Who runs Tucson Senior Advisor?
Tucson Senior Advisor is an independent placement and advice service for Pima County families, part of a small network of city-by-city senior care sites. A local care team answers the calls, and an editor checks each page against Arizona statutes, agency pages and the state and federal rosters before it goes live.
We do not run any facility, we are not a health plan, and we are not part of Arizona state government. Our role is to help a family understand the options and the public record, then introduce them to licensed providers that fit.
Is Tucson Senior Advisor really free for families?
Yes. The family pays nothing at any point; when a family we introduced moves into a partner community, that community pays us a placement fee, and the resident's own monthly rate is the same as it would have been without us.
That is also why every ADHS-licensed facility in Pima County appears in our directory, whether or not it has ever paid us, and why the directory is sorted by public data rather than by business relationships.
Where do the facility records on this site come from?
Assisted living records are copied in bulk from AZ Care Check, the Arizona Department of Health Services portal, as of October 30, 2026; nursing home, hospice and home health records come from CMS's Provider Data Catalog, processed October 1, 2026. We do not copy facility marketing.
How we source and correct things is set out on the editorial standards page.
Which parts of Pima County does the Tucson team cover?
The team covers all of Pima County: midtown, the east and west sides and South Tucson; Casas Adobes and the Catalina Foothills; Oro Valley, Catalina and Marana to the north; Vail to the southeast; and Sahuarita and Green Valley to the south. SaddleBrooke families, who live across the Pinal County line, get pointed to the closest licensed options on the Pima side.
Why lead with inspection records rather than reviews?
Arizona issues no rating for assisted living, and online reviews are hard to verify, so the license, its service levels and ADHS's own inspection findings are the firmest facts a family can check before a tour.
Reviews and tours still matter. We simply put the verifiable record first so that the tour can focus on what the record cannot show: warmth, food, activity and how the night shift works.
What happens after a family contacts a Tucson advisor?
A family answers a few questions online or by email, an advisor follows up to understand the care needs, budget and preferred area, and the family gets a short list of licensed options with links to each one's public record, plus help arranging tours; there is no fee and no obligation to choose any of them.
When the better answer is to stay home with support, use ALTCS, or call Pima Council on Aging for caregiver help, the advisor says so. Families can work with the team in English or Spanish.
Tucson Senior Advisor: what it is and is not
| It is | It is not | |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | an independent placement service | a facility operator, health plan or agency |
| Who pays | partner communities, after a move-in | the family |
| Guidance | practical local help | legal, financial or medical advice |
