The Groves Assisted & Independent Living
5848 East University Drive, Mesa, AZ 85205
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with The Groves Assisted & Independent Living and other homes in Mesa for years. Call us and we can tell you the current price, if a room is open, and if it’s the right fit for your loved one.
Call Integrity (480) 271-7759Pricing
- Assisted living communityEstimated$5,800 to $7,600/month
- Memory careEstimated$6,500 to $11,500/month
Estimates, not this home's own prices. Based on the published prices of 66 comparable communities, 8 in Mesa. Call or ask us for a verified price and whether a room is open.
Typical assisted living in Arizona: $5,500 to $9,000 a month, from our own market figures (September 2026).
Typical memory care in Arizona: $5,500 to $13,000 a month, from our own market figures (September 2026).
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Amenities
Care
- Memory care
- Medication management
- Nurse on staff
- Staff on site around the clock
- Respite stays
- Therapy on site
- Diabetic care
- Several levels of care on one campus
Dining
- Chef prepared meals
Activities
- Outings
- Movie nights
- Fitness classes
- Day trips
- Arts and crafts
- Gardening clubs
- Holiday events
Services
- Transportation
- Pets allowed
Building and grounds
- Pool
- Single story
About The Groves Assisted & Independent Living
The facility sits at 5848 East University Drive in Mesa, Maricopa County.
The community's website describes a single story, 14 acre campus of cottage-style homes with private patios, along with a heated pool and spa, a library and a billiards room. It says the community offers 24-hour staffing, access to a licensed nurse, medication management and diabetic care, plus a memory care program that includes 24/7 care, medication management, a secured environment, daily activities and meals. Chef-prepared meals are served three times daily, and the website lists movie nights, fitness classes, day trips, arts and crafts, gardening clubs and holiday events among its activities. It also says pets are welcome (dogs, cats or birds, one per resident), transportation is provided within 15 miles, and on-site therapy services are available. The company describes itself as connected to Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation for skilled nursing and post-acute care.
The Groves prices by level of care and says it is a private pay community, accepting long-term care insurance but not Medicaid.
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Highlights
- ADHS licenses the center for 24 residents at the directed care level, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living care levels.
- A heated pool and spa are on site, according to the community's website.
Care and services
The community's website says The Groves provides 24-hour staffing with access to a licensed nurse and medication management, along with diabetic care. It describes a memory care program that includes 24/7 care, medication management, a secured environment, daily activities and meals, and it lists on-site therapy services and respite stays, noting that respite availability varies through the year. The facility connects to Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation for skilled nursing and post-acute care, according to the community's site.
Daily life
Residents typically eat three meals a day, chef-prepared and restaurant-style, according to the community's website, with accommodations for dietary restrictions. Its activities calendar includes movie nights, fitness classes, day trips, arts and crafts, gardening clubs and holiday events, and the website describes outings as part of community life. The Groves is pet-friendly, allowing dogs, cats or birds with a one-pet limit, and it says transportation is provided within 15 miles. The community's website describes flexible visiting hours for families.
The neighborhood
The Groves sits in Maricopa County, about 0.09 miles from the nearest park and 0.51 miles from the nearest pharmacy, a Walgreens, based on OpenStreetMap data. A Walmart Neighborhood Market is about 0.9 miles away. The nearest hospital is Banner Baywood Medical Center, about 1.21 miles away, and nine more hospitals are within 10 miles, including Banner Heart Hospital at 1.37 miles and Banner Gateway Medical Center at 2.89 miles, per CMS and OpenStreetMap data.
Questions families ask
- What care level is The Groves licensed for?
- ADHS licenses The Groves at the directed care level, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels, for up to 24 residents.
- Does The Groves accept Medicaid or ALTCS?
- The community's website says The Groves does not accept Medicaid; it describes the community as private pay and says it also accepts long-term care insurance plans.
- What does the memory care program include at The Groves?
- The community's website describes a memory care program that includes 24/7 care, medication management, a secured environment, daily activities, meals and assistance with personal needs.
- Are pets allowed at The Groves?
- Yes. The community's website says The Groves is pet-friendly, allowing dogs, cats or birds with a one-pet limit.
- How many meals are served each day?
- The community's website says residents typically get three daily meals, chef-prepared and restaurant-style, with accommodations for dietary restrictions.
We put this together from public records and the community's own website. The Groves Assisted & Independent Living did not write or approve it.
Learn more about The Groves Assisted & Independent Living
Open a section for the details, each with where it came from and when we read it. Checked against state records in September 2026.
Care and services
- Services offered
- Memory care
- Respite stays
- Diabetic care
- Nurse on staff
- Medication management
- Therapy on site
- Staff on site around the clock
- Independent living on campus
- Several levels of care on one campus
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
Rooms
- Room sizes
- Assisted living studio 400 sq. ft.; 1 bedroom 630 sq. ft.The home's website, September 2026
Pricing and payment
- Payment and what is included
- Long term care insurance accepted
- How pricing works
- Base rent plus a care level feeThe home's website, September 2026
Daily life
- Amenities
- Transportation
- Pets allowed
- Outings
- Chef prepared meals
- Meals
- restaurant-style meals served daily; three daily mealsThe home's website, September 2026
- Activities
- Movie nights
- Fitness classes
- Day trips
- Arts and crafts
- Gardening clubs
- Holiday events
- Visiting
- flexible visiting hoursThe home's website, September 2026
Building and grounds
- Features
- Pool
- Single story
- Outdoor space
- cottage-style homes with private patiosThe home's website, September 2026
- Campus
- 14 acresThe home's website, September 2026
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Banner Baywood Medical Center, 1.2 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Banner Baywood Medical Center, 1.2 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens, 0.5 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Walmart Neighborhood Market, 0.9 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Unnamed park, 0.1 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Drive time Banner Baywood Medical Center 1.2 about 5 min Banner Heart Hospital 1.4 about 5 min Banner Gateway Medical Center 2.9 about 10 min Arizona Spine & Joint Hospital 3.4 about 13 min HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center 5.9 about 17 min Agave Ridge Behavioral Hospital 6.1 about 18 min Arizona General Hospital 6.3 about 17 min East Valley ER & Hospital 7.6 about 24 min Banner Goldfield Medical Center 8.2 about 21 min Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center 9.8 about 28 min Drive times are typical, without traffic. Routing © openrouteservice by HeiGIT, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State license
- Licensed since
- May 1, 2019ADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Bret C KingADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Private pay only
- Amenities library billiards
- library, billiards room and serene outdoor patiosThe home's website, September 2026
We gathered these facts. The Groves Assisted & Independent Living did not write or approve them. Details change, so ask us to check anything important.
Location
Safety and compliance
In Arizona, the Department of Health Services licenses assisted living homes and communities, inspects them and looks into complaints. Its record for each one is public on AZ Care Check (this home's record, opens in a new tab).
- License number
- AL11094C
- Facility type
- Assisted living and memory care community
- Name on the license
- The Groves Assisted and Independent Senior Living
- Licensed capacity
- 24 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- May 1, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (480) 981-0098
Inspections
1 inspection on file since April 2025, none with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 1
- With deficiencies cited
- 0
- Enforcement actions
- 0
2025
- April 8, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on April 8, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
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Our referral disclosure
Before we refer you to any assisted living home, we send you this notice to read and sign. Here it is now, so you can read it at your own pace.
Arizona law requires that we provide you with the following disclosure notice.
We are in the business of referring residents to assisted living facilities and assisted living homes. We will be paid by the assisted living facility or assisted living home if you move into one of the referred assisted living facilities or assisted living homes. The fee we receive from the assisted living facility or assisted living home into which you move typically ranges from 70 to 100 percent of your first month's rent and care charges. We do have a current business relationship but we do not have a common ownership or control in, or any other financial, business, management or familial relationship with, any of the assisted living homes and assisted living facilities to which we are referring you.
By providing us with a written or electronic notice, you have the right to terminate our services to you at any time, including our use of your personal information. If you terminate our services, we will not be entitled to any fee for any move-in you make after the date of the termination notice unless either:
1. The assisted living facility or assisted living home you choose within the next twelve months is one that we specifically identify and refer to you after we evaluate your profile and requests but before we receive your notice of termination.
2. You communicate with us before you move into the assisted living facility or assisted living home.
To end our services at any time, reply to any email from us or call Integrity Senior Placement at 480.271.7759.
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