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Overview of Blossom Creeks Assisted Living

Blossom Creeks Assisted Living provides assisted living, hospice care, nursing care, and palliative care in Fresno, CA. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication routines, while nursing care supports residents with ongoing health needs.

Hospice care focuses on comfort for someone nearing the end of life, and palliative care addresses comfort and symptom relief alongside treatment. These services allow care to address both daily support and changing health needs.

Blossom Creeks Assisted Living opened in 2015 and has 12 beds. With fewer residents, staff and residents can get to know one another more closely.

Short term and long term care are available. Respite care provides a temporary stay for a family caregiver who needs coverage while traveling or recovering, so the smaller setting and respite option may suit someone seeking a less sizable community or a family needing short term support.

Medication monitoring helps track a resident’s medication routine. Nutritional and dietary counseling addresses individual food and nutrition needs, while Rajvinder K Samra serves as the administrator.

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Overview of Merrill Gardens at Gilroy

Enjoy a cozy retirement experience at Merrill Gardens at Gilroy, a classic senior living community at Gilroy, California with options for independent living, assisted living, memory care, and respite care. Residents can enjoy cozy living areas, private apartments, and an elegant dining room, along with plenty of sunshine and peaceful views. With nearby art and food festivals, dining, golf, and shopping, seniors have plenty to explore and enjoy, while gardening enthusiasts can take advantage of raised beds in the courtyard.

Merrill Gardens aims to enhance the lives of its residents through a busy calendar of enriching activities tailored to their desires. Led by an Active Living Director, the community offers a variety of programs and social outings. The community welcomes small pets and features garage parking for family visits. The Anytime Dining program allows residents to enjoy made-to-order meals at their convenience, ensuring a fulfilling and enjoyable living experience.

Starting Price $3,995/Month Info Pricing updated on October 7th, 2026

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Garden Abode

17067 Coyote Bush Dr, San Diego, CA 92127
Overview of Garden Abode

Garden Abode offers assisted living, memory care, hospice care, and residential care in San Diego, California. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Hospice care supports a resident receiving end-of-life care, and residential care provides a home setting with support. Garden Abode may be a good fit for someone who needs a small setting and one of these forms of care.

Located in the Del Sur neighborhood, Garden Abode has six beds. Its size allows staff and residents to get to know one another. A private room starts at $5,500 per month for one resident’s own room, while a semi-private room starts at $4,500 per month and involves sharing a room. Pets are allowed, so a resident can continue living with a pet; Melissa Deussen serves as the administrator.

$4,500/Month Info Pricing updated on July 28th, 2026

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Overview of Roses & Ivy Assisted Living Facility for the Elderly

Roses & Ivy Assisted Living Facility for the Elderly provides assisted living in Chico, California. Residents receive help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and taking medication while maintaining their own living space.

With 15 beds, the community may suit someone who prefers a smaller setting where staff and residents can get to know one another. Residents can use the on-site salon and spa for grooming services without arranging an outside visit, and pets are allowed, so a resident may be able to keep a pet after moving in.

The daily activity program includes music, crafts, games, and exercise classes. Scheduled activities give residents regular ways to take part. Transportation comes through local transport companies and the community’s own van, while a Walk Score of 64 means some errands can be done on foot, allowing a resident who no longer drives to get out independently for certain nearby needs.

Joel Zamora serves as administrator, and Redlands Rehab And Healthcare Systems operates the community.

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Overview of Hacienda Grande Assisted Living

Hacienda Grande Assisted Living offers assisted living and respite care in Long Beach, CA. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication, while respite care provides a short-term stay when a family caregiver needs to travel or recover.

The community may be a good fit for a resident who needs daily assistance or a family seeking temporary support. With 120 beds and caregiver services available around the clock, support is present during both the day and night.

Transportation is available for residents who need rides beyond the immediate area. Pets are allowed, so residents can continue living with their pets. A Walk Score of 85 places the area in the very walkable category, with most errands possible on foot, allowing a resident who no longer drives to get out independently. Lorenzona Elvie Medina serves as administrator, and La Casa Primavera operates the community.

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Overview of Cloisters of the Valley

Cloisters of the Valley offers memory care and respite care in San Diego, California. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia who may be at risk of wandering. Respite care provides a short stay when a family’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. Together, these services may suit someone needing supervised dementia support or a family arranging a temporary caregiving period.

The community has 70 beds. Tia Suuronen-Goodwin serves as administrator, and Del Rio Care and Bayshire operate the community. Residents have access to a calming spa and therapy garden, with an outdoor setting for therapy and time outside. A salon and rehabilitation services are also available within the community, so personal care and therapy services do not require leaving the home. In the Mission Valley neighborhood, a Walk Score of 71 places the area in the very walkable band. Most errands can be done on foot, and a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently.

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Mission Villa Senior Living

995 E Market St, Daly City, CA 94014
Overview of Mission Villa Senior Living

What a family gets at Mission Villa Senior Living in Daly City, CA, is memory care and respite care. Memory care is the main business here, with residents secured and supervised for residents at risk of wandering. Respite care fills in for a usual caregiver’s travel or recovery, and the stay is brief.

Hillside is the neighborhood, and at 93.3% occupancy, most of the 60 beds are taken. The pairing works for a household where somebody lives with dementia and the caregiver occasionally needs covering.

Dining here is restaurant-style, and a salon and spa, fitness and art classes, live entertainment, and scenic drives as organized outings are all on the amenity list. Pets are allowed, and Shayan Gheisar is the administrator. Walk Score for the area is 62, in the somewhat walkable range, so some errands can be done on foot.

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Overview of Kimberly‘s Kare Kottages

There are three care types at Kimberly’s Kare Kottages in San Jose, CA, which are memory care, residential care, and assisted living. Personal care comes with a private space for residents in assisted living. Memory care, by contrast, is secured and supervised because the resident may wander.

Residential care gives ongoing assistance in a supportive home. Someone who prefers a smaller community will find six beds here.

The home is in the West Valley neighborhood, rated somewhat walkable at 59 on Walk Score. Kendall Hall is the administrator, and Debra and Patrick Hall operate the community.

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Overview of Park Merced

Park Merced is an assisted living community in Merced, California. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while residents keep their own apartments. With pet friendly living and assisted living support, Park Merced may be a good fit for someone who needs help with daily routines and wants to live with a pet.

The community has 125 beds. Residents can use the fitness center for exercise on site, while scenic trails and the community garden provide places for outdoor activity. Residents with dogs have a designated area in the dog park. Elina Moilanen is the administrator, and Amie Marchini Gerontologist operates the community.

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Overview of Mainplace Senior Living

Mainplace Senior Living offers assisted living, memory care, and respite care in Orange, CA. Assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while a resident keeps an apartment, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering.

Respite care offers a short stay for a family whose usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. The combination of care levels may suit a resident whose needs grow over time.

The community has 153 beds, giving families a clear sense of its overall size without suggesting a particular level of daily interaction. Gardens and courtyards with walking paths provide outdoor space, while an onsite salon offers hair and personal grooming services without requiring an outside appointment.

Chef prepared meals are provided, and transportation for appointments is available. A Walk Score of 69 places the area in the somewhat walkable range, meaning some errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives may be able to reach select nearby destinations independently.

Medicaid is accepted, which can help a family consider public coverage when personal savings may not cover a long stay. Rhonwinn Hipolito serves as administrator, Orange Senior Living operates the community, and pets are allowed.

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Senior Communities 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: 74The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in California. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90

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