Desert Winds Assisted Living Community
20545 North Lake Pleasant Road, Peoria, AZ 85382
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Call Integrity (480) 271-7759Pricing
- Assisted living communityEstimated$5,900 to $7,800/month
- Memory careEstimated$9,000 to $11,600/month
Estimates, not this home's own prices. Based on the published prices of 65 comparable communities, 4 in Peoria. 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
- Staff on site around the clock
- Emergency call system
Rooms
- Private rooms
- Kitchenette
- Studio
- One bedroom
- Two bedroom
Dining
- Chef prepared meals
Activities
- Morning stretches
- Exercises
- Water aerobics
- Movies and TV shows
- Arts and crafts
- Billiards
- Pokeno
- Bingo
Services
- Housekeeping
- Laundry service
- Transportation
- Pets allowed
About Desert Winds Assisted Living Community
ADHS lists it as an assisted living center, subtype Assisted Living Center-Directed, with a licensed capacity of 88 residents. ADHS records break its facility services into directed care services for up to 24 residents, personal care services for up to 64 residents, and supervisory care services. The property is at 20545 North Lake Pleasant Road in Peoria, Maricopa County.
Senior Living Services, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, operates the center and says it runs 6 communities in Arizona, including sister communities Canyon Winds in Mesa, Chaparral Winds in Surprise, Sedona Winds in Sedona, Ventana Winds in Youngtown and Vista Winds in Peoria. The community's website describes a memory care unit it calls the Serenity Unit, dedicated to residents with memory loss, staffed by caregivers it says are specifically trained for that care. It also says staff are on site 24 hours a day and that every resident receives a move-in assessment used to build a personal care plan.
The community's website lists studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments with private rooms, each with a refrigerator and microwave and individual heat and air.
Visit in the afternoon and sit in the dining room for a while. Ask to see the actual room, not the model.
Highlights
- Desert Winds Assisted Living is listed in the ALTCS networks of: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (list dated July 28, 2025), Banner-University Family Care (list dated 2026-07), Mercy Care (list dated June 24, 2026).
Care and services
ADHS licenses Desert Winds Assisted Living at the directed care level, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels, meaning it is licensed to serve residents who cannot direct their own care, including residents with dementia or other cognitive impairment. The company also says every resident receives a move-in assessment used to build a personal care plan before moving in.
Daily life
The community's website says Desert Winds serves three meals a day and snacks, chef prepared and served in a restaurant style dining room. It lists scheduled transportation to appointments or shopping, daily tidying and weekly deep cleaning of each apartment, weekly personal laundry, and utilities including cable TV, all included. Each apartment has an emergency call system, according to the company, and the company says all of its communities are pet friendly. Listed activities include morning stretches, exercises, water aerobics, movies and TV shows, arts and crafts, billiards, Pokeno, bingo and bowling.
The neighborhood
The community's website says Desert Winds sits close to Sun City, Arizona. The nearest hospital is Destiny Springs Healthcare, about 4.19 miles away, and the nearest hospital with emergency services is Banner Boswell Medical Center, about 4.65 miles away, per CMS records, with several more hospitals within 10 miles.
Questions families ask
- What care level is Desert Winds Assisted Living licensed for?
- ADHS licenses it at the directed care level, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels.
- How many residents can Desert Winds Assisted Living serve?
- ADHS lists a licensed capacity of 88 residents, broken down as 24 for directed care, 64 for personal care, plus supervisory care services.
- Does Desert Winds Assisted Living have a memory care unit?
- The community's website describes a memory care unit it calls the Serenity Unit, for residents with memory loss, staffed by caregivers it says are specifically trained for that care.
- Is Desert Winds Assisted Living in the ALTCS network?
- It is listed in the ALTCS networks of: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (list dated July 28, 2025), Banner-University Family Care (list dated 2026-07), Mercy Care (list dated June 24, 2026).
- Who operates Desert Winds Assisted Living?
- It is operated by Senior Living Services, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, which says it operates 6 communities in the state.
We put this together from public records and the community's own website. Desert Winds Assisted Living Community did not write or approve it.
Learn more about Desert Winds Assisted Living Community
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
- Staff on site around the clock
- Independent living on campus
- Emergency call system
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
- Kitchenette
- Apartment types
- Studio
- One bedroom
- Two bedroom
Pricing and payment
- Payment and what is included
- In an ALTCS plan network
- Utilities included
- ALTCS networks
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (ALTCS)
- Banner-University Family Care (ALTCS)
- Mercy Care (ALTCS)
Daily life
- Amenities
- Transportation
- Pets allowed
- Housekeeping
- Laundry service
- Chef prepared meals
- Meals
- Three meals per day and snacks, chef prepared, served in a restaurant style dining roomThe home's website, September 2026
- Activities
- Morning stretches
- Exercises
- Water aerobics
- Movies and TV shows
- Arts and crafts
- Billiards
- Pokeno
- Bingo
- Bowling
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Banner Boswell Medical Center, 4.7 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Destiny Springs Healthcare, 4.2 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens, 0.2 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Bashas', 0.2 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 4.2 about 17 min Banner Boswell Medical Center 4.7 about 15 min Abrazo Arrowhead Campus 4.7 about 16 min Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center 5.4 about 23 min Avenir Behavioral Health Center at Surprise 6.4 about 25 min Banner Thunderbird Medical Center 7.2 about 27 min HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center 9.4 about 20 min Quail Run Behavioral Health 9.6 about 24 min Drive times are typical, without traffic. Routing © openrouteservice by HeiGIT, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name and operator
- Operator
- Senior Living ServicesThe home's website, September 2026
- Sister communities
- Canyon Winds (Mesa)
- Chaparral Winds (Surprise)
- Sedona Winds (Sedona)
- Ventana Winds (Youngtown)
- Vista Winds (Peoria)
- Other names
- Desert Winds Assisted Living LPADHS, September 2026
The company
- Communities the company runs
- 6The home's website, September 2026
State license
- Licensed since
- September 27, 1999ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Jenelle JohnsonADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Jenelle JohnsonADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Individual heat and air
- Memory care caregivers trained
- Move in assessment
- Near sun city
- Memory care unit name
- Serenity UnitThe home's website, September 2026
- Company based in
- Scottsdale, ArizonaThe home's website, September 2026
We gathered these facts. Desert Winds Assisted Living Community 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
- AL2539C
- Facility type
- Assisted living and memory care community
- Name on the license
- Desert Winds Assisted Living
- Licensed capacity
- 88 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- November 1, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2026
- Phone on its state license
- (623) 322-0600
Inspections
9 inspections on file since November 2023, 1 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 9
- With deficiencies cited
- 1
- Enforcement actions
- 1
2026
- April 14, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on April 14, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 1
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.F.2.a-cPlan of correction accepted
- February 4, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on February 4, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- January 20, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on January 20, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
2025
- December 16, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on December 16, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- August 6, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on August 6, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- July 2, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 2, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
2024
- December 23, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on December 23, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- November 22, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on November 22, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
2023
- November 30, 2023AZ Care Check record of the inspection on November 30, 2023, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
Enforcement actions
- July 1, 2026AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on July 1, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $500
- Status
- Closed
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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.
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