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Why trust this guide? Our editorial team analyzed 1,187 memory care providers in CA using CA Dept. of Social Services (CDSS) data, inspection records, complaints, amenities, and facility-level details. How we rank memory care in CA
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Info below is compiled from the CA Dept. of Social Services (CDSS), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.

Communities are listed from highest-ranked to lowest-ranked based on our methodology.

Care Types in This Table AL (Assisted Living): Housing with help for daily activities like bathing, dressing, and medication, without 24-hour skilled nursing. NH (Nursing Home): 24/7 skilled nursing care for residents with complex, ongoing medical needs. SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility): Round-the-clock nursing care, often for recovery after surgery, injury, or illness. MC (Memory Care): Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia. RC (Respite Care): Short-term temporary care that gives family caregivers a break. IL (Independent Living): Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care. HC (Home Care): Professional care delivered in the person's own home, from companionship to skilled nursing. CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community): A campus with multiple care levels so residents can age in place without moving.
City and state of the facility. Used for mapping and state-average comparisons.
Licensed bed capacity (maximum allowed). Not the same as how many beds are currently filled.
A 0–100 score of a facility's regulatory inspection record, shown as a letter and compared with other facilities of the same kind in the same state. This is a proprietary Assisted Living Magazine grade. It is not a government rating. A dash means we have no inspection data for that facility.
Indicates whether residents are allowed to have pets in the facility.
Third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100). Convenience/context metric, not a healthcare quality measure.
Count of regulatory inspections in the reporting window. Higher volume can reflect more oversight visits, complaint-driven surveys, or routine licensure cycles.
Visits or investigations linked to complaints, as counted in the state record (may differ from routine annual surveys).
Count of California state "Type A" citations — the state's most serious citation category (immediate or serious harm to residents), from California state inspection data.
Number of years the company has been in operation.
Reported or derived occupancy for the facility—typically how fully licensed capacity is utilized. Compare across peers in the same market.
Name of the licensed owner, operator, or managing entity as filed with the state. Useful for grouping facilities under the same organization.
Housing or bed configuration options (e.g. studio, shared), often from facility-reported amenities and licensing details.
Arbol Residences in Santa Rosa
MC
NH
SNF
Santa Rosa
110
Facility 110
CA AVG 116
Rank #463 / 1,021
?Yes
38
Facility 38
CA AVG 56
Rank #819 / 1,105
12
6
Facility 6
CA AVG 13
Rank #385 / 956
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #297 / 979
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 12
Rank #914 / 974
90.0%
Facility 90.0%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #173 / 926
Brightwater Senior Living Group LLC-
University Retirement Community
MC
AL
CCRC
HC
IL
NH
SNF
Davis (West Davis)
500
Facility 500
CA AVG 116
Rank #19 / 1,021
?No
54
Facility 54
CA AVG 56
Rank #639 / 1,105
15
4
Facility 4
CA AVG 13
Rank #294 / 956
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #297 / 979
28
Facility 28
CA AVG 12
Rank #81 / 974
-Univer Retire Com At Davis/Pacific Retire Services1 Bed / 2 Bed / 3 Bed
GlenBrook Health Center
MC
AL
NH
SNF
Carlsbad
95
Facility 95
CA AVG 116
Rank #564 / 1,021
?No
57
Facility 57
CA AVG 56
Rank #585 / 1,105
12
2
Facility 2
CA AVG 13
Rank #172 / 956
0
Facility 0
CA AVG 3
Rank #1 / 979
22
Facility 22
CA AVG 12
Rank #202 / 974
64.2%
Facility 64.2%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #690 / 926
Glenbrook Hc LLC/Life Services LLC-
Lone Tree Post Acute
MC
NH
SNF
Antioch
99
Facility 99
CA AVG 116
Rank #527 / 1,021
BNo
53
Facility 53
CA AVG 56
Rank #661 / 1,105
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95.9%
Facility 95.9%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #103 / 926
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Mercy Retirement and Care Center
MC
AL
NH
SNF
Oakland (Saint Elizabeth)
160
Facility 160
CA AVG 116
Rank #203 / 1,021
?No
92
Facility 92
CA AVG 56
Rank #68 / 1,105
26
13
Facility 13
CA AVG 13
Rank #612 / 956
1
Facility 1
CA AVG 3
Rank #297 / 979
27
Facility 27
CA AVG 12
Rank #126 / 974
31.9%
Facility 31.9%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #917 / 926
Mercy Ret & Care Ctr And Elder Care Alliance-
Casa Dorinda
MC
AL
NH
SNF
Santa Barbara
360
Facility 360
CA AVG 116
Rank #30 / 1,021
?No
2
Facility 2
CA AVG 56
Rank #1,096 / 1,105
12
4
Facility 4
CA AVG 13
Rank #294 / 956
2
Facility 2
CA AVG 3
Rank #461 / 979
32
Facility 32
CA AVG 12
Rank #54 / 974
85.3%
Facility 85.3%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #234 / 926
Montecito Retirement Association-
Bayshire Yorba Linda
MC
AL
CCRC
NH
SNF
Yorba Linda
114
Facility 114
CA AVG 116
Rank #447 / 1,021
?Yes
65
Facility 65
CA AVG 56
Rank #449 / 1,105
21
12
Facility 12
CA AVG 13
Rank #585 / 956
3
Facility 3
CA AVG 3
Rank #580 / 979
2
Facility 2
CA AVG 12
Rank #837 / 974
90.4%
Facility 90.4%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #170 / 926
Yorba Linda Care LLCStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
Citrus Hills Assisted Living
MC
AL
RC
Orange
95
Facility 95
CA AVG 116
Rank #564 / 1,021
CYes
7
Facility 7
CA AVG 56
Rank #1,064 / 1,105
59
41
Facility 41
CA AVG 13
Rank #902 / 956
9
Facility 9
CA AVG 3
Rank #841 / 979
11
Facility 11
CA AVG 12
Rank #383 / 974
97.9%
Facility 97.9%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #85 / 926
Prospect Senior Living, Inc-
Brookdale Riverwalk
MC
AL
CCRC
IL
NH
SNF
Bakersfield (Fairway Oaks)
376
Facility 376
CA AVG 116
Rank #28 / 1,021
?Yes
32
Facility 32
CA AVG 56
Rank #880 / 1,105
57
43
Facility 43
CA AVG 13
Rank #914 / 956
4
Facility 4
CA AVG 3
Rank #658 / 979
48
Facility 48
CA AVG 12
Rank #10 / 974
66.0%
Facility 66.0%
CA AVG 74.2%
Rank #663 / 926
Blc Glenwood-Gardens Al-Lh And Brookdale Living CommsStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
Bonita Villa Senior Living
MC
AL
IL
RC
Chula Vista
145
Facility 145
CA AVG 116
Rank #272 / 1,021
CYes
35
Facility 35
CA AVG 56
Rank #854 / 1,105
73
40
Facility 40
CA AVG 13
Rank #899 / 956
6
Facility 6
CA AVG 3
Rank #763 / 979
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Arbol Residences in Santa Rosa

300 Fountaingrove Pkwy, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Overview of Arbol Residences in Santa Rosa

Arbol Residences in Santa Rosa is a nursing home offering memory care and skilled nursing in Santa Rosa, CA. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for a resident at risk of wandering.

This combination may suit someone who needs ongoing nursing care along with memory-related supervision. The community has 110 beds, with total nurse staffing of 4 hours and 52 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands-on nursing time provided for each resident.

Payment options are Medicare and private pay. Medicare applies to short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence, while private pay means the cost is paid directly by the resident or family. Donald Rodreick serves as administrator, and Brightwater Senior Living Group operates the community.

Residents can use the fitness center and fitness and wellness programs for on-site exercise, visit the beauty salon for grooming services, and spend time in the courtyards, walking paths, and gardens. Restaurant-style dining provides meals in a restaurant-style setting, scheduled transportation is available on the community’s motor coach, and pets are allowed. A Walk Score of 38 / 100 places the area in a car-dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride.

Contact Arbol Residences in Santa Rosa

Overview of University Retirement Community

Located in the heart of Davis, CA, University Retirement Community is a luxury senior living community that offers its residents an extravagant independent living environment. The community provides its residents with stunning and snug accommodations with home maintenance and other household chores taken care of for a carefree living experience. Each residence is equipped with private decks, large windows, full kitchens, and large living and dining areas that foster a comfortable and convenient living environment.

Designed to nurture residents’ overall aspect of well-being, the community also offers an array of wellness initiatives and enriching activities. Residents keep their minds sharp with the community’s excellent range of lifelong learning opportunities that help stimulate their minds and cognitive abilities. Here at University Retirement Community, residents spend less time worrying about the small things, and more time pursuing the things they love.

Contact University Retirement Community

Overview of GlenBrook Health Center

An award-winning senior living community in Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad, CA, GlenBrook Health Center offers comprehensive care services including assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation. Spend your golden years receiving the utmost care and support from a respectful and highly skilled team available around the clock. The community goes above and beyond to ensure seniors are comfortable and safe within its purposely designed amenities.

Featuring a meticulously curated life enrichment program, the community ensures residents have time to do the things they love and learn various experiences. Enjoy hassle-free dining with healthy and delicious meals that satisfy nutritional needs and tastes. GlenBrook Health Center is a haven for seniors looking for assistance to enjoy a blissful retirement.

Contact GlenBrook Health Center

Overview of Lone Tree Post Acute

Lone Tree Post Acute is one of Antioch’s skilled nursing facilities offering skilled nursing and rehabilitative services to its residents and patients alike. They take pride in the quality of care they provide through their skilled nursing services, where their residents receive 24/7 care and supervision, medication management, incontinence care, as well as memory care for residents living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

This skilled nursing facility also ensures that residents receive proper nutrition, providing dietician approved meals and oral supplements, as well as regular nutritional assessments. Other services they provide include wound and pain management, hospice and respite care, restorative nursing, IV Therapy, and laboratory testing and x-rays.

Contact Lone Tree Post Acute

Overview of Mercy Retirement and Care Center

In Oakland, CA, Mercy Retirement and Care Center is a nursing home that also runs skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care. Its 160 beds are in the Saint Elizabeth neighborhood.

Licensed nursing never goes off duty in the nursing home and skilled nursing. Assisted living residents get help with baths, dressing, and medication, and memory care keeps residents at risk of wandering supervised in secured surroundings. With those levels together, needs can change over the years while the resident stays in one community.

At 92, Walk Score calls the area a walker’s paradise, so everyday errands need no car. Without driving, a resident can still get out independently.

Medicare pays for brief skilled care after hospitalization, but not long-term living. Medicaid is there once savings run thin during a lengthy stay, and paying privately is also accepted.

Daily nursing for each resident totals 4 hours and 42 minutes. Kathleen McCarron heads the center as its administrator, and Mercy Ret & Care Ctr and Elder Care Alliance operates it.

Starting Price $5,720/Month

Contact Mercy Retirement and Care Center

Casa Dorinda

300 Hot Springs Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Overview of Casa Dorinda

Casa Dorinda provides assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing care in Santa Barbara, California. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while a resident keeps an apartment. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock.

Having these care levels within one community can suit a resident whose needs grow over time, since different levels of support remain available without requiring a move to another community. Casa Dorinda has 360 beds, making it a larger community with more residents and staff, as well as programming on a larger scale. Total nurse staffing is 2 hours and 33 minutes per resident each day, representing the amount of nurse staffing time allocated to each resident across a day.

Residents can use the pool and take part in cultural events, arts and crafts, fitness classes, and nature walks. These activities provide options for exercise, creative work, cultural programming, and time outdoors. Medicare and private pay are accepted, giving families the option to use Medicare coverage or pay directly. Montecito Retirement Association operates Casa Dorinda, and Brian McCague serves as administrator.

Contact Casa Dorinda

Overview of Bayshire Yorba Linda

Located in Yorba Linda, CA, Bayshire Yorba Linda is a classic senior living community designed to provide an array of care options, including assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Focused on helping residents comfortably age in place, the community offers a wide array of services provided by a team of compassionate and reliable care experts. Bright and spacious residences with convenient in-house amenities are offered to every resident, giving them a space they can call their own and personalize according to their preferences and needs.

With round the clock supervision from a reliable team, residents maintain their peace of mind knowing that their needs and emergencies are met with immediate attention. Residents also enjoy an array of life enrichment activities, programs and special events that gives them opportunities for leisure and recreation. The community also provides residents with other services, like mobile physician, podiatry and dental services for added convenience.

Contact Bayshire Yorba Linda

Overview of Citrus Hills Assisted Living

Citrus Hills Assisted Living provides assisted living, memory care, and respite care in Orange, CA. Assisted living includes help with dressing, bathing, and medication while a resident keeps a private living space, and memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering.

Respite care supports a short stay when a family caregiver needs to travel or recover. With 95 beds and a 98% occupancy rate, nearly all resident spaces are in use, so availability may matter to a family planning a move.

Citrus Hills Assisted Living may be a good fit for someone who needs short-term care during a primary caregiver’s absence or whose needs may grow from assisted living to memory care within the same community. Charles Marinko serves as administrator, and Prospect Senior Living operates the community. Residents may bring pets, use the on-site salon and barber, and attend fitness classes without leaving the community. Chef-prepared meals and fine dining are also available, with dining prepared on site.

Contact Citrus Hills Assisted Living

Overview of Brookdale Riverwalk

Focusing on seniors’ wellness, Brookdale Riverwalk located at Calloway Drive, Bakersfield, CA is an extraordinary continuing care retirement community offering a wide range of living options. These include assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled care. The community provides a selection of spacious and well-designed floor plans including studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, and private, and companion suites.

Experience a better quality of life with Brookdale Riverwalk’s dedicated and compassionate community. The community promotes an active and engaged lifestyle, conducting fun activities and wellness programs. Brookdale Riverwalk promises to deliver the highest quality of life that befits its residents, providing them with an environment where they can thrive confidently. Delight with delectable and nutritious meals served to satisfy the resident’s dietary needs and to promote socialization. Brookdale Riverwalk provides fabulous amenities including a library, a game room, a therapy room, a greenhouse, a beauty and barbershop, an outdoor pool, and walking paths, for its residents’ leisure and wellness.

$3,610/Month

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Overview of Bonita Villa Senior Living

Bonita Villa Senior Living offers assisted living, independent living, memory care, and respite care in Chula Vista, CA. Assisted living supports daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while the resident maintains their own apartment. Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, while respite care provides a short stay when a family caregiver needs to travel or recover.

The community has 145 beds and several care levels, so it may be a good fit for a resident whose needs could grow over time without requiring a move to a different community. Rebecca Toves serves as the administrator. Residents can use the salon and barbershop, attend chef-prepared meals, fitness classes, arts and crafts, group outings, musical opportunities, and movie screenings on site. Transportation is available for outings without arranging an individual ride, and pets are allowed for residents who want to keep a pet with them. A Walk Score of 35 places the area in a car-dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride.

Contact Bonita Villa Senior Living

Weighting overview

  • 35%
    Resident Experience
  • 25%
    Regulatory
  • 15%
    Visual Media
  • 10%
    Website
  • 10%
    Stability
  • 5%
    Environment
01

Resident & Family Experience 35%

The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.

  • Includes
  • Review Sentiment
  • Review Volume
02

Regulatory & Safety Record 25%

State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.

  • Includes
  • State Inspections
  • Citations/Inspection
  • % Inspections w/ Citations
  • Complaint Visits
  • Accreditations
  • BBB Rating
03

Visual Media & Transparency 15%

Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.

  • Includes
  • Video Tours
  • Virtual Walkthroughs
  • Photo Quantity
  • Photo Quality
04

Website & Operator Transparency 10%

Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.

  • Includes
  • Website Content
  • Mobile Usability
  • Staff Info Available
  • Owner Info Available
05

Community Stability 10%

Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.

  • Includes
  • Occupancy Rate
  • Bed Options
06

Environment & Pricing 5%

Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.

  • Includes
  • Walk Score
  • Pricing Transparency
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Memory Care in California at a glance

Avg Walk Score: 56/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in California. 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: 116The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in California. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90
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Frequently Asked Questions about Memory Care in California

What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in California?

Assisted living in California supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.

Does California Medicaid cover memory care?

California Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for memory care, but most states (including California) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.

What is memory care?

Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, with secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and routines built to reduce confusion and wandering.

How many memory care communities are listed on this page?

This page features 1187 memory care communities in California. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

How do I choose the right memory care community in California?

Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in California, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.

What should I look for when visiting memory care communities in California?

Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.