Free help for Los Angeles families
Find the right senior care, without facing it alone
We are a local senior placement agency in Los Angeles. We help families compare senior housing across the county, from assisted living and memory care to licensed board and care homes, and find the one that matches your loved one's needs, location, and budget. There is never a cost to your family.
A gentle, guided path
How our placement help works
A calm, guided process led by people who do this every day across Los Angeles County.
Tell us about your loved one
Share a few details about care needs, location, and timing. It takes just a couple of minutes.
Talk with a local advisor
A senior care advisor who knows Los Angeles listens, answers questions, and narrows the options.
Tour and choose with confidence
We arrange visits to the communities that truly fit, and stay with you through move-in.
Care that fits, never one size for all
Senior housing options in Los Angeles
Senior housing in Los Angeles runs from independent living apartments to assisted living, licensed board and care homes, memory care, and skilled nursing. Every family's situation is different. We help you understand each option and find the one that fits.
Assisted Living Placement
Personal help comparing assisted living communities that fit care, location, and budget.
Learn more→Assisted Living Facilities
Compare licensed assisted living facilities across Los Angeles County.
Learn more→Senior Living Advisors
One-on-one guidance from a local advisor, from first questions to move-in day.
Learn more→Memory Care Placement
Specialized dementia and Alzheimer's care in secure, supportive communities.
Learn more→Board & Care Homes
Licensed residential care homes with a smaller, quieter setting.
Learn more→Independent Living
Active, low-maintenance communities for seniors who value their independence.
Learn more→Nursing Home Placement
Support finding skilled nursing and long-term care, plus admissions help.
Learn more→Senior Care Referral
A free referral service connecting families to senior care providers. The community pays the fee, never the family.
Learn more→Costs & Benefits
Understand what care costs and how to pay, including VA benefits for veterans.
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Local advisors who treat your family like their own
Choosing senior care can feel overwhelming, especially in a moment of stress. Our advisors carry that weight with you. We know assisted living, memory care, and board and care homes across Los Angeles, we know the licensing, and we know the real differences between buildings that look alike on paper.
There is never a cost to your family. We are paid by the communities only when a placement is the right fit, so our focus stays on your loved one.
- Guidance tailored to your budget and care needs
- Tours arranged with communities we know and trust
- Support with veterans benefits and ways to pay
- Someone by your side from the first call to move-in
Straight answers, before you call
Questions families ask us
- How is your senior placement service free?
- The senior living community pays us a referral fee when a resident we introduced moves in, so your family is never billed. That fee comes out of the community's marketing budget and is not added to your monthly rate. We would rather you know exactly how we are paid, because it is also why we will tell you plainly when a community is a poor fit.
- What does a senior placement agency do?
- A senior placement agency helps a family decide what level of care their loved one needs, then narrows hundreds of Los Angeles options down to a few worth touring. We confirm current pricing and availability, arrange the visits, help you read the residency agreement, and stay reachable through move-in. The work is advisory and logistical, not medical, so the community's own nurse still completes the care assessment.
- What should we look for in a senior placement agency?
- Ask how the agency is paid, and whether every community it shows you pays a fee. Ask whether anything suitable was left off your list because it does not. Ask whether an advisor will actually meet you and tour with you, or whether you will be handed a list and a phone number. And ask whether they know the specific neighborhoods you are considering, because an agency working from a national database rarely knows which Los Angeles building changed administrators last spring.
- What counts as senior housing in Los Angeles?
- Senior housing is one phrase covering several very different settings. Independent living is an apartment with meals and activities for someone who does not need daily hands on care. Assisted living and licensed board and care homes both help with bathing, dressing, and medications, one in a larger community and one in a house with about six residents. Memory care is a secured setting built for dementia. Skilled nursing is medical care under a separate license. Los Angeles has all of them, and care needs decide which one fits far more than preference does.
- How much does assisted living cost in Los Angeles?
- Larger assisted living communities in Los Angeles commonly run about $4,500 to $8,000 a month, licensed board and care homes about $3,500 to $6,000, and memory care roughly $5,500 to $9,000. These are typical market ranges rather than prices we quote. Care level drives most of the difference, then room type, then neighborhood, since the Westside and Pasadena usually price above the San Fernando Valley.
- What is the difference between a board and care home and assisted living?
- Size and feel, mostly. A board and care home is a licensed house with roughly six residents and a high caregiver ratio. A larger assisted living community offers apartments, dining venues, transportation, and a full activity calendar with more residents per caregiver. In California both hold the same Residential Care Facility for the Elderly license from the Department of Social Services, so the difference is setting, not oversight.
- Does Medi-Cal pay for assisted living in California?
- Medi-Cal generally does not pay room and board in assisted living, which surprises most families. The exception is the Assisted Living Waiver, a Medi-Cal program that operates in Los Angeles County and can cover care services in participating licensed communities while the resident pays room and board. It requires Medi-Cal eligibility and a nursing facility level of care, and it has a waiting list. Medi-Cal does cover long-term skilled nursing.
- How do I know when it is time for my parent to move?
- The usual signals are falls, weight loss, missed or doubled medications, a home that has stopped being kept up, driving that no longer feels safe, and isolation after a spouse dies. With dementia, wandering or leaving the stove on moves the timeline immediately. One more honest signal is the caregiver: when an adult child or spouse is exhausted and unwell, the situation is already past sustainable.
- How fast can you help if we are facing a hospital discharge?
- Same day, and we work in parallel with the discharge planner. Communities can complete an assessment quickly when a room is open, so an assisted living or board and care move can happen within a few days. Skilled nursing often moves within a day or two. The point of moving fast with a short list is so you choose a placement rather than accepting the only bed offered.
- How long do senior placement services take?
- It depends on the deadline you are working against. When a hospital discharge is driving the timeline, a short list, tours, and a move can happen inside a week. When there is no crisis, most families take two to six weeks: a first conversation, three to five tours, a care assessment by the community, then the paperwork and the move. Starting before a crisis is the single thing that makes the whole process calmer.
- What areas of Los Angeles do you serve?
- We work across Los Angeles County, including the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley, the South Bay, Long Beach, and cities such as Glendale, Burbank, Santa Monica, Culver City, Torrance, and Whittier. Location matters more than families expect, because the community that gets visited most is the one closest to whoever visits most. We usually start there.
Let's find a place your loved one can call home
Start with your name and number. A local advisor will reach out whenever you are ready.