# Serenity Care Villa License #342700834 · Sacramento, Sacramento County · Licensed for 6 — Small care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Serenity Care Villa is a small care home 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 6 residents since 2020. Bedridden care is not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Dementia · Hospice — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Estimated starting rate: $4,150 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $3,400–$5,150 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Serenity Care Villa ### Is Serenity Care Villa licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Serenity Care Villa licensed for? 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Serenity Care Villa been cited? 0 Type A and 2 Type B citations since 2020, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 9 state visits over the same years. ### Is Serenity Care Villa still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Serenity Care Villa cost? $4,150 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $3,400–$5,150. 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 23 small homes and similar homes 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 19 other homes of a similar licensed size in Sacramento that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $3,046 to $4,461 a month, and the middle figure is $3,500 (n = 19 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 Serenity Care Villa 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 Serenity Care Villa Incorporated, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento is 2 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Serenity Care Villa 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. ## Serenity Care Villa license and inspection record - Name on the license: “SERENITY CARE VILLA LLC”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #342700834. 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 Serenity Care Villa Incorporated, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 2020, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 9 state inspection visits since 2020, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 0 Type A and 2 Type B citations on file since 2020, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 9 state visits in that period. - 1 complaint and 2 substantiated allegations on file since 2020, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is May 21, 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