# Lakewood Gardens License #197606651 · Downey, Los Angeles County · Licensed for 150 — Large care community · a licensed care home (RCFE) Lakewood Gardens is a large care community in Downey — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 150 residents since 2006. Dementia care and bedridden care are not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Hospice — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Starting rate: $7,225 a month — Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Lakewood Gardens ### Is Lakewood Gardens licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Lakewood Gardens licensed for? 150 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Lakewood Gardens been cited? 2 Type A and 0 Type B citations since 2006, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 21 state visits over the same years. ### Is Lakewood Gardens still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Lakewood Gardens cost? $7,225 a month to start — listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026. The home lists this starting rate on Seniorly for memory care shared bedroom, seen September 9, 2026. We don’t have this home’s dementia-care disclosure. California requires a home that advertises dementia care to describe that care in writing when you ask. Among 118 other homes of a similar licensed size across Los Angeles County that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $3,075 to $5,950 a month, and the middle figure is $4,150 (n = 118 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. [What Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver covers in a care home.]() ### Does Lakewood Gardens take Medi-Cal? On Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver: this home appears on the DHCS participation list, August 9, 2026. Confirm eligibility and current participation with the program. The waiver pays for care services, not room and board. ### Who holds the license? The license is held by Meh Health Management, LLC, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Downey is 0.6 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Lakewood Gardens keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ## Lakewood Gardens license and inspection record - Name on the license: “LAKEWOOD GARDENS”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #197606651. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 150 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to Meh Health Management, LLC, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 2006, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 21 state inspection visits since 2006, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 2 Type A and 0 Type B citations on file since 2006, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 21 state visits in that period. - 11 complaints and 2 substantiated allegations on file since 2006, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is August 4, 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, the first-license year, 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 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026