California’s care home directory
Find a care home.
Compare your
options.
Explore licensed homes. Look closer at care and everyday life. Keep your choices together, on your own or with family.
I’m looking for a home in the Los Angeles area.
About this search
Filters and preferences
Showing licensed homes in this map view. Choose a requirement to narrow the list.
Map counts do not show available rooms. Confirm current care with each home.
01Understand care
Make sense of care.
Know what to ask.
Care comes with unfamiliar names and a lot of questions. Our California guides explain the options before you choose.
Explore all guidesWritten for families.
Free to read, whenever you need them.
Start with your question
The California care guide
What kind of care are we looking for?
In California, “board and care” and “assisted living” share a care-home license. The size and setting can differ.
- Care homes
- Help with daily activities, such as bathing and dressing. California calls this license an RCFE.
- Skilled nursing
- A different, medical setting for people who need nursing care.
02Explore the homes
Get to know
each home.
Explore care details, price sources, and dated state history, with photos where available.
Choose what to look at
Area and home size carry into results. The questions below are a preview.
Daily supportNot on file
What support can you provide day to day, and what would need an outside provider?
Check each home’s care sources and dates, then confirm current support directly.
Keep your search together
A few possibilities.
All kept together.
Keep homes, questions, and visit plans in one place. Work on your own, or bring someone into the conversation.
Keep the possibilities.
Save a home. Change your list as you learn.
Know what to ask.
Ask each home the same questions.
Take the next step.
Prepare for a visit, then agree a time with the home.
Free to use. Start on your own; invite someone when it helps.
IllustrationInteractive example
My care search
Start with the heart.
Try saving a home to this example.
- First saved homeKept in this example
- Second saved homeA possibility to keep
One question. Each home.
Choose a topic to see words you can use.
What is the full monthly cost, including care fees, and what could make it change?
Keep questions first. Call each home, then record its answers in your saved list.
Give your next step a place.
A visit starts with a plan and a call.
First saved home
A day and time still need to be agreed.
Morning preferred. Call the home to discuss a time.
Your search can stay yours.
Example only. Nothing here is kept, shared, or sent to a home.
Several homes. Fewer calls to juggle.
Coming at launchAsk Covelight to confirm care, costs, and room options with your chosen homes. Keep each home’s answers together.
Prefer to call yourself?
Use the phone number on each home’s page when it’s on file. You choose when to call.
A place to look
Close to what’s familiar.
Start near family, friends, or a neighborhood you know.
8,490 homes across 48 counties
California Department of Social Services public records · Directory roster read September 28, 2026. Counts do not show open rooms.
A little clarity
Before you
take the next step.
You choose the pace, the homes, and who to bring into the conversation.
More help with your searchDo I need to know what kind of care to look for?
You can start with what everyday life looks like now. Our guided search walks through location, care needs, budget, and preferences. You can skip optional details and come back to them.
Is Covelight free for families?
Yes. Exploring homes, reading guides, and organizing your search are free. You can see homes without giving contact details, and call them directly using the numbers on their pages.
Will saving a home contact anyone?
No. Saving a home, keeping a question, or making a visit plan does not contact anyone. A visit is agreed only when you arrange a time with the home.
Can you check several homes for me?
Coming at launch: ask Covelight to contact the homes you choose about availability, care, and costs, and help arrange tours. You will review the homes and questions before sending a request. You can also call each home directly.
Can I search alone, or include family?
Both. Your first saved homes and notes stay on this device. If you create a private link to return elsewhere or share, anyone with that link can read the list and join by adding a first name.
Where does the information about homes come from?
The directory starts with California’s public care-home records. Home pages show sources and dates for recorded information. Missing details read “not on file,” with a question to ask. Check current care, total costs, and room options with the home. How we source information.
Your first possibility starts here
Find a few homes.
Take a closer look.
You don’t need to make a decision today. Start with a place, or let us guide you through what matters.