Assisted Living in Lakewood, CA
Lakewood has 12 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in California is $7,000 a month (CareScout 2025), against $6,200 nationally.
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Choosing Assisted Living
A practical guide for families, with checklists to take on your tours.
- What assisted living costs and the ways to pay
- Signs it may be time
- Tour checklists to print and take with you
- What residents and families told us matters most
All 12 licensed assisted living communities in Lakewood
Every assisted living community California licenses in Lakewood, from state records. Being listed is not a rating: Lilisity scores only communities with verified interviews (the Top Communities). Communities with verified testimonials are listed first, then by size.
12 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| All We Need Is Love Residential Care5340 Kirtland Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Amelia Rose Senior Care Cottage3210 Wolfe St | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Ayanna Home Care5602 Whitewood Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Grace Blossom Care20430 Harvest Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Korean Senior Care20621 Seine Avenue | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Lakewood Palace Hc12440 East 207th St. | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Love N'care Villa5203 Josie Avenue | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Palo Verde Homes4423 Carfax Avenue | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| You Are Why12535 Elvins St | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Mps Home5313 Fidler Ave | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Mps Home II5404 Pearce Avenue | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Sunshine Villa5417 Montair Avenue | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Lakewood?
The median cost of assisted living in California is $7,000 a month ($84,000 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in California, with CareScout medians and the private-pay rates nursing homes publish.
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. People pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or VA Aid and Attendance (up to $29,093 a year for a veteran in 2026), and some qualify for Medicaid help with care costs at communities that accept it. Who actually pays for long-term care.
Free tools: how long will the money last? · home care or assisted living? · VA Aid and Attendance estimator
Three questions to ask on every Lakewood tour
From about 23,000 concerns residents and families raised in Senior Living Alliance phone interviews, the most common are about dining, housekeeping and hearing back from management.
- Can I come back and eat a meal here, unannounced?Dining was 23% of all concerns: quality that changes day to day.
- How is laundry labeled and tracked, and what happens when something goes missing?Housekeeping was 17%.
- Who is my main contact, and how often will I hear from them?Communication with management was 15%.
All 8 tour questions, with a free printable tour card (PDF).
Check a Lakewood community’s license
California publishes licensing records, and in most cases inspection or complaint reports, for every community on this page. Look up any community on the state’s site: ccld.dss.ca.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Lakewood assisted living questions
California licenses 12 assisted living communities in Lakewood as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in California is $7,000 a month (CareScout 2025), compared with $6,200 nationally. Prices vary with the room, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet. The table on this page shows each community's published price or a Lilisity estimate where we have one, and our free guide lists the questions to ask about cost.
Medicaid doesn't pay rent or meals in assisted living. Most states offer a Medicaid waiver or program that can pay for care services at participating communities for people who qualify; not every community takes it, so ask each one. California's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
California publishes its licensing records at ccld.dss.ca.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.