Independent Living and Assisted Living and Continuing Care
Atherton
214 South Atlantic Blvd., Alhambra, CA 91801 · Map
Licensed for 518 residents · ATHERTON BAPTIST HOMES
Atherton is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living, continuing care community in Alhambra, California. It is licensed for 518 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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Care and services
From the community’s website
What Atherton says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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What the public record shows
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License
Active, 518 residents
RCFE-CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY 197802543, licensed since Mar 31, 1999. Licensee ATHERTON BAPTIST HOMES.
Nearest emergency room
1.6 miles
Garfield Medical Center, rated 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton this community | 518 | Not published | Active | 4 Type A, 4 Type B | |
| Alhambra Villa | 0.3 mi | 14 | Not published | Active | 4 Type A, 6 Type B |
| My Ladies Guest House | 0.4 mi | 15 | $2,200/mo | Active | 0 Type A, 7 Type B |
| Savant of Alhambra | 0.6 mi | 176 | Not published | Active | 6 Type A, 3 Type B |
| Silverado Senior Living-The Huntington | 1.1 mi | 62 | Not published | Active | 7 Type A, 11 Type B |
State inspection record4 Type A, 4 Type B
- Last state visit
- March 6, 2026
- State visits since February 2, 2022
- 8 (including 5 inspections)
- Type A citations
- 4 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 4 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 0
- License active since 1999
Citations (8), newest first
- 87465(c)(1) (plan of correction due March 13, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Staff may help a resident take as-needed nonprescription medicine only with written instructions from the resident's doctor.
- 87465(e) (plan of correction due March 13, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Every as-needed medicine staff help with must have a signed doctor's order and label showing the symptoms, dose, time between doses and daily maximum.
- 1569.311 (plan of correction due March 6, 2026): Carbon Monoxide Detectors. The community must have carbon monoxide detectors.
- 87465(h)(4) (plan of correction due March 18, 2025): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Centrally stored medicines must be locked up, kept in their original labeled containers, and tracked in a written record.
- 87303(e)(5) (plan of correction due March 12, 2025): Maintenance and Operation. Water and plumbing must be kept safe, including safe hot water temperatures, grab bars, slip-resistant tub and shower floors, and working toilets and sinks.
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- 87309(a)(1) (plan of correction due March 11, 2025): Storage Space and Access. Cleaning products, poisons, knives, matches, tools and other dangerous items must be kept in locked storage and not left unattended.
- 87303(e)(2) (plan of correction due March 6, 2024): Maintenance and Operation. Rules for keeping the building clean, safe and in good repair, including room temperature, lighting, water, waste, laundry, emergency lighting and call signal systems.
- 87465(e) (plan of correction due March 5, 2024): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Every as-needed medicine staff help with must have a signed doctor's order and label showing the symptoms, dose, time between doses and daily maximum.
Plain meanings are our short reading of the rule cited, from the state’s regulation text. The state’s report says what happened.
Every state visit (9)
- March 6, 2026: Other visit
- March 6, 2026: Inspection
- December 18, 2025: Other visit
- March 17, 2025: Other visit
- March 10, 2025: Inspection
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- March 5, 2024: Other visit
- February 27, 2024: Inspection
- February 14, 2023: Inspection
- February 2, 2022: Inspection
Read every report on the state’s site →
What these terms mean
Type A citations are for “the most serious type of violations in which there is an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care,” and are issued “even if the violation is corrected on the spot.”
Type B citations are for “a violation that, if not corrected, may [pose] an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients,” such as faulty medical record keeping or staff training.
CCLD: “There is no difference between an inconclusive and an unsubstantiated complaint allegation. Both terms mean that there was no preponderance of evidence to prove that an alleged violation occurred.” Allegations CCLD finds unfounded are also not substantiated.
This community is licensed for 518 residents; larger communities are visited and complained about more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing, data as of September 28, 2026, covering the five years of records the state publishes. The state’s advice: “Never rely on this information alone to make a decision about a facility. Always visit facilities in person.”
License and ownershipActive license, licensee ATHERTON BAPTIST HOMES
- License type
- RCFE-CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
- License number
- 197802543
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 1999-03-31
- Licensed capacity
- 518
- Licensee
- ATHERTON BAPTIST HOMES
- County
- Los Angeles County
- RCFE/SNF Administrator
- Joelle Medina
Source: California state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
RCFE/SNF Administrator name from public records we reviewed, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in California, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in California
- Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). Medi-Cal can pay for assisted living care services through the Assisted Living Waiver, but only in 15 counties, only for people who need nursing home level care, and there is a waitlist. The resident still pays room and board. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Assisted Living Waiver has a waitlist. DHCS reported 18,365 people on it in December 2025. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.6 mi, nursing home 0.3 mi, pharmacy 0.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Garfield Medical Center, Monterey Park. 1.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Atherton Baptist Home, Alhambra. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Royal Regency Home Health, Inc, Alhambra. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Health Care 21. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 91801 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Bma San Gabriel Valley Pd Clinic, Alhambra, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Bma San Gabriel, Alhambra, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc-Alhambra, Alhambra, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 157 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 91801.
Calstro Hospice Los Angeles, office in Alhambra, 0.6 miles away, straight line
Allied Hospice, office in Alhambra, 1.2 miles away, straight line
Snl Hospice Inc, office in San Gabriel, 2.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Dan Tran, MD, Rosemead. 2.8 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very high. 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 checked14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing inspection records | Sep 28, 2026 | See above |
| California Medicaid provider list | Mar 3, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| 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 |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Atherton provide?
Atherton is licensed by the state of California for independent living, assisted living, continuing care in Alhambra, California. Its licensed capacity is 518 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Atherton?
No. We publish state licensing details for Atherton 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 Atherton cost?
Assisted Living in Los Angeles County typically starts at $3,750 to $7,300 a month. Based on 42 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Atherton does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Atherton?
Use Atherton's website, abh.org, or visit at 214 South Atlantic Blvd., Alhambra, CA 91801.
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