# Real Care License #157209417 · Bakersfield, Kern County · Licensed for 300 — Large care community · a licensed care home (RCFE) Real Care is a large care community in Bakersfield — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 300 residents since 2025. Dementia care is not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Hospice · Bedridden — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Starting rate: $2,500 a month — Listed by the home on A Place for Mom · 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 Real Care ### Is Real Care licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Real Care licensed for? 300 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Real Care been cited? 1 Type A and 4 Type B citations since 2025, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 28 state visits over the same years. ### Is Real Care still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Real Care cost? $2,500 a month to start — listed by the home on A Place for Mom · September 9, 2026. The home lists this starting rate on A Place for Mom, seen September 9, 2026. Among 7 other homes of a similar licensed size in Bakersfield that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $3,400 to $4,620 a month, and the middle figure is $4,169 (n = 7 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 Real 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 Ljn Capital LLC DBA Real Care, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bakersfield is 0.9 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Real Care keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 10 residents, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ## Real Care license and inspection record - Name on the license: “REAL CARE LLC”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #157209417. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 300 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to Ljn Capital LLC DBA Real Care, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 2025, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 28 state inspection visits since 2025, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 1 Type A and 4 Type B citations on file since 2025, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 28 state visits in that period. - 11 complaints and 10 substantiated allegations on file since 2025, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is August 12, 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