Assisted Living
North Central Shores
8825 North Third Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021 · Map
Licensed for 10 residents
North Central Shores is a state-licensed assisted living community in Phoenix, Arizona. It is licensed for 10 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
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Area costs
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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: Sep 4, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 10 residents
Assisted Living Home-Directed AL11886H.
Nearest emergency room
0.5 miles
Honor Health John C. Lincoln 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Shores this community | 10 | Not published | Active | 8 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case | |
| Am Drey | 0.3 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 enforcement cases |
| Orchid Park Care Home | 0.3 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 10 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case |
| Bella Vita Residential Assisted Living, West Las Palmaritas Drive | 0.6 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 4 deficiencies, 0 enforcement cases |
| Project Avista Senior Living North Mountain | 0.7 mi | 149 | Not published | Active | 8 deficiencies, 2 enforcement cases |
State inspection record8 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case
- Last inspection
- September 4, 2025
- Inspections
- 2, 8 deficiencies cited
- Complaint inspections
- 1, 1 with deficiencies cited
- Enforcement cases
- 1, $1,000 in civil penalties
- No deficiencies cited at the last inspection (September 2025)
- License active since 2021
Enforcement cases
- May 13, 2024: Civil Penalty $1,000 (complete) case closed (complete)
March 27, 2024: complaint inspection, 8 deficiencies
- Health care institutions; fall prevention and fall recovery; training programs; definition A.R.S. § 36-420.01.A
Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, for four of eight staff records reviewed, the health care institution failed to administer a training program for all staff regarding fall prevention and fall recovery. The deficient practice posed a risk as organized instruction and information related to resident care and safety was not implemented.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 10, 2024 - Administration R9-10-803.C.1.w
Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure the facility's incident reporting policy was implemented. The deficient practice posed a risk to a resident, if an incident report was not documented and follow up action taken according to the facility's written policies and procedures.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 17, 2024 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.1.b.i
Based on record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of seven caregivers reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver provided documentation of completion of a caregiver training program approved by the Department or the Board of Examiners for Nursing Care Institution Administrator and Assisted Living Facility Managers (NCIA Board). The deficient practice posed a risk if a caregiver was not qualified to provide the required services.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 1, 2024 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.4.a-b
Based on record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of seven caregivers reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver's skills and knowledge were verified and documented before the caregiver provided services. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk to residents if a caregiver did not have the documented skills and knowledge to provide services for residents.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 28, 2024 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.8.a-b
Based on observation, record review and interview, for one of eight managers and caregivers reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver provided evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (TB). The deficient practice posed a potential health and safety risk of TB exposure to residents and staff.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: April 5, 2024
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- Personnel R9-10-806.C.1.c.iii
Based on observation, record review, and interview, for one of eight employees reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a personnel record for each employee included documentation of the individual's completed orientation. The deficient practice posed a safety risk to residents if the Department was unable to verify new employees were provided orientation in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 28, 2024 - Medical Records R9-10-811.C.12
Based on record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of three residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a resident's medical record contained a medication order from a medical practitioner, for each medication that was administered. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk if the resident received medication without approval from a medical practitioner, and the Department was unable to verify an order for the medication.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 13, 2024 - R9-10-816.B.3.b R9-10-816.B.3.b
Based on record review, and interview, for one of three residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure medications were administered to a resident in compliance with a medication order. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk to residents, if the facility did not administer medications in compliance with a medication order, and a resident did not receive the required medication.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 13, 2024
Inspections with no deficiencies listed
- September 4, 2025: compliance (annual) inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site compliance inspection conducted on September 4, 2025.
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 10 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 Home-Directed
- License number
- AL11886H
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 10
- County
- Maricopa 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 0.5 mi, nursing home 0.6 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center, Phoenix. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- North Mountain Medical and Rehabilitation Center, Phoenix. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Beatitudes Home Health, Phoenix. 2.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 85021 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 032550 North Phoenix Dialysis (Fmc), Phoenix, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Brookwood Dialysis Center, Glendale, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
032646-Fmc-Glendale Town Center, Glendale, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 65 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 85021.
Copper Sky Hospice LLC, office in Phoenix, 2.1 miles away, straight line
Az Hospice Care Inc, office in Phoenix, 2.1 miles away, straight line
Golden Care Hospice, LLC, office in Phoenix, 2.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Honorhealth Medical Group, LLC, Phoenix. 0.5 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 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
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave very high, 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 tour9 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- 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 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 North Central Shores provide?
North Central Shores is licensed by the state of Arizona for assisted living in Phoenix, Arizona. Its licensed capacity is 10 residents.
Does Lilisity rate North Central Shores?
No. We publish state licensing details for North Central Shores 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 North Central Shores 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. North Central Shores does not publish its prices.
How do I contact North Central Shores?
Visit North Central Shores at 8825 North Third Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021.
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