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Assisted living, memory care and board-and-care homes in Ventura County, California

Jagua is a free senior care placement service. We help families in Ventura County find assisted living, memory care and board-and-care homes. Jagua is building its network of homes in Ventura 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.

How Jagua can help in Ventura County today

Jagua is building its network of homes in Ventura 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.

Homes in Ventura County: state data

Cities with the most RCFEs: Thousand Oaks (73), Simi Valley (52), Camarillo (42), Oxnard (27), Ventura (27)

State dataCount
Licensed residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs)241
Licensed beds6,093
Homes with 6 beds or fewer (often called board-and-care homes)203

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 Ventura County. Listing a home is not a recommendation.

Local resources (public information)

Area Agency on Aging (free information and assistance).

Ventura County Area Agency on Aging: https://vcaaa.venturacounty.gov/, 805-477-7300

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 Ventura County include:

Los Robles Regional Medical Center (Thousand Oaks) (https://www.losrobleshospital.com)

Community Memorial Healthcare (Ventura) (https://www.cmhshealth.org)

Adventist Health Simi Valley (https://www.adventisthealth.org/simi-valley)

(Public facts; names and links opened Oct 25, 2026 on each hospital's own site. Jagua has no affiliation with these hospitals.)

How to check a home's inspection record

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.

Paying for care

  • Ways to pay for senior care
  • Medi-Cal. Ask each home whether it accepts Medi-Cal.
  • VA Aid and Attendance
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Private pay
  • Cost calculator

Questions families ask

Talk to us

Free for families. Call (424) 273-7996.