Small assisted living homes in the Valley
Arizona licenses 1,330 assisted living homes in the Phoenix area — houses licensed for ten residents or fewer, in 27 cities. Every one is listed here from the state register. We've researched 499 of them so far; 454 have a page with what the home says about itself online, labeled by source and dated. The rest show license facts only until we get to them — ask us about any of them and we'll confirm openings and price by phone. Free.
Filters use what each home states on its own website or listing (labeled on every page). A home we couldn't verify stays in the list until you ask for a "yes". Homes we haven't researched yet show license facts only and have no page of their own — ask us and we confirm by phone.
What an assisted living home is
Arizona licenses two kinds of assisted living. An assisted living home serves ten residents or fewer; an assisted living center (we call them communities) serves eleven or more. Homes are usually ordinary houses in ordinary neighborhoods, run by an owner or a manager with a few caregivers. Many quote one all-inclusive monthly price — but not all, so always ask what's included. What differs most from home to home is the people: who owns it, who is awake overnight, how long the caregivers have been there. The state register says nothing about any of that, and neither does a website. That's the part we find out for you.
By city
Phoenix (313) · Mesa (153) · Scottsdale (144) · Chandler (131) · Glendale (128) · Surprise (128) · Peoria (100) · Gilbert (66) · Goodyear (38) · Queen Creek (21) · Paradise Valley (16) · Tempe (16) · Avondale (14) · Sun City (11) · Fountain Hills (9) · Anthem (7) · Litchfield Park (7) · Buckeye (5) · Laveen (5) · El Mirage (4) · Waddell (4) · Carefree (2) · Cave Creek (2) · Tolleson (2) · Youngtown (2) · Sun City West (1) · Wittmann (1)
How to read these pages
Everything on a home's page comes from one of three places, and we say which: the state license register (public record, refreshed weekly), the home's own website or listing (what they say about themselves, with the date we read it), or something we confirmed ourselves by phone or in person, stamped with the date. Third-party price estimates — numbers a listing site computed, not a price the home published — are not shown as prices. Of the 454 homes with a page, 59 state a price somewhere online and 154 say they offer memory care. If we haven't confirmed a price or an opening, the page says so plainly instead of guessing. Looking for larger communities? Every licensed assisted living community has its own directory.