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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. RESC (Residential Care): Personal care and daily-living support in a smaller, more intimate residential setting. IL (Independent Living): Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care. HOS (Hospice Care): Comfort-focused care for those with a terminal illness, prioritizing quality of life over treatment. PC (Palliative Care): Comfort-focused care for serious illness at any stage, including alongside curative treatment. SC (Senior Care):
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.
A complaint visit is an unannounced on-site visit by California's Community Care Licensing Division to investigate a complaint about the community, filed by a resident, a family member, staff or anyone else. A visit means a complaint was looked into, not that it was proven: the state may find it substantiated, inconclusive or unfounded. Fewer visits is better.
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.
Better Business Bureau grade for the operating company. Reflects complaint handling and business practices, not clinical care quality.
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.
Kalynna Home
SC
AL
Antioch
6D-Yes 30 8226 83.3% -Ambassadors Of Health Management LLC-
Creston Village Assisted Living and Memory Care
SC
AL
MC
RC
Paso Robles
130D+Yes 20 40311128 81.5% -Welltower Pegasus Tenant LLC And Psl Associates LLC-
Yuba Sutter Care Home
SC
AL
HOS
MC
PC
RESC
Yuba City
6D-No 26 3110196 100.0% -Yuba Sutter Care Home IncPrivate Rooms / Semi-Private Rooms
Chateau Jesadean
SC
AL
HOS
MC
PC
RC
Fresno
6D-No 37 112123 83.3% -Evergreen Life Care Homes IncPrivate Rooms
Laguna Palms I
SC
AL
MC
Laguna Niguel
6C+No 25 51-30 83.3% -Residential Care Services, IncPrivate / Semi-Private Rooms
Marina Garden Nursing Center
SC
HOS
NH
RC
SNF
Alameda
32ANo 72 3--- 90.6% A+-Private / Semi-Private Rooms
Woodside Healthcare Center
SC
NH
RC
SNF
Sacramento (Arden-Arcade)
58A-No 78 3--23 94.8% ---
Canterbury Woods
SC
AL
IL
NH
SNF
Pacific Grove
190?Yes 81 132142 72.6% A+Front Porch Communities And Services1 Bed / 2 Bed
Regents Point
SC
AL
IL
MC
NH
SNF
Irvine (University Town Center)
399?Yes 71 197144 82.0% A+Humangood & Humangood SocalStudio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
Mission Palms Healthcare Center
SC
HOS
NH
RC
SNF
Westminster
99B-Yes 63 6--55 87.6% A+--
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Overview of Kalynna Home

Kalynna is a small residential care home located in Antioch, CA, providing assisted living services to its elderly residents. This senior care home offers a warm, close-knit community where residents are cared for and given love and attention. Part of their assisted living services include 24/7 supervision and availability of assistance for daily living activities, medication management, and assistance for transportation coordination for medical appointments.

The residents of Kalynna are provided home cooked meals and snacks daily, to ensure they meet their nutritional needs. Also, Kalynna ensures that the residents feel comfortable and have enough time and energy living their life to the fullest. With their regularly scheduled activities that promote physical and mental wellness, and by taking care of household chores such as laundry and housekeeping, Kalynna provides a safe environment where their elderly residents can surely thrive.

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Overview of Creston Village Assisted Living and Memory Care

Creston Village Assisted Living and Memory Care offers assisted living, memory care, and respite care in Paso Robles, California. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks while a resident lives in an apartment. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Respite care offers a short stay for a resident whose usual caregiver needs time to travel or recover, so the community may be a good fit for a family seeking temporary support or for someone who needs supervised memory care.

The community has 130 beds. Paved walking paths provide an outdoor area for walks, and an on-site salon gives residents access to grooming services within the community.

Pets are allowed, so a resident may be able to bring a pet when moving in. Seasonal meals made with local ingredients are served year round in a restaurant-style dining room, and private event space is available for gatherings. Daily social activities are also available.

Adam Bramwell serves as the administrator. Creston Village Assisted Living and Memory Care is operated by Welltower Pegasus Tenant LLC and Psl Associates.

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Overview of Yuba Sutter Care Home

Yuba Sutter Care Home provides assisted living, hospice care, memory care, palliative care, and residential care in Yuba City, CA. Assisted living and residential care offer daily support in a residential setting, while memory care provides supervision for residents living with dementia. Hospice and palliative care address end of life and serious illness needs. These services may allow a resident’s support to change as their needs change.

There are six beds, so the home has a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know one another. Around the clock staffing means assistance is available throughout the day and night, and daily care is included among the community’s programs. Private and semi private rooms provide a choice between individual space and a shared room.

Meals are prepared daily with residents’ food choices considered, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks between meals. Esmeralda Negrete serves as the administrator. Yuba Sutter Care Home may be a good fit for someone who may need changing levels of support over time while remaining in a smaller community.

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Overview of Chateau Jesadean

Overlooking the charming area of Fresno, CA, Chateau Jesadean is a peaceful haven for those looking to enjoy assisted living amidst an intimate setting. The community features a team of reliable caregivers trained to provide an array of care services, including memory care and assistance with daily activities. A physician, physical therapist, and other care professionals are also available to guarantee residents’ overall well-being.

Countless activities cater to residents’ unique capabilities and interests, allowing them to enjoy the things they love to do or discover new hobbies to indulge in. Mealtimes are enjoyable with delicious meals and snacks served daily for residents’ nourishment. With cozy accommodations and personalized care, residents here are bound to enjoy their well-deserved retirement years.

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Overview of Laguna Palms I

Conveniently situated near different churches in Kings Road, Laguna Niguel, CA, Laguna Palms I is a quaint community that offers assisted living. Committed to enhancing residents’ quality of life, the community delivers the utmost care and attention 24/7 for up to six residents. Spend your later years without worries with the community handling the housekeeping and other household responsibilities.

With its cozy setting, residents are encouraged to interact with their neighbors and do the things they love for leisure and wellness. Healthy and delicious meals are also served to satisfy cravings and dietary needs. The community is great for those looking for assistance in living their day-to-day activities while still having the independence to spend their day as they please.

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Overview of Marina Garden Nursing Center

Marina Garden Nursing Center provides nursing home care, skilled nursing, hospice care, and respite care in Alameda, CA. Skilled nursing and nursing care provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Hospice care addresses end of life needs, while respite care supports a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

The home has 32 beds and offers private and semi private rooms. A private room gives one resident a room alone, while a semi private room is shared with another resident. The community may be a good fit for someone needing skilled nursing, hospice support, or temporary care.

Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 36 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily nursing time allocated to each resident. Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay. Medicare can help cover short term skilled care after a hospital stay, Medicaid can help when savings may not cover a long stay, and private pay means paying directly for care.

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Overview of Woodside Healthcare Center

Woodside Healthcare Center runs 58 beds in Sacramento’s Arden-Arcade neighborhood, and it’s been there for 23 years. Occupancy sits at 94.8%, about as full as a facility gets, with the average resident staying around 50 days. Getting around the neighborhood is actually easy here. The Walk Score comes in at 78, very walkable, which isn’t the norm for facilities like this.

Twenty-four-hour nursing care, IV therapy, wound management, restorative nursing, pain management, hospice and respite care, it’s a fairly complete list for people recovering from something serious or managing a long-term condition. There’s also dedicated post-hospitalization support for residents coming straight from a hospital stay, and a full-time dietitian handles nutritional counseling rather than leaving that to general staff.

On the day-to-day side, there’s a beauty and barber shop on-site, plus programming built around life enrichment and entertainment. Spiritual support and family support services round out what’s available. Staffing breaks down specifically: registered nurses put in about 38 minutes per resident daily, LPNs add an hour and ten minutes, and nurse aides contribute roughly two hours and 38 minutes. Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are all accepted, so the payment side isn’t a narrow path.

Woodside Healthcare Center is busy in a good way; it’s a well-occupied nursing home built around genuine clinical depth, wound care, hospice, post-hospitalization recovery, backed by a staffing structure and location that actually support day-to-day accessibility.

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Overview of Canterbury Woods

Canterbury Woods is a 190 bed community in Pacific Grove, CA, offering independent living, assisted living, nursing home care, and skilled nursing. The range of care levels may suit a resident whose needs could become more intensive over time, because moving among levels may allow the resident to remain in the community, subject to availability and clinical fit. Nursing home and skilled nursing care serve residents who need ongoing nursing or clinical care beyond independent or assisted living, while assisted living provides help with daily personal care tasks and independent living is intended for residents who can manage personal care without routine hands on assistance.

With 190 beds, Canterbury Woods is sized for many residents rather than a small household setting. Its 73% occupancy indicates that the community was below full capacity when measured, but that does not establish availability in the care level a resident needs.

Medicare and private pay are accepted, so payment may involve Medicare coverage for eligible services or direct payment by the resident or family for selected care and related charges. An 81 Walk Score places the area in the very walkable band, meaning most errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently. Total nurse staffing is 6 hours 18 minutes per resident per day, including 1 hour 58 minutes per resident per day from licensed nurses such as RNs and LPNs; these are facility level staffing figures and do not guarantee individual nursing time. Pets are allowed, so residents may be able to keep a pet at the community. Ryan Banner is the administrator, and Front Porch Communities And Services operates Canterbury Woods.

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Overview of Regents Point

Beautifully nestled near William R Mason Regional Park in Irvine, CA, Regents Point is an exceptional life plan community that offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Residents can keep their peace of mind with a compassionate and highly trained team attending to their needs around the clock. The community also helps with housekeeping and chores, so residents can focus on the things they truly enjoy.

Exciting events and enriching programs are conducted, encouraging residents to live actively and make new friends. Delightful and healthy meals are served to satisfy residents’ dietary needs and preferences. With its comprehensive care and extensive amenities, residents experience a better quality of life in their golden years.

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Overview of Mission Palms Healthcare Center

Mission Palms Healthcare Center provides nursing home, skilled nursing, hospice care, and respite care in Westminster, California. Skilled nursing includes licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while hospice care supports residents with end of life needs. Respite care provides a short stay when someone’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover, so the center may be a good fit for a family needing temporary support.

The center has 99 beds, with 3 hours and 43 minutes of nurse staffing allocated to each resident daily. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families several ways to cover care based on eligibility and available resources. Abegail Taburnal serves as the director.

Individualized care plans cover needs such as specialized wound care, catheter and colostomy care, enteral administration, pain management, diabetic management and education, intravenous therapy, and laboratory testing. Rehabilitation services provide therapy without requiring a resident to arrange care at another location, and transportation is available for travel outside the center. Residents can also use the salon and spa for personal care on site, and those with a companion animal may be able to keep their pet with them.

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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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Senior 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: 93The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in California. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90

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