Licensed care homes near Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
A discharge date can arrive with days of notice. This page lists the state-licensed care homes the record can place within 3 miles of the hospital, nearest first.
It is a list of licenses. It never says which homes can take someone today — only the home can answer that. Distance is measured in a straight line, not by driving time.
Homes and their care clearances: California Department of Social Services licensing record, refreshed September 28, 2026. Hospital name and location: the California Department of Public Health Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing, dated September 16, 2026.
The state hospital file on the CalHHS Open Data Portal
- Licensed care homes listed
- 16
- Within
- 3 mi
- Homes with 6 or fewer beds
- 5
16 licensed care homes within 3 miles of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Ordered by straight-line distance from the hospital and by nothing else. No home pays to appear here, no home pays for its position, and nothing on this page is scored or ranked.
A home the state record gives no map location for cannot be measured, so it is not here.
Santa Barbara County lists every licensed home, placed or not.
“On file” means the state record shows that clearance for that home. “Not on file” is not a no — it means the record does not show one.
Some approvals are bed- or room-specific. Ask the home before you plan a discharge.
- Mission Villa
0.3 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Mid-size home · licensed for 15
License #425850204
Starts at $4,900 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Covenant Living at the Samarkand
0.4 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 379
License #421702848
Estimated $4,750 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $3,700–$6,000
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Santa Barbara Memory Care
0.5 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Mid-size home · licensed for 36
License #425802116
Starts at $4,500 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara Memory Care
0.5 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 50
License #425802118
Starts at $7,350 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Alexander Gardens
0.6 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Mid-size home · licensed for 36
License #425801995
Starts at $2,995 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Villa Alamar
0.7 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Mid-size home · licensed for 43
License #425850001
Estimated $4,800 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $3,800–$6,300
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Casa St. James
1.1 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Small home · licensed for 6
License #425850059
Starts at $5,000 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Wood Glen Hall
1.2 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 72
License #421700457
Starts at $4,200 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Garden Court at Villa Santa Barbara
1.2 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 126
License #425850241
Estimated $5,100 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $3,950–$6,500
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Casa Cambria Way
1.3 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Small home · licensed for 6
License #425850210
Starts at $5,000 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Vista Del Monte
1.3 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 266
License #425800464
Estimated $5,300 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $4,100–$6,700
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Mesa Care
1.5 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Small home · licensed for 6
License #425801158
Estimated $5,100 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $4,150–$6,250
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Valle Verde
1.6 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 547
License #421700411
Estimated $4,650 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $3,600–$5,900
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Cliff View Terrace
2 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Large community · licensed for 72
License #421701844
Starts at $8,500 a month · Listed by the home on A Place for Mom · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: on file
- Casa San Miguel
2.1 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Small home · licensed for 6
License #425801626
Starts at $5,000 a month · Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
- Your Home, RCFE
2.3 miles from the hospital · Santa Barbara · Small home · licensed for 6
License #425801981
Estimated $5,100 a month to start · Covelight estimate · likely $4,200–$6,300
- Hospice care: on file
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatory: on file
- Dementia / memory care: not on file
How are the homes near Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ordered?
By straight-line distance from the hospital, closest first, with ties broken by name. Distance is the only ordering rule on this page. Nothing here is ranked by size, price, quality or payment.
No home can buy a higher place in the list.
Does this page show which homes can take someone today?
No. Every home here holds a current California license. Whether a room is free today is a question only the home can answer.
Call the ones that fit and ask. Open any home to find its phone number and its full state record.
What is a licensed care home, and how is it different from a nursing home?
Every home on this page holds a residential care facility for the elderly license (the state calls it an RCFE). These homes provide housing, meals and help with daily living. They are licensed by the Department of Social Services.
A skilled nursing facility is a different license, from the Department of Public Health, for people who need daily nursing care. A discharge to one is a different decision from a discharge to a care home.
Choosing under a deadline is hard, and no list makes that easy. This one is free, and it holds every licensed home the state record can place inside 3 miles — in one order, with nothing withheld from it.
A hospital with fewer than 5 licensed homes within 5 miles has no page here. A list that short would describe the neighborhood by leaving most of it out.