Arizona Senior Care – Adult Nursing Home & Elder Care

Despite the fact that Arizona is considered a top retirement state, the percentage of people 65 and older living there is just a little above the national average: 13.8 percent, compared to 13 nationally. Arizona does, however, have the second most assisted living residences in the Southwest (after California), according to the latest national data. It also has the highest adult day-care prices in the region.

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 140
• Assisted living residences: 1,951*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Assisted living centers
• Residential care homes (assisted living homes, adult foster care)
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $86 per day
• Home care: $19 per hour
• Home health-care: $20 per hour
• Assisted living: $3,047 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $179 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $225 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• The Senior Citizen Protection Manual
• Office of Assisted Living Licensing
• Arizona Administrative Code, Title 9, Article 7: ”Assisted Living Facilities”

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-877-767-2385
• In nursing homes: 1-877-767-2385

 

Government financial assistance (partial list):

• Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (Medicaid)
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program
• Family Caregiver Support Program

 

Top-10 largest cities:

• Phoenix
• Tucson
• Mesa
• Glendale
• Scottsdale
• Chandler
• Tempe
• Gilbert
• Peoria
• Yuma

 

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

Glendale
Advanced Health Care of Glendale
Life Care Center of North Glendale

 

Globe
Copper Mountain Inn

 

Goodyear
Palm Valley Rehabilitation and Care Center

 

Green Valley
La Hacienda at La Posada
Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

 

Peoria
Good Samaritan Society – Peoria Good Shepherd
Sierra Winds
Sun Grove Village Care Center

 

Phoenix
Beatitudes Campus
Caremeridian – Phoenix
Christian Care Nursing Center
Life Care Center of South Mountain
Maryland Gardens Care Center
Phoenix Mountain Nursing Center

 

Prescott Valley
Good Samaritan Society – Prescott Valley

 

Scottsdale
Scottsdale Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Vi at Grayhawk, a Vi and Plaza Companies Community
Weyrich Health Care Center of Westminster Village

 

Sun City
Sun City Health and Rehabilitation Center

 

Surprise
Baptist Village – Sun Ridge

 

Tempe
The Health Care Center at Friendship Village

 

Tucson
Sonora at Splendido

 

Willcox
Northern Cochise Nursing Home

 

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.