Desert Joy Assisted Living
23615 North 105th Drive, Peoria, AZ 85383
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with Desert Joy Assisted Living and other homes in Peoria 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.
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- Assisted living homeEstimated$6,100 to $9,100/month
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 20 comparable assisted living homes. Call or ask us for a verified price and whether a room is open.
Typical in Arizona: $3,500 to $10,000 a month, from our own market figures (September 2026).
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Amenities
Care
- Memory care
- Medication management
- Staff on site around the clock
- Respite stays
- Diabetic care
- Incontinence care
- Emergency call system
Rooms
- Private rooms
- Private bathroom
- Furnished rooms available
Dining
- Special diets: vegetarian, kosher, diabetes-friendly, allergy-aware
Activities
- Outings
- On-site social gatherings
- Educational sessions
- Movie nights
- Devotional services
- Off-site outings
Services
- Housekeeping
- Laundry service
- Transportation
About Desert Joy Assisted Living
Desert Joy Assisted Living is a state-licensed assisted living home in Peoria, Arizona. ADHS licenses it for 10 residents at the directed care level, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels, meant for residents who cannot direct their own care, for example because of dementia or other cognitive impairment. The home's website describes Desert Joy as a custom-built home offering memory care and high acuity support for residents with cognitive challenges, incontinence, mobility needs and diabetes management, along with medication management, coordination with residents' doctors and pharmacies, respite and short-term stays, and 24-hour supervision. It describes private, furnished bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, phones, tubs and wheelchair-accessible showers, a garden and walking paths, and a bilingual staff that speaks English and Romanian.
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Highlights
- ADHS licenses Desert Joy Assisted Living for 10 residents at the directed care level, as of September 2026.
- The home's website says every bedroom is private with its own en-suite bathroom, phone, tub and wheelchair-accessible shower.
- The home's website says its staff speak both English and Romanian.
- The home's website says the home has a garden and walking paths.
- The home's website says Desert Joy offers respite and short-term stays.
Care and services
According to ADHS records, Desert Joy Assisted Living is licensed to provide directed care, personal care and supervisory care services. The home's website also lists respite and short-term stays and around-the-clock supervision, and describes the home as a secure, wheelchair-accessible environment.
Daily life
The home's website says meals are made fresh daily and can be eaten anytime in the dining room, with vegetarian, kosher, diabetes-friendly and allergy-aware options. It lists on-site social gatherings, educational sessions, movie nights, devotional services and off-site outings among its activities, and says staff speak English and Romanian. It also says the home offers free transportation, an on-call beautician, resident parking, an emergency alert system, housekeeping, laundry and help with move-in.
The neighborhood
The nearest pharmacy is a CVS Pharmacy 0.97 miles away, and the nearest grocery store is an Aldi 1.09 miles away, according to OpenStreetMap data. Ironwood HOA Park is 0.64 miles away. The nearest hospital, Destiny Springs Healthcare, is 5.13 straight-line miles away, and the nearest hospital with emergency services, Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, is 5.63 straight-line miles away, per CMS data matched to OpenStreetMap locations. 6 hospitals are within 10 miles of the home.
Questions families ask
- What level of care is Desert Joy Assisted Living licensed for?
- ADHS licenses it at the directed care level, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels, which covers residents who cannot direct their own care, for example because of dementia or other cognitive impairment.
- How many residents can live at Desert Joy Assisted Living?
- ADHS licenses the home for 10 residents.
- Does Desert Joy Assisted Living offer memory care?
- The home's website says it provides memory care and high acuity support for residents with cognitive challenges, incontinence, mobility needs and diabetes management.
- Does Desert Joy Assisted Living offer short-term or respite stays?
- The home's website says it offers respite and short-term stays.
- What languages do staff speak at Desert Joy Assisted Living?
- The home's website says its staff speak English and Romanian.
We put this together from public records and the home's own website. Desert Joy Assisted Living did not write or approve it.
Learn more about Desert Joy Assisted 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
- Incontinence care
- Medication management
- Staff on site around the clock
- Emergency call system
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
- Private bathroom
- Furnished rooms available
Pricing and payment
- How pricing works
- Base rent plus a care level feeThe home's website, September 2026
Daily life
- Amenities
- Transportation
- Outings
- Housekeeping
- Laundry service
- Meals
- Nutritious meals made fresh daily, eaten anytime in the dining roomThe home's website, September 2026
- Special diets
- Vegetarian
- Kosher
- Diabetes-friendly
- Allergy-aware
- Activities
- On-site social gatherings
- Educational sessions
- Movie nights
- Devotional services
- Off-site outings
- Languages spoken by staff
- English
- Romanian
Building and grounds
- Outdoor space
- Garden and walking pathsThe home's website, September 2026
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, 5.6 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Destiny Springs Healthcare, 5.1 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 1.0 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Aldi, 1.1 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Ironwood HOA Park, 0.6 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Drive time Destiny Springs Healthcare 5.1 about 19 min Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center 5.6 about 23 min Abrazo Arrowhead Campus 5.8 about 22 min Banner Boswell Medical Center 6.6 about 21 min Avenir Behavioral Health Center at Surprise 7.0 about 28 min Banner Thunderbird Medical Center 8.7 about 33 min Drive times are typical, without traffic. Routing © openrouteservice by HeiGIT, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name and operator
- Operator
- Monica RusThe home's website, September 2026
- Other names
- Monica RusADHS, September 2026
State license
- Licensed since
- June 15, 2009ADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Monica RusADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Accessible showers
- Bathtubs
- Beautician
- Coordinates with doctors and pharmacies
- Custom built home
- Flexible meal times
- Move in help
- Owner from romania
- Resident parking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Secure environment
- Operator describes a secure environment with 24/7 supervisionThe home's website, September 2026
We gathered these facts. Desert Joy Assisted 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
- AL7589H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- Desert Joy Assisted Living
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- June 1, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (623) 297-2350
Inspections
1 inspection on file since October 2025, 1 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 1
- With deficiencies cited
- 1
- Enforcement actions
- 0
2025
- October 31, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on October 31, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 3
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-820.A.1.bPlan of correction accepted
- Building and roomsR9-10-821.F.1.a-fPlan of correction accepted
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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