# The Pointe at Summit Hills License #157209551 · Bakersfield, Kern County · Licensed for 170 — Large care community · a licensed care home (RCFE) The Pointe at Summit Hills 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 170 residents. Dementia care and hospice care are not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Bedridden — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Starting rate: $4,695 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 The Pointe at Summit Hills ### Is The Pointe at Summit Hills licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is The Pointe at Summit Hills licensed for? 170 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has The Pointe at Summit Hills been cited? 2 Type A and 2 Type B citations, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is The Pointe at Summit Hills still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does The Pointe at Summit Hills cost? $4,695 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 $2,785 to $4,339 a month, and the middle figure is $3,700 (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 The Pointe at Summit Hills 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 The Pointe at Bakersfield LLC, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Central California Rehabilitation Hospital 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 The Pointe at Summit Hills keep a resident on hospice? Not on file — the state’s record does not list hospice care on this license. Ask: “Can a resident stay here on hospice, and under what conditions?” ## The Pointe at Summit Hills license and inspection record - Name on the license: “POINTE AT SUMMIT HILLS THE”, per the CDSS roster as of June 12, 2026. - License #157209551. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 170 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to The Pointe at Bakersfield 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?” - 18 state inspection visits on file, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 2 Type A and 2 Type B citations on file, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 9 complaints and 4 substantiated allegations on file, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is August 25, 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