# Golden Pond Retirement Community **The state lists this licence as on probation.** [Read the dated state documents.]() License #347000985 · Sacramento, Sacramento County · Licensed for 175 — Large care community · a licensed care home (RCFE) Golden Pond Retirement Community is a large care community in Sacramento — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 175 residents since 1999. Dementia care is not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Hospice · Bedridden — State licensing record · September 28, 2026 - Estimated starting rate: $4,200 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $3,250–$5,350 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Golden Pond Retirement Community ### Is Golden Pond Retirement Community licensed? The state lists this license as “Probationary License,” per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. ### How many residents is Golden Pond Retirement Community licensed for? 175 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. ### Has Golden Pond Retirement Community been cited? 14 Type A and 3 Type B citations since 1999, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. Those records count 67 state visits over the same years. ### Is Golden Pond Retirement Community still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. ### What does Golden Pond Retirement Community cost? $4,200 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $3,250–$5,350. This home’s own rate is not on file. Ask: “What is the all-in monthly rate, and what would push it higher?” Covelight’s estimate starts from the rates 20 communities with 50 or more beds within 10 miles publish, then adjusts for this home’s size, state care approvals, Medi-Cal waiver participation, years licensed and the area’s prices. In testing, the likely range held the real rate for 6 in 10 homes. This home’s own rate is not on file. Among 10 other homes of a similar licensed size in Sacramento that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $3,500 to $4,695 a month, and the middle figure is $4,000 (n = 10 other homes publishing a starting rate). Each of those is a home’s own published figure, gathered on its own date in September 2026 — not an average of ours, and not a survey. Similar size means small and mid-size homes counted together, and large communities counted on their own, because they are different markets. A home outside the band is not overcharging or underpricing: a starting rate covers different things in different homes, which is the first thing to ask about. 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 Golden Pond Retirement Community 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 Walgenbach, Brian & Gill, Doug, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento is 3.8 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Golden Pond Retirement Community keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 15 residents, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. ## Golden Pond Retirement Community license and inspection record - Name on the license: “GOLDEN POND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #347000985. The state lists this license as “Probationary License,” per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. - Licensed for 175 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. - Licensed to Walgenbach, Brian & Gill, Doug, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. - First licensed in 1999, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. - 67 state inspection visits since 1999, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. - 14 Type A and 3 Type B citations on file since 1999, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. The same records count 67 state visits in that period. - 28 complaints and 21 substantiated allegations on file since 1999, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is September 16, 2026, per CDSS records as of September 28, 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, the first-license year, citations, complaints and visits, per CDSS records as of September 28, 2026: [See the state’s own record]() - CDSS licensing roster — the listing, as of May 25, 2025 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026