The 22 facilities in Escondido
Every facility below has agreed to accept Assisted Living Waiver payment, which is what “takes Medi-Cal” means for assisted living in California. The list comes from the Department of Health Care Services’ own open dataset, verified 2026-08-29. It is a record of participation, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.
Read this before you call
- Participation is not availability. Every facility here has agreed to accept Assisted Living Waiver payment. None of them is promising an open bed. Capacity moves week to week and the only way to know is to ask.
- Waiver participation is not memory-care approval. A facility that takes the waiver still needs separate CDSS secured-perimeter approval before it can legally admit a resident who wanders. Ask for that record specifically, on the first call.
- The waiver does not cover room and board. It covers the care services. The resident contributes their income toward rent, so ask each facility what its room-and-board charge actually is.
- You need an approved waiver slot first. A facility cannot admit you on the waiver until DHCS and a Care Coordination Agency have approved eligibility and a slot is available.
- Records are from the DHCS open dataset, verified 2026-08-29. If a listing is wrong, the authoritative version is the DHCS list itself, linked in the sources below.
Anne's Place II
Licence 1427446335
Licensed as Ana S Osborne and Scott S. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
2690 Mary Lane Place
Escondido, CA 920256 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Arnicare Villa
Licence 1124549613
Licensed as Crossroads Home Care LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 2 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
1044 Jessica Lane
Escondido, CA 920276 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Country Club Guest Home
Licence 1184013401
Licensed as Country Club Guest Home Inc.. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
25533 Rua Michelle
Escondido, CA 9202630 licensed beds · Mid-size community. Large enough to run activity programming and to have more than one care level on site, small enough that staff know residents by name.
Crossroads Home Care
Licence 1124549613
Licensed as Crossroads Home Care LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 2 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
2512 Healther Pl
Escondido, CA 920276 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Golden Sunset Villa Senior Living
Licence 1609642578
Licensed as Golden Sunset Villa LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
1995 Sunset Drive
Escondido, CA 920256 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Howard House
Licence 1740665108
Licensed as San Diego Brain Injury. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
2033 Oro Verde Road
Escondido, CA 920276 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Oak Hill Residential Care I
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
612 Tranquility Glen
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Oak Hill Residential Care II
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
622 Tranquility Glen
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Oak Hill Residential Care IV
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
642 Tranquility Glen
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Oak Hill Residential Care V
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
652 Tranquility Glen
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Oak Hill Residential Care VI
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
662 Tranquility Glen
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Oak Hill Residential Careiii
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
632 Tranquility Glen
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Oak Hill Residential Carevii
Licence 1376056002
Licensed as Affordable Senior Housing Fo. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 7 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
1353 Oak Hill Drive
Escondido, CA 9202715 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Pacifica Senior Living
Licence 1215348677
Licensed as Pacifica North County Sl LP. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
1351 E Washington Ave
Escondido, CA 92027143 licensed beds · Very large community. A hundred beds or more. Almost always private-pay-heavy, with waiver beds opening irregularly, so the participating-facility listing overstates practical availability here more than anywhere else.
Sapphire Pacific
Licence 1609330760
Licensed as Sapphire Sunset. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
1380 Rees Road
Escondido, CA 920266 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Sapphire Pacific I
Licence 1033595939
Licensed as Sapphire Escondido Estates. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
262 Silvercreek Glen
Escondido, CA 920296 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
- 930 Rockwell Springs Ct
Splendor Valley, LLC
Licence 1093194748
Escondido, CA 920256 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Villa Bernardo
Licence 1720773427
Licensed as Villa Bernardo Opco LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
2960 Bernardo Ave
Escondido, CA 9202910 licensed beds · Small residential home. Still a house rather than a campus. Staffing ratios are often better than a large community, and a single opening is the difference between yes and no.
Vista Del Lago Memory Care
Licence 1720638208
Licensed as Del Dios Care LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
1817 Avenida Del Diablo
Escondido, CA 9202996 licensed beds · Large community. A full campus with tiered care levels, so a resident whose needs increase can often stay in the building. Waiver beds are usually a small share of the census.
Westmont Town Court
Licence 1639518004
Licensed as Escondido Operations, LP. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
500 E Valley Parkway
Escondido, CA 92025200 licensed beds · Very large community. A hundred beds or more. Almost always private-pay-heavy, with waiver beds opening irregularly, so the participating-facility listing overstates practical availability here more than anywhere else.
Woodland Garden I
Licence 1730584129
Licensed as Woodland Garden I & II LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 2 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
1717 Katy Place
Escondido, CA 920266 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
Woodland Garden II
Licence 1730584129
Licensed as Woodland Garden I & II LLC. Facilities often trade under one name and are licensed under another, so search both.
This licence covers 2 homes, so the same operator runs others on this list. Worth knowing before you call several of them expecting different answers.
1709 Katy Place
Escondido, CA 920266 licensed beds · Six-bed residential home. A converted house on an ordinary street, usually with one or two caregivers on shift. Quieter and more personal than a community, but no second wing to move into if care needs rise.
How to read this list for Escondido
The licensed-capacity figure on each listing is the most useful number here and the one nobody explains. In Escondido the average is 29 beds, with 10 six-bed residential homes and 3 facilities of 50 beds or more.
A network weighted toward small homes changes the search itself. Instead of touring a few large communities you are calling many houses, most with no website and no marketing staff, where you will often reach the owner directly and where one opening decides everything. Budget more calls and fewer tours.
Where Escondido sits in San Diego County
Families searching in Escondido usually have more geographic room than they assume, and the waiver does not care which city you land in. The full county-by-county list shows what else is within reach, which matters because a facility with an open bed twenty minutes away beats a waitlist around the corner.
Related guides and next steps
- Every California facility that accepts Medi-Cal, by county
- The Assisted Living Waiver, explained: eligibility and how to apply
- What assisted living costs in California in 2026
- What share of cost means, and why it decides waiver eligibility
- IHSS personal care: the at-home alternative while you wait
This guide explains program rules and county-specific contacts, not legal advice. California Care Compass does not place referrals on county or planning pages.