About Covelight Care
Most families choose a care home once, in a hurry, with a hospital waiting on an answer. This site exists so that the facts are already gathered when that week arrives. Reading them costs nothing and needs no account.
What this site is
A free, complete directory of every licensed elder-care home in California — the state calls them residential care facilities for the elderly, or RCFEs. Every licensed home has a page here, built from California Department of Social Services public records. A home is never left off because it declined to take part.
What orders the list
No home pays to appear here. Nothing on this page is ranked by quality, popularity or payment.
Search results put the homes with the most information on file first, or the nearest first if you choose. County lists run by city, then by name. When you ask us for matches, the order comes only from what you told us about care, budget and place.
How this is paid for
Families never pay us anything. Searching, reading a record and asking us to confirm details are free. If a family asks us to introduce them and then moves into a community of more than 15 beds, that community pays a standard fee, disclosed to the family up front. Homes of 15 beds or fewer never pay. We never charge a fee when Medi-Cal, the Assisted Living Waiver or SSI pays for any part of the stay.
No home can pay to appear here, to rank higher, or to soften its record. Every licensed home in California is listed on the same terms.
Where the facts come from
Every fact carries its source and the date it was last checked. Where the state record is silent, the page says “not on file” — never “no”. State findings are quoted in the state’s own words, dated, and never scored.
If something here is wrong
Tell us and we will check it against the state record and fix it. Corrections are free for everyone, and every fix is logged publicly.
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