Memory care in Santa Barbara County: 48 licensed homes with a dementia-care approval on file

48 of Santa Barbara County's 95 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 Santa Barbara County have a dementia-care approval on file?

The 48 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 160 inspection and complaint-investigation documents dated in the past 12 months across Santa Barbara County's 95 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.