South Bay Senior Guide

A senior care directory that looks past the brochure.

Licensed listings, with the state record linked on every page. No referral commissions. Built to help you ask the right questions before you decide.

Not sure where to start? Answer four questions
Illustrated map of the South Bay, from the Santa Cruz Mountains to San Francisco Bay, naming ten Santa Clara County cities.

At a glance

245
listings published
100%
license records linked
$0
referral fees taken
10
cities covered

Every facility here carries its real state license record — number, capacity, inspection history — the moment it is added. A written description follows once we or the facility itself can confirm more, but nothing waits on that to show you the state’s own record.

More than half the licensed facilities in this county have no website at all. For those homes, there is little or no other detailed record of them online.

Getting started

Start here if this is all new to you

You don’t have to work all of this out today.

  1. 1Work out roughly what kind of care is needed.
  2. 2See what exists near you.
  3. 3Narrow it to a few worth looking at.
  4. 4Learn what to ask when you call.
  5. 5Understand what it's likely to cost.
  6. 6Visit the ones on your shortlist.
  7. 7Check the state record before you sign anything.

Most of what’s in this directory is a board and care home — a small licensed residential home rather than a large senior-living community. Worth knowing before you start.

Browse

Browse by care type

Assisted Living

51 published

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Memory Care

11 published

Browse

Board & Care Home

184 published

Browse

Independent Living

5 published

Browse

4 more, in progress

Skilled Nursing, Home Care, Adult Day Program, Hospice

Sourcing these from public records now. A category goes live when it holds enough checked listings to be worth your time — not before.

Beyond the home

Professionals who help

Checked against a public record where one exists

Choosing a home is rarely the only decision. These are the people families end up needing alongside it, and we are working through their public records the same way we did the facilities.

  • Elder Law Attorney1 listed
  • Professional Fiduciary9 listed

Still sourcing: Placement Advisor, Senior Move Manager, Geriatric Care Manager, Home Modification.

Tools

Also on the guide

Free, and none of it asks for your phone number

Compare listings

Put up to three side by side — license standing, capacity, pricing, availability.

Open the comparison

Cost guide

What we can say about local costs so far, and how we'll cite it once we have real figures.

See the cost guide

Care navigator

Four questions, then a shortlist that explains why each home is on it.

Start the navigator

Before you choose

The specific answers worth having in hand before you sign anything.

See the checklist

Visit checklist

What to notice on a tour, what to ask in private, what to write down after.

Open the checklist

Things worth paying attention to

Signals worth investigating further — not a verdict on any facility.

See the list

Coming later: moderated reviews and operator Q&A, an events calendar, and video tours linked from listings. None of it exists yet.

Our model

Why we don’t take referral fees

You choose. We don’t get paid for the outcome. Most national senior-care sites are paid a placement fee when a family they refer moves in — often close to a resident’s first month of rent, and rarely disclosed on the page where the recommendation appears. We don’t take that fee, from anyone, ever. How we handle data.