Assisted Living
Carefree Assisted Living Center
22 South 7th Street, Cottonwood, AZ 86326 · Map
Licensed for 20 residents
Carefree Assisted Living Center is a state-licensed assisted living community in Cottonwood, Arizona. It is licensed for 20 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Feb 23, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 20 residents
Assisted Living Center-Directed AL11262C.
Nearest emergency room
0.7 miles
Verde Valley Medical Center, rated 4 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carefree Assisted Living Center this community | 20 | Not published | Active | 12 deficiencies, 2 enforcement cases | |
| Cottonwood Village | 0.3 mi | 93 | $3,525/mo | Active | 18 deficiencies, 5 enforcement cases |
| Verde Valley Assisted Living | 0.4 mi | 90 | Not published | Active | 26 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case |
| Best of Europe Adult Home Care | 0.7 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 6 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case |
| Christian Care Assisted Living-Cottonwood | 1.1 mi | 21 | Not published | Active | 14 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case |
State inspection record12 deficiencies, 2 enforcement cases
- Last inspection
- February 23, 2026
- Inspections
- 3, 12 deficiencies cited
- Complaint inspections
- 3, 2 with deficiencies cited
- Enforcement cases
- 2, $1,750 in civil penalties
- License active since 2019
Enforcement cases
- June 26, 2026: Civil Penalty $750 (complete); Notice of Enforcement Action (complete) case closed (complete)
- February 25, 2025: Civil Penalty $1,000 (complete) case closed (complete)
February 23, 2026: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 8 deficiencies
- Emergency responders; patient information; hospitals; discharge planning; patient screenings; discharge document A.R.S. § 36-420.04.C
Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the assisted living home failed to maintain a standardized form for each resident that included the information prescribed in A.R.S. § 36-420.04.A.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 1, 2026 - Administration R9-10-803.J.1-6
Based on documentation review and interview, the manager failed to ensure if a manager had a reasonable basis, according to A.R.S. § 46-454, to believe abuse had occurred on the premises, the manager complied with all the requirements, which posed a health and safety risk.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 2, 2026 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.8.a-b
Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure a personnel record for each employee or volunteer included documentation of evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (TB), as specified in R9-10-113, for three of four personnel sampled. The deficient practice posed a potential TB exposure risk to residents.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 1, 2026 - Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.A.1-2
Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure a resident provided evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (TB) as specified in R9-10-113, for five of five residents sampled. The deficient practice posed TB exposure risk to residents.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 2, 2026 - Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.B.1.a-b
Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that before or at the time
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 1, 2026
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- Service Plans R9-10-808.A.2.a-c
Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure a resident had a written service plan which was signed and dated by the resident or resident’s representative, the manager, and if a review was required, by the nurse or medical practitioner who reviewed the service plan for one of five residents sampled. This posed a health and safety risk if the resident or resident’s representative, the manager, and the nurse or medical practitioner did not acknowledge the services that were to be provided.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 1, 2026 - Directed Care Services R9-10-815.C.6.a-b
Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that the service plan for a resident receiving directed care services included documentation of the resident’s weight or documentation from a medical practitioner indicating that weighing the resident was contraindicated, for two of five residents sampled.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 1, 2026 - Emergency and Safety Standards R9-10-819.A.4
Based on documentation review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that a disaster drill for employees was conducted on each shift at least once every three months and documented. The deficient practice posed a risk if employees were unable to implement a disaster plan.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 1, 2026
May 6, 2025: complaint inspection, 4 deficiencies
- Administration R9-10-803.D.1-4
Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure the assisted living facility's license was conspicuously posted.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 7, 2025 - Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.B.1.a-b
Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure before or at the time of acceptance of an individual, the individual submits documentation that is dated within 90 calendar days before the individual is accepted by an assisted living facility, includes if the resident is expected to receive supervisory care, personal care, or directed care services, and includes whether the individual requires continuous medical services, continuous or intermittent nursing services, or restraints.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 7, 2025 - Service Plans R9-10-808.C.1.g
Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure caregivers documented the services provided to residents listed in their service plan.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 7, 2025 - Medication Services R9-10-816.F.1
Based on observation, the manager failed to ensure medication stored by an assisted living facility is kept in a separate locked room, closet, cabinet, or self-contained unit used only for medication storage.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 7, 2025
Inspections with no deficiencies listed
- November 8, 2023: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the investigation of complaint AZ00200696 conducted on November 8, 2023.
Read the full record on AZ Care Check →
ADHS writes a Statement of Deficiencies after each inspection that finds a rule was not met. The community then files a plan of correction, which ADHS accepts or rejects. ADHS investigates complaints on site. A complaint inspection that ends with “No deficiencies were found” did not find a rule violation; deficiencies cited on a complaint inspection are listed with that inspection. AZ Care Check does not list complaints that did not lead to an on-site inspection. Enforcement cases are actions ADHS takes after an inspection, such as a civil money penalty, a provisional license or a license revocation, with their status. This community is licensed for 20 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Arizona Department of Health Services, Licensing Services, AZ Care Check, data as of October 15, 2026, showing all records on AZ Care Check (back to September 5, 2023). Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Center-Directed
- License number
- AL11262C
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 20
- County
- Yavapai County
Source: Arizona state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Arizona, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Arizona
- Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS). Yes. Arizona's Medicaid long-term care program, ALTCS, is for people who need nursing facility level of care. Members do not have to live in a nursing home, and many live in an assisted living facility and get needed services there. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.7 mi, nursing home 0.5 mi, pharmacy 1.7 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Haven of Cottonwood, Cottonwood. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Northern Arizona Home Health, Cottonwood. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Fry's. 1.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 86326 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Cottonwood Dialysis, Cottonwood, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 86326.
Northern Arizona Hospice, office in Cottonwood, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Aviant Hospice Yavapai, office in Cottonwood, 1.2 miles away, straight line
Hospice Compassus - Sedona/ Flagstaff, office in Sedona, 13.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Neighborhood Outreach Access To Health, Phoenix. 74.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Cottonwood (Yavapai), AZ, risk to homes is greater than 56% of communities in Arizona and 85% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in February 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked11 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Department of Health Services, Licensing Services inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Carefree Assisted Living Center provide?
Carefree Assisted Living Center is licensed by the state of Arizona for assisted living in Cottonwood, Arizona. Its licensed capacity is 20 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Carefree Assisted Living Center?
No. We publish state licensing details for Carefree Assisted Living Center but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Carefree Assisted Living Center cost?
Assisted Living in Arizona typically starts at $3,450 to $5,250 a month. Based on 88 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Carefree Assisted Living Center does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Carefree Assisted Living Center?
Visit Carefree Assisted Living Center at 22 South 7th Street, Cottonwood, AZ 86326.
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