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California Care Compass

Updated 2026-08-29

Escondido · Medi-Cal assisted living

Assisted living that accepts Medi-Cal in Escondido, California.

22 assisted-living facilities in Escondido, California accept Medi-Cal through the Assisted Living Waiver, holding 644 licensed beds between them, an average of 29 beds per facility. California Care Compass compiled this list from the Department of Health Care Services' open dataset, verified 2026-08-29. Participation means a facility accepts waiver payment; it does not mean a bed is open.

The quick answer

How many
22 participating facilities in Escondido, 644 licensed beds, averaging 29 per facility.
What kind
10 are six-bed residential homes and 3 have 50 beds or more. They are different products: a house with one or two caregivers on shift, versus a campus with tiered care levels.
What the list proves
That each facility accepts Assisted Living Waiver payment. Not that a bed is open, and not that it can admit a resident who wanders, which needs separate CDSS approval.
Before you call
You need full-scope Medi-Cal with no share of cost and an assessment at nursing-facility level of care. No facility here can settle either for you.

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 92025

    (760) 522-1989

    6 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 92027

    (858) 382-1568

    6 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 92026

    (760) 747-0957

    30 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 92027

    (858) 382-1568

    6 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 92025

    (760) 755-7340

    6 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 92027

    (760) 480-7468

    6 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 743-8843

    15 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 92027

    (760) 741-3055

    143 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 92026

    (714) 322-1910

    6 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 92029

    (714) 322-1910

    6 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.

  • Splendor Valley, LLC

    Licence 1093194748

    930 Rockwell Springs Ct
    Escondido, CA 92025

    (760) 294-6399

    6 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 92029

    (858) 925-8858

    10 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 92029

    (760) 741-2888

    96 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 92025

    (760) 737-5110

    200 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 92026

    (760) 735-8414

    6 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 92026

    (760) 735-8414

    6 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

This guide explains program rules and county-specific contacts, not legal advice. California Care Compass does not place referrals on county or planning pages.

Common questions

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Which assisted living facilities in Escondido accept Medi-Cal?

22 facilities in Escondido participate in California's Assisted Living Waiver, which is the only way Medi-Cal pays for assisted living in this state. Each one is listed on this page with its licence number, address, phone number and licensed capacity, taken from the DHCS open dataset and verified 2026-08-29.

How much does Medi-Cal cover at these Escondido facilities?

The waiver pays the care-services portion of the bill. It does not pay room and board, which the resident covers from their own income, usually Social Security. Ask each facility what its monthly room-and-board charge is, because it varies and it is the number that decides affordability.

Do any of these Escondido facilities take memory-care residents?

Some will, but waiver participation and memory-care approval are two separate records. A facility needs CDSS secured-perimeter approval before it can legally admit a resident who wanders or exit-seeks. Ask for that specifically on the first call rather than at the tour.

What if nothing in Escondido has an opening?

Look at the rest of San Diego County first, then at adjacent counties. In the meantime IHSS can pay for care at home, including by a family member, in every California county. If care needs are at nursing-facility level, Medi-Cal skilled nursing is available statewide without this waitlist.

Sources

  1. 01California Department of Health Care Services · ALW Assisted Living Facilities (open GIS dataset) · accessed 2026-08-29
  2. 02California Department of Health Care Services · Assisted Living Waiver · accessed 2026-08-29
  3. 03California Department of Social Services · Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly licensing · accessed 2026-08-29