Assisted Living
Desert Winds Assisted Living
20545 North Lake Pleasant Road, Peoria, AZ 85382 · Map
Licensed for 88 residents
Desert Winds Assisted Living is a state-licensed assisted living community in Peoria, Arizona. It is licensed for 88 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $1,500 /mo | Jul 11, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Desert Winds Assisted Living says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Lilisity’s independent report
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: Apr 14, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 88 residents
Assisted Living Center-Directed AL2539C.
Nearest emergency room
4.5 miles
Banner Boswell Medical Center, rated 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Winds Assisted Living this community | 88 | $1,500/mo | Active | 1 deficiency, 1 enforcement case | |
| West Valley Care Home II | 0.2 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Parkridge Assisted Living | 0.5 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 7 deficiencies, 3 enforcement cases |
| Legends Senior Living III | 0.5 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 1 deficiency, 0 enforcement cases |
| Sun City Assisted Living | 0.5 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record1 deficiency, 1 enforcement case
- Last inspection
- April 14, 2026
- Inspections
- 9, 1 deficiency cited
- Complaint inspections
- 8, 1 with deficiencies cited
- Enforcement cases
- 1, $500 in civil penalties
- License active since 1999
Enforcement cases
- July 1, 2026: Civil Penalty $500 (complete); Notice of Enforcement Action (complete) case closed (complete)
April 14, 2026: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 1 deficiency
- Directed Care Services R9-10-815.F.2.a-c
Based on documentation review, observation, and interview, the manager failed to ensure there was a means of exiting the facility for a resident who does not have a key, special knowledge for egress, or the ability to expend increased physical effort that provided access to an outside area that allowed the resident to be 30 feet away from the facility and is secure. The deficient practice posed a risk if the facility was unaware of the general or specific whereabouts of a resident.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 29, 2026
Inspections with no deficiencies listed
- February 4, 2026: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaint 00157953 conducted on February 4, 2026.
- January 20, 2026: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaints 00155486 and 00155015 conducted on January 20, 2026.
- December 16, 2025: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaint 00140838 conducted on December 16, 2025.
- August 6, 2025: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaint 00138671 conducted on August 6, 2025.
- July 2, 2025: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site compliance inspection and investigation of complaints 00135159 and 00105271 conducted on July 02, 2025.
- December 23, 2024: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00220930 was conducted on December 23, 2024 and no deficiencies were cited.
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 88 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
- AL2539C
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 88
- County
- Maricopa County
- Executive Director of Independent Living
- Marielena Medina
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.
Executive Director of Independent Living name from public records we reviewed, as of Oct 12, 2026.
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 4.5 mi, nursing home 0.0 mi, pharmacy 0.2 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Banner Boswell Medical Center, Sun City. 4.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lake Pleasant Post Acute Rehabilitation Center, Peoria. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Genesis Home Health LLC, Peoria. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 85382 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 032546 Sun City West Dialysis (Fmc), Surprise, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Palm Brook Dialysis Center, Sun City, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Desert Dialysis, Sun City, 4.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 84 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 85382.
Divine Hospice And Palliative Care, LLC, office in Glendale, 3.0 miles away, straight line
Vital Hospice Care Inc, office in Glendale, 3.0 miles away, straight line
Sun Hospice Inc, office in Peoria, 3.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Heelex 2 LLC, Surprise. 3.5 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 moderate; 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
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very high, earthquake very 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 April 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- 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?
What we checked12 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 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Desert Winds Assisted Living provide?
Desert Winds Assisted Living is licensed by the state of Arizona for assisted living in Peoria, Arizona. Its licensed capacity is 88 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Desert Winds Assisted Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for Desert Winds Assisted Living 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 Desert Winds Assisted Living cost?
Assisted Living in Maricopa County typically starts at $3,400 to $4,900 a month. Based on 65 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Desert Winds Assisted Living?
Use Desert Winds Assisted Living's website, desertwindsretirement.com, or visit at 20545 North Lake Pleasant Road, Peoria, AZ 85382.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid