Assisted Living
Garfield Terrace
1435 N Garfield Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104 · Map
Licensed for 60 residents · GARFIELD TERRACE LLC
Garfield Terrace is a state-licensed assisted living community in Pasadena, California. It is licensed for 60 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
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License
Active, 60 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 198602243, licensed since Jul 13, 2018. Licensee GARFIELD TERRACE LLC.
Nearest emergency room
2.5 miles
Huntington Hospital.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Terrace this community | 60 | Not published | Active | 4 Type A, 3 Type B | |
| Garfield Villas | 0.0 mi | 40 | Not published | Active | 2 Type A, 1 Type B |
| Pasadena Villa Senior Living | 0.5 mi | 97 | Not published | Active | 28 Type A, 60 Type B |
| El Molino Rose Villa | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Bella Vista | 0.5 mi | 72 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 10 Type B |
State inspection record4 Type A, 3 Type B
- Last state visit
- September 1, 2026
- State visits since October 28, 2021
- 32 (including 6 inspections, 22 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 4 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 3 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 46: 5 substantiated, 41 not substantiated
- No citations at the last inspection (August 2026)
- License active since 2018
Citations (7), newest first
- 87506(a) (plan of correction due May 26, 2026): Resident Records. The community must keep a separate, complete and current record for each resident.
- 874659(a)(4) (plan of correction due March 23, 2026): Plain meaning not available; see the state’s report.
- 87465(i) (plan of correction due February 17, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Unused prescription medicines must be destroyed by the administrator and one other adult, with a signed record kept for three years.
- 87303(a)(3)(C) (plan of correction due January 17, 2026): Maintenance and Operation. The building must be kept clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair.
- 87468.1(a)(3) (plan of correction due November 23, 2025): Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities. Lists the basic rights of every resident, including dignity, safe and comfortable accommodations, and freedom from punishment, humiliation and abuse.
- 87468.1 (plan of correction due June 19, 2023): Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities. Personal rights every resident has, such as dignity, safe accommodations and freedom from abuse, plus protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status.
- 87307(d)(2) (plan of correction due August 4, 2022): Personal Accommodations and Services. Rules for living space and safety, including common rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, hazards and resident supervision.
Plain meanings are our short reading of the rule cited, from the state’s regulation text. The state’s report says what happened.
Complaints with substantiated allegations (date the finding was approved)
- March 26, 2026: 1 substantiated, 1 Type A citation
- February 20, 2026: 2 substantiated, 2 unsubstantiated, 2 Type A citations
- June 29, 2023: 1 substantiated, 1 Type A citation
- September 7, 2022: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
Complaints with no substantiated allegation (18)
- September 8, 2026: 2 unsubstantiated
- May 12, 2026: 6 unsubstantiated
- December 16, 2025: 2 unsubstantiated
- March 13, 2025: 1 unfounded
- November 12, 2024: 3 unsubstantiated
Show all 18
- November 6, 2024: 1 unsubstantiated
- October 1, 2024: 1 unsubstantiated
- September 16, 2024: 1 unsubstantiated
- May 31, 2024: 1 unsubstantiated, 1 unfounded
- May 17, 2024: 4 unsubstantiated
- May 13, 2024: 5 unsubstantiated
- April 9, 2024: 2 unsubstantiated
- September 5, 2023: 2 unsubstantiated
- November 3, 2022: 1 unsubstantiated
- September 16, 2022: 1 unsubstantiated
- June 15, 2022: 1 unsubstantiated
- November 16, 2021: 3 unsubstantiated
- September 29, 2021: 1 unsubstantiated
Every state visit (35)
- August 25, 2026: Complaint visit
- August 18, 2026: Inspection
- May 8, 2026: Complaint visit
- May 4, 2026: Other visit
- March 23, 2026: Other visit
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- March 23, 2026: Complaint visit
- March 3, 2026: Complaint visit
- February 17, 2026: Other visit
- January 16, 2026: Complaint visit
- November 22, 2025: Complaint visit (2)
- November 13, 2025: Complaint visit
- August 28, 2025: Other visit
- July 10, 2025: Inspection
- March 11, 2025: Complaint visit
- November 4, 2024: Complaint visit
- October 1, 2024: Complaint visit
- September 6, 2024: Complaint visit
- September 3, 2024: Complaint visit
- June 12, 2024: Inspection
- May 30, 2024: Inspection
- May 14, 2024: Complaint visit (2)
- May 7, 2024: Complaint visit
- May 2, 2024: Complaint visit
- March 26, 2024: Complaint visit
- August 22, 2023: Complaint visit
- June 16, 2023: Complaint visit
- June 2, 2023: Inspection
- October 19, 2022: Complaint visit
- August 26, 2022: Complaint visit
- July 28, 2022: Complaint visit
- July 21, 2022: Inspection
- April 28, 2022: Complaint visit
- October 28, 2021: Complaint visit
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 60 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 GARFIELD TERRACE LLC
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 198602243
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2018-07-13
- Licensed capacity
- 60
- Licensee
- GARFIELD TERRACE LLC
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Administrator
- Rosalie Sandoval
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.
Administrator name from the California licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsOn the California list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the California list of Medicaid providers. Listed as GARFIELD TERRACE LLC under Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). (state list, as of Mar 3, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
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)
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 2.5 mi, nursing home 0.3 mi, pharmacy 1.0 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Huntington Hospital, Pasadena. 2.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Pasadena Grove Health Center, Pasadena. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Your Homecare Service, Inc, Pasadena. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 91104 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Rose City Dialysis, Pasadena, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Huntington Dialysis, Pasadena, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Liberty Dialysis - West Pasadena, Pasadena, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 161 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 91104.
Maximum Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc, office in Pasadena, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Faith & Hope Hospice Care, Inc, office in Pasadena, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Five Star Home Hospice, office in Pasadena, 0.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Usc Care Medical Group Inc, Pasadena. 2.5 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
- 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 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 March 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 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 | 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 |
| 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 | No plain statements of services found |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Garfield Terrace provide?
Garfield Terrace is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in Pasadena, California. Its licensed capacity is 60 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Garfield Terrace?
No. We publish state licensing details for Garfield Terrace 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 Garfield Terrace 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. Garfield Terrace does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Garfield Terrace?
Use Garfield Terrace's website, garfieldmedicalcenter.com, or visit at 1435 N Garfield Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104.
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