# Better Health Care Home License #392701779 · Lodi, San Joaquin County · Licensed for 6 — Small care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Better Health Care Home is a small care home in Lodi — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 6 residents. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Dementia · Hospice · Bedridden — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Typical starting rate: $4,000 a month — Typical in San Joaquin County · likely $3,000–$5,000 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Better Health Care Home ### Is Better Health Care Home licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Better Health Care Home licensed for? 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Better Health Care Home been cited? 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is Better Health Care Home still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Better Health Care Home cost? $4,000 a month to start is typical in San Joaquin County, likely $3,000–$5,000. This home’s own rate is not on file. Ask: “What is the all-in monthly rate, and what would push it higher?” Too few homes publish a rate here, so this is the middle of Covelight’s researched range for small care homes in San Joaquin County (compiled June 2026). This home’s own rate is not on file. The price is made in the phone call. Nothing here is a quote, an offer or a discount. A starting rate is the room and the base care. California homes commonly bill care levels, medication management, supplies, transport and a second person in the room as extras. Many also charge a one-time fee at move-in. Ask for that list in writing before anything is signed. Only prices a home put out itself count here: its own website, a listing it supplied, or a price a listing site says the home confirmed. Prices a site shows without saying where they came from are left out. ### Does Better Health Care Home take Medi-Cal? On Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver: this home is not on the DHCS participation list dated September 23, 2026. Ask the program about current options. The waiver pays for care services, not room and board. ### Who holds the license? The license is held by Better Health Care Home LLC, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Can Better Health Care Home keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 2 residents, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ## Better Health Care Home license and inspection record - Name on the license: “BETTER HEALTH CARE HOME”, per the CDSS roster as of August 30, 2026. - License #392701779. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to Better Health Care Home LLC, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed: the year is not on file — the roster carries no first-license date for it. Ask: “When did this license start?” - 1 state inspection visit on file, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations on file, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 0 complaints and 0 substantiated allegations on file, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - The most recent state visit on file is June 26, 2026, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Type A citation: a violation that poses an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights if it is not corrected - Type B citation: a violation that could become a risk if not corrected, or one involving records, resources or required services California writes these definitions for every licensed home, not for this one. [CDSS citation definitions (PDF)]() ## Sources - CDSS Community Care Licensing — status, capacity, license holder, citations, complaints and visits, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026: [See the state’s own record]() - CDSS licensing roster — the listing, as of September 28, 2026; the first-license year, per the CDSS roster as of August 30, 2026 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: