Senior care in Oro Valley, Arizona

Data as of October 30, 2026 (ADHS) and October 1, 2026 (CMS)

How many licensed assisted living facilities are in Oro Valley, AZ?

Oro Valley (ZIPs 85737, 85755) has 4 licensed assisted living centers and 1 assisted living home on the ADHS roster as of October 30, 2026, licensed for 250 residents in all, plus 2 CMS-certified nursing homes.

Where is Oro Valley, and what is it like for older adults?

Oro Valley is an incorporated town on Tucson's northern edge, between the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Tortolita foothills along Oracle Road. It has a large retiree population, including age-restricted neighborhoods, and Oro Valley Hospital sits on its north side.

Which assisted living centers are licensed in Oro Valley?

4 assisted living centers in Oro Valley hold ADHS licenses for 240 residents; the largest is Asov Borrower, LLC (75 beds, supervisory, personal (52), directed (23)), and 3 of them are licensed for directed care.

Which small assisted living homes are licensed in Oro Valley?

1 assisted living home in Oro Valley is licensed for 10 residents; the longest-licensed is Saguaro Ranch Luxury Assisted Living, LLC (since October 2013).

Where is memory care (directed care) available in Oro Valley?

4 facilities in Oro Valley are licensed for directed care, Arizona's license level for residents with dementia who cannot recognize danger or direct their own care: 1 small home and 3 centers with 85 directed care beds on their licenses.

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What have ADHS inspections found in Oro Valley?

AZ Care Check lists 31 inspections of Oro Valley's licensed assisted living facilities, 21 of them (68%) with deficiencies cited, against 52% county-wide; 27 included a complaint investigation, and 5 facilities have an enforcement action in the last three years.

Most recent inspections in Oro Valley that cited deficiencies: Fairwinds - Desert Point (August 25, 2026, complaint + compliance (annual)); Saguaro Ranch Luxury Assisted Living, LLC (July 13, 2026, compliance (annual)); Fairwinds - Desert Point (May 28, 2026, complaint); Asov Borrower, LLC (March 31, 2026, complaint + compliance (annual)).

Which nursing homes serve Oro Valley, and how does CMS rate them?

Oro Valley has 2 CMS-certified nursing homes: Skilled Nursing Unit at Oro Valley Hospital (33 beds, CMS overall 5 of 5); Splendido at Rancho Vistoso (42 beds, CMS overall 2 of 5).

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Data Catalog – Nursing Home Provider Information, data as of October 1, 2026. Star ratings shown are the official CMS Five-Star ratings.

Where do Oro Valley families usually look for care?

Oro Valley families usually compare the town's own assisted living centers with the much larger supply in Casas Adobes and northwest Tucson a few miles south on Oracle Road, and with SaddleBrooke and Catalina to the north for active-adult living.

Because the town has few small licensed homes of its own, a search that stops at the town line misses most of the ten-bed directed care homes nearby. The distance table on this page shows how close they are.

What does assisted living cost in Oro Valley, AZ?

The honest answer for Oro Valley is that nobody publishes a local median. Statewide, CareScout's 2025 figures are $6,185 a month for assisted living and $8,365 a month for a semi-private nursing home room, and directed care (memory care) usually costs more than either assisted living level, by an amount no survey publishes.

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Assisted living centers vs. homes in Oro Valley