Memory care in Kern County: 73 licensed homes with a dementia-care approval on file

73 of Kern County's 149 state-licensed residential care homes hold a dementia-care approval on the California Department of Social Services licensing record (retrieved September 13, 2026). That approval — not marketing language — is what the state requires before a home may advertise or provide care for residents with dementia. Every approved home is listed below, alphabetically, with its license number.

CDSS licensing roster · September 13, 2026

Which homes in Kern County have a dementia-care approval on file?

The 73 homes below hold dementia-care approvals on the state licensing record retrieved September 13, 2026. Homes are listed alphabetically — never ranked — and each name links to its full state record, including inspection history and every care approval on file.

CDSS licensing roster · September 13, 2026

What does a dementia-care approval mean on a California license?

California licenses residential care homes (RCFEs) as non-medical housing with care. A home that advertises or provides care for residents with dementia must first meet the state’s additional dementia-care requirements, which then appear on its licensing record. On this site that record flag is shown exactly as the state holds it: approved, or "not on file" — never a quality score, and never a "no" inferred from silence.

What do state inspections show for these homes?

State inspectors filed 311 inspection and complaint-investigation documents dated in the past 12 months across Kern County's 149 licensed homes (CDSS facility records, retrieved September 13, 2026). We publish each home's documents on its own page — dated and verbatim, never scored — so open any home above to read its record.