in Hawaii. A third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100) measuring convenience and context, not healthcare quality. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 50/ 100
Avg No. of Beds: 23The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in Hawaii. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90