# Merced Senior Care License #247209657 · Merced, Merced County · Licensed for 6 — Small care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Merced Senior Care is a small care home in Merced — 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. Bedridden care is not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Dementia · Hospice — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Estimated starting rate: $5,000 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $4,100–$6,150 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Merced Senior Care ### Is Merced Senior Care licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Merced Senior Care licensed for? 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Merced Senior Care been cited? 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is Merced Senior Care still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Merced Senior Care cost? $5,000 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $4,100–$6,150. 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 13 small homes and similar homes within 39 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. 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 Merced Senior Care 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 Abundant Transportation Services LLC, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Mercy Medical Center is 0.3 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Merced Senior Care keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 4 residents, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ## Merced Senior Care license and inspection record - Name on the license: “MERCED SENIOR CARE”, per the CDSS roster as of June 12, 2026. - License #247209657. 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 Abundant Transportation Services 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?” - 2 state inspection visits 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 May 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, 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 June 12, 2026 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026