Independent Living and Assisted Living and Continuing Care
Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit
100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903 · Map
Licensed for 28 residents · VILLA MARIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living, continuing care community in San Rafael, California. It is licensed for 28 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 | $12,646 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Licensed Nurses on-site in the Health Care Center 24/7.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 1 meals a day.
One meal per day - your choice of breakfast, lunch or dinner
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
Since moving to Villa Marin, the absence of home maintenance has lifted a quiet weight from my shoulders and brought a lightness to my days.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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.
License
Active, 28 residents
RCFE-CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY 210108102. Licensee VILLA MARIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
Nearest emergency room
0.3 miles
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, rated 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit this community | 28 | $12,646/mo | Active | 0 Type A, 3 Type B | |
| Gentle Home Care | 0.2 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 1 Type A, 2 Type B |
| Almavia of San Rafael | 0.3 mi | 160 | $2,755/mo | Active | 7 Type A, 9 Type B |
| Drake Terrace | 0.4 mi | 130 | $7,085/mo | Active | 5 Type A, 1 Type B |
| Terra Linda Christian Homes #4 | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
State inspection record0 Type A, 3 Type B
- Last state visit
- August 12, 2026
- State visits since June 24, 2022
- 15 (including 5 inspections, 5 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 0 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 3 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 6: 0 substantiated, 6 not substantiated
Citations (3), newest first
- 87303(e)(2) (plan of correction due August 3, 2026): 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.
- 87465(h)(6) (plan of correction due July 26, 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.
- 87458(b)(1) (plan of correction due December 28, 2024): Medical Assessment. Requirements for a medical assessment by a licensed medical professional before a resident moves in.
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 no substantiated allegation (5)
- August 21, 2026: 1 unfounded
- March 14, 2025: 2 unfounded
- March 14, 2025: 1 unfounded
- April 8, 2024: 1 unfounded
- February 16, 2023: 1 unfounded
Every state visit (17)
- August 12, 2026: Other visit
- August 12, 2026: Complaint visit
- July 23, 2026: Inspection
- June 24, 2026: Other visit
- April 16, 2026: Other visit
Show all 16
- July 15, 2025: Other visit
- July 1, 2025: Inspection
- February 26, 2025: Complaint visit (2)
- December 18, 2024: Other visit
- August 22, 2024: Inspection
- April 3, 2024: Complaint visit
- February 27, 2024: Other visit
- August 28, 2023: Inspection
- February 9, 2023: Complaint visit
- November 8, 2022: Other visit
- June 24, 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 28 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.”
Kitchen inspections3 inspections by Marin County Environmental Health Services since 2024; latest No Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard (April 2026)
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
Marin County Environmental Health Services: Villa Marin Retirement Community
- Apr 1, 2026 (routine): No Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard. No violations listed.
- May 8, 2025 (routine): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- Hot and cold water available
- Mar 15, 2024 (routine): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- CHSC 113953.2
Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Green placard: Pass. Yellow placard: Conditional pass; follow-up required. Red placard: Closed.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee VILLA MARIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
- License type
- RCFE-CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
- License number
- 210108102
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 28
- Licensee
- VILLA MARIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
- County
- Marin County
- Administrator
- Karina Tapia
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 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.
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case with violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Mar 17, 2010 to Mar 16, 2012. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Back wages: $8,421 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Villa Marin Homeowners Association. Case 1649437.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.3 mi, nursing home 0.1 mi, pharmacy 0.3 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Rafael. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Villa Marin, San Rafael. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- By The Bay Health, Larkspur. 4.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94903 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita San Rafael Dialysis, San Rafael, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Shc Larkspur, Greenbrae, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita San Pablo Dialysis, San Pablo, 12.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94903.
Madrona Hospice Care Inc, office in San Rafael, 1.6 miles away, straight line
By The Bay Health, office in Larkspur, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in San Francisco, 16.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Permanente Medical Group Inc, Richmond. 11.2 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
- 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 moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively 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.
- 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 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Marin County Environmental Health Services kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit provide?
Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit is licensed by the state of California for independent living, assisted living, continuing care in San Rafael, California. Its licensed capacity is 28 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit?
No. We publish state licensing details for Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit 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 Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit cost?
Assisted Living in California typically starts at $3,800 to $6,100 a month. Based on 267 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 Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit?
Use Villa Marin Ambulatory Care Unit's website, villa-marin.com, or visit at 100 Thorndale Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903.
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