Page 180 of Best Senior Communities in California

Shanti Homes 1 provides assisted living in Bakersfield, CA, helping residents with daily tasks while they live in a residential setting. With six beds, the community may suit someone who prefers a smaller care setting. Respite care is also available for a short-term stay when a family caregiver needs temporary relief.

Residents have private, furnished rooms, so each person has a dedicated living space ready for use. Shared areas include an outdoor patio, living room, dining room and garden. Arts and crafts, music therapy, chair yoga, group games and scenic outings offer structured ways to spend time. Holiday and birthday celebrations, spiritual support and therapy dog visits are also available.

Simla Villas in Redondo Beach, CA, offers assisted living with help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while each resident lives in a private bedroom. The home has six beds, making it a possible fit for someone who prefers a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know each other; each single-person room is fully furnished, so the basic furnishings are already in place.

Skyview Assisted Living provides assisted living in Santa Clarita, CA. Residents can receive help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while living in a private or semi-private room.

With six beds, Skyview is a small community where staff and residents can get to know each other. The setting is a single-family home, with private rooms for individuals and semi-private rooms for shared sleeping arrangements. A fenced yard and outdoor patio provide designated outdoor spaces, while the community pool and clubhouse offer additional places for recreation. Residents can also take part in fitness programming, entertainment, and community service activities. Skyview Assisted Living may be a good fit for someone who needs help with daily tasks in a small residential setting.

Sunnies Guest Home is an assisted living community in Pleasanton, CA. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication, supporting residents who need that assistance as part of their everyday routines. With six beds, the home may suit someone who prefers a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know each other. Kevin Francis Sobritchea operates the home.

Tuscany Villa Senior Living offers assisted living and memory care in Livermore, CA. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Together, these care levels can suit a resident whose needs grow without requiring a move to another community.

There are 31 beds, so the community is small enough for staff and residents to get to know each other. Nearly all beds are in use at a given time, with a 97% occupancy rate. Residents rent monthly, and the listed services are included in that monthly cost. Semi-private rooms mean sharing with another person, while family-style dining provides a shared meal setting, with snacks and home-style scratch cooking available as additional food options. Kenai River Holdings operates Tuscany Villa Senior Living.

University Village Thousand Oaks offers nursing home care, assisted living, independent living, and memory care in Thousand Oaks, CA. Independent living provides a private home with community services and no daily care, while assisted living adds help with dressing, bathing, medication, and other daily tasks. Memory care is provided in a secured setting with supervision. Nursing home care provides ongoing nursing support.

The range of care may suit a resident whose needs grow over time, since moving among care levels can happen without leaving the community or starting over socially. There are 514 beds. That size accommodates more residents and staff and usually supports more programming than a smaller community.

Housing includes one bedroom apartments, two bedroom apartments, and cottages. A two bedroom apartment can work well for a couple moving together or for someone who wants a companion, while a one bedroom apartment offers a single private space. Residents can use the swimming pool, tennis courts, pickleball courts, woodworking shop, garden center, and arts and crafts studio for exercise and hands on activities. Fitness classes, health lectures, clubs, and more than 200 monthly classes and activities provide organized programs to join throughout the month. This range may be a good fit for someone who wants the option to move among independent living, assisted living, memory care, or nursing home care without leaving the community. University Village Thousand Oaks is operated by Univ. Vlg. T. Oaks Ccrc.

Valley Christian Home is an assisted living community in Hanford, CA, where residents can receive help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing and medication while maintaining a private living space. It may be a good fit for someone who needs this support and prefers a fully furnished private room. The community has 131 beds.

Residents can use the beauty shop and join music, arts and crafts, exercise programs, weekly movie nights, bingo and billiards, with opportunities for personal care, recreation and structured activities on site. Christian religious services are available through Bible classes, morning devotionals and weekly worship services. Kings Stewards operates Valley Christian Home.

Viewmont Villa provides assisted living and memory care in Napa, California. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks while residents keep a private or semi-private room. Memory care provides supervision in a secured setting for someone at risk of wandering.

Respite care is also available for short stays, giving a family caregiver time away or time to recover. The home has six beds and is currently at 100% occupancy, so availability may be limited. Its small size may suit someone who prefers a more intimate setting, with private and semi-private rooms for residents who want an individual room or a shared living arrangement. Viewmont Ventures operates Viewmont Villa.

Residents can spend time on large outdoor decks, in outdoor living areas, and across the garden and wooded grounds. Daily recreational activities follow a program tapered to individual abilities, allowing the schedule to reflect what each resident can participate in. Viewmont Villa may be a good fit for someone who needs assisted living or memory care in a six-bed setting and may later need a short stay for respite care.

ACC Greenhaven Terrace: Senior Apartments & Assisted Living offers assisted living and independent living in Sacramento, CA. Independent living provides private living without daily care, while assisted living adds help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident keeps an apartment.

Both care levels are available in one community. That may suit a resident whose support needs could grow over time and who wants to remain in the same setting. The community has 38 beds, creating a smaller environment where staff and residents can get to know each other.

Housing includes one bedroom apartments, two bedroom apartments, and private rooms. A two bedroom apartment can suit two people moving together, while a one bedroom apartment or private room accommodates one resident. Residents can take part in tai chi, water aerobics, Zumba Gold, dancing, bingo, monthly potlucks, and scheduled group outings. Bible study, Buddhist services, Catholic Communion, and Chinese chanting services are also available, giving residents access to several types of spiritual programming. Asian Community Center Of Sac Valley operates the community.

Agape Bacerra Care Home offers assisted living in Vallejo, California. Residents receive help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while keeping their own apartment, allowing them to retain a private living space with support for the routines they no longer manage alone.

With six beds, the home has a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know one another, which may suit someone who prefers an intimate setting. All six beds are currently occupied.