Locations · California
Jagua is a free senior care placement service. We help families in Los Angeles County find assisted living, memory care and board-and-care homes. Jagua is building its network of homes in Los Angeles County. We can talk through your options by phone, and we can help you plan questions to ask on a tour. Free for families. Jagua does not charge families. Call (424) 273-7996.
Jagua is building its network of homes in Los Angeles County. We can talk through your options by phone, and we can help you plan questions to ask on a tour.
If you'd like, a Jagua advisor can talk through your options with you.
Free for families. Jagua does not charge families.
Care types we help with: assisted living, memory care and board-and-care homes. Jagua does not currently refer families to skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities. For those care types, we can share general, publicly available information only.
Cities with the most RCFEs: Los Angeles (143), Torrance (90), Northridge (74), Granada Hills (61), Lancaster (59)
| State data | Count |
|---|---|
| Licensed residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) | 1,648 |
| Licensed beds | 43,390 |
| Homes with 6 beds or fewer (often called board-and-care homes) | 1,361 |
Retrieved Oct 25, 2026 from the CDSS Community Care Licensing open data on the California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal, https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/ccl-facilities (resource: Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, file date May 25, 2025). The newest file published there is dated May 25, 2025, so counts may have changed. Counted: facilities with status LICENSED in Los Angeles County. Listing a home is not a recommendation.
Area Agency on Aging (free information and assistance). Los Angeles County has two Area Agencies on Aging: one for the City of Los Angeles and one for the rest of the county. Which one you call depends on the address of the person needing care.
Los Angeles County Aging & Disabilities Department (county areas outside the City of LA): https://ad.lacounty.gov, 626-414-6439
City of Los Angeles Department of Aging (inside City of LA limits): https://aging.lacity.gov, 213-482-7252
Phone numbers from California Department of Aging, Find Services in My County, https://aging.ca.gov/Find_Services_in_My_County/ (opened Oct 25, 2026). Statewide line: 800-510-2020.
Hospitals with case management / discharge planning. If your family member is in the hospital, ask the hospital's case manager or discharge planner about next steps. Major hospitals in Los Angeles County include:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) (https://www.cedars-sinai.org)
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Westwood) (https://www.uclahealth.org/hospitals/reagan)
Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) (https://www.providence.org/locations/socal/tarzana-medical-center)
(Public facts; names and links opened Oct 25, 2026 on each hospital's own site. Jagua has no affiliation with these hospitals.)
Step 1: Open the CDSS Community Care Licensing facility search: https://www.ccld.dss.ca.gov/carefacilitysearch/
Step 2: Search by the home's name, license number or ZIP code.
Step 3: Check that the license status is "Licensed" and the capacity fits.
Step 4: Open the inspection and complaint reports and read any citations.
Before you choose any home, check its license and inspection record yourself at the state site.
