Assisted Living
Sunrise at River Road
4975 North 1st Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85718 · Map
Licensed for 110 residents
Sunrise at River Road is a state-licensed assisted living community in Tucson, Arizona. It is licensed for 110 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 | $3,300 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Sunrise at River Road 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 20, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 110 residents
Assisted Living Center-Directed AL8741C.
Nearest emergency room
3.9 miles
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise at River Road this community | 110 | $3,300/mo | Active | 1 deficiency, 0 enforcement cases | |
| Canyon View by Platinum Care Homes | 0.6 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 14 deficiencies, 3 enforcement cases |
| Atria Campana Del Rio | 0.9 mi | 100 | $1,995/mo | Active | 18 deficiencies, 3 enforcement cases |
| First Adult Care Home | 1.3 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 2 deficiencies, 0 enforcement cases |
| Ridgecrest I | 1.4 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | 1 deficiency, 0 enforcement cases |
State inspection record1 deficiency, 0 enforcement cases
- Last inspection
- April 20, 2026
- Inspections
- 6, 1 deficiency cited
- Complaint inspections
- 4, 0 with deficiencies cited
- Enforcement cases
- 0
- No deficiencies cited at the last 3 inspections (October 2024 to April 2026)
- License active since 2012
September 10, 2024: compliance (annual) inspection, 1 deficiency
- R9-10-819.A.11 R9-10-819.A.11
Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure poisonous or toxic materials stored by the facility were stored in a locked area separate from food preparation and storage, dining areas, and medications and were inaccessible to residents.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: October 10, 2024
Inspections with no deficiencies listed
- April 20, 2026: modification inspection. No deficiencies were found during the off-site modification completed on April 20, 2026.
- May 23, 2025: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaint 00130293 conducted on May 23, 2025.
- October 21, 2024: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00217537 was conducted on October 21, 2024, and no deficiencies were cited :
- April 16, 2024: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00208951 and AZ00208949 was conducted on April 16, 2024, and no deficiencies were cited.
- January 5, 2024: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00204876 was conducted on January 5, 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 110 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
- AL8741C
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 110
- County
- Pima 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 3.9 mi, nursing home 2.9 mi, pharmacy 0.1 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus, Tucson. 3.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Casas Adobes Post Acute Rehab Center, Tucson. 2.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Banner Home Care, Tucson. 0.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 85718 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 032514 Desert Dialysis Center (Dci), Tucson, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
032617 Tucson West Dialysis Center (Fmc), Tucson, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
032613 Northwest Tucson Dialysis (Fmc), Tucson, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 32 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 85718.
Amedisys Hospice, office in Tucson, 0.9 miles away, straight line
Sunset Hospice LLC, office in Tucson, 1.0 mile away, straight line
Traditions Health, office in Tucson, 1.0 mile away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Banner-University Medical Group, Tucson. 1.7 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 low; 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively 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.
- 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?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
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 relatively 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 Sunrise at River Road provide?
Sunrise at River Road is licensed by the state of Arizona for assisted living in Tucson, Arizona. Its licensed capacity is 110 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Sunrise at River Road?
No. We publish state licensing details for Sunrise at River Road 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 Sunrise at River Road 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. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Sunrise at River Road?
Use Sunrise at River Road's website, sunriseseniorliving.com/communities/az/sunrise-at-river-road, or visit at 4975 North 1st Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85718.
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