Assisted Living in Los Osos, CA
Los Osos has 14 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 14 licensed assisted living communities in Los Osos
Every assisted living community California licenses in Los Osos, 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.
14 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Osos RCFE I1663 13th Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Bay Osos RCFE II1675 13th Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Baywood Manor RCFE1489 11th St. | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Baywood Manor RCFE II1090 Paso Robles Avenue | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Los Osos Residential Care II2280 Inyo Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| M & L South Bay Maxi Care1820 Mountain View Drive | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Orchid Garden Residential Care1457 18th St. | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Sachele Senior Guest Home III1758 7th Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Southbay Maxi Care1410 13th Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Sunrise Terrace RCFE V2117 Del Norte | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Sunrise Terrace RCFE VII1557 16th St | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Welcome Home II1555 16th Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Pacific Heights Residential Home781 Lilac Drive | Small home5 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Caluya's Residential Care Home II1160 15th Street | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Los Osos?
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 Los Osos 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 Los Osos 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.
Los Osos assisted living questions
California licenses 14 assisted living communities in Los Osos 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.