Locations · California
Jagua is a free senior care placement service. We help families in Orange County find assisted living, memory care and board-and-care homes. Jagua is building its network of homes in Orange 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 Orange 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: Mission Viejo (155), Anaheim (97), Orange (67), Huntington Beach (66), Garden Grove (48)
| State data | Count |
|---|---|
| Licensed residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) | 1,054 |
| Licensed beds | 25,199 |
| Homes with 6 beds or fewer (often called board-and-care homes) | 922 |
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 Orange County. Listing a home is not a recommendation.
Area Agency on Aging (free information and assistance).
Orange County Office on Aging: https://officeonaging.ocgov.com, 714-480-6450
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 Orange County include:
UCI Health (Orange) (https://www.ucihealth.org)
Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (https://www.hoag.org)
Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (https://www.providence.org/locations/socal/mission-hospital-mission-viejo)
St. Joseph Hospital Orange (https://www.providence.org/locations/socal/st-joseph-hospital-orange)
(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.
