Brookdale Desert Ridge
4050 East Bluefield Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85032
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with Brookdale Desert Ridge and other homes in Phoenix 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$6,100 to $8,200/month
- Memory careFrom $5,500/month
Prices tagged Estimated are not this home's own. Based on the published prices of 65 comparable communities, 7 in Phoenix. 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).
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Amenities
Care
- Memory care
- Medication management
- Awake staff overnight
Rooms
- Private rooms
- Shared rooms
Activities
- Brain Fit signature program
Services
- Housekeeping
- Transportation
- Pets allowed
Building and grounds
- Secured perimeter
- Theatre
- Hair salon
- Library
- Place of worship
About Brookdale Desert Ridge
Brookdale Desert Ridge is a 120-resident assisted living center at 4050 East Bluefield Avenue in Phoenix, licensed by ADHS as an Assisted Living Center-Directed. Directed care, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living care levels, is for residents who cannot direct their own care, for example because of dementia or other cognitive impairment; ADHS also lists the facility for personal care services (capacity 96) and supervisory care services. A 2018 press release from Brookdale Senior Living described the community's memory care program, and its current website advertises Clare Bridge memory care with secured entrances, an enclosed courtyard, consistent dementia care partners, and a Solace program for residents in advanced stages of dementia. Public ALTCS provider directories list the facility in the networks of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Banner-University Family Care, and Mercy Care.
Ask who works at night and how long the caregivers have been there. You cannot tell that from a photo, so ask in person.
Highlights
- ADHS licenses Brookdale Desert Ridge for 120 residents at the directed care level, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living care levels, as of September 2026.
- ADHS records break the license into directed care services (capacity 24), personal care services (capacity 96), and supervisory care services.
- Its memory care area has secured entrances and exits plus walking paths and an enclosed courtyard, according to the community's website.
- A 2018 press release said Brookdale operated about 980 communities in 46 states, the same year it added 20 memory care apartments here.
Care and services
The community's website describes its memory care as Clare Bridge, including secured entrances and exits, a gentle structure of six planned programs a day, and consistent dementia care partners assigned to residents; for residents in advanced stages of dementia, it says it offers a Solace program. The website also says trained staff can help with medication management and that staff are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to respond to an emergency.
Daily life
According to Brookdale's website, residents can eat in a private dining room, a community kitchen, or through a concierge service, and can join the Brain Fit signature program, described as a holistic approach to brain health and wellness activities. The community lists a theatre, hair salon, library, and place of worship among its amenities, offers scheduled transportation, and allows pets in apartments.
The neighborhood
Brookdale Desert Ridge is about 0.95 miles from Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, the nearest hospital with emergency services, and about 2.38 miles from Mayo Clinic Hospital. The nearest pharmacy, a Walgreens, is about 0.84 miles away, and the nearest grocery store, a Fry's Marketplace, is about 1.22 miles away. Paradise Valley Park is about 0.38 miles from the facility.
Questions families ask
- What care level is Brookdale Desert Ridge licensed for?
- ADHS licenses it at the directed care level, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living care levels, for up to 120 residents.
- Does Brookdale Desert Ridge offer memory care?
- The company that runs it, Brookdale Senior Living, says it provides memory care under its Clare Bridge program, including a secured area with an enclosed courtyard and a Solace program for residents in advanced stages of dementia.
- Does it accept Arizona's ALTCS Medicaid program?
- It is listed in the ALTCS networks of: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (list dated July 28, 2025), Banner-University Family Care (list dated July 2026), and Mercy Care (list dated June 24, 2026).
We put this together from public records and the community's own website. Brookdale Desert Ridge did not write or approve it.
Learn more about Brookdale Desert Ridge
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
- Awake staff overnight
- Medication management
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
- Memory care program
- Solace programThe home's website, September 2026
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
- Shared rooms
Pricing and payment
- Payment and what is included
- In an ALTCS plan network
- ALTCS networks
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (ALTCS)
- Banner-University Family Care (ALTCS)
- Mercy Care (ALTCS)
Daily life
- Amenities
- Transportation
- Pets allowed
- Housekeeping
- Meals
- Meals in a private dining room, community kitchen or through concierge serviceThe home's website, September 2026
- Activities
- Brain Fit signature programThe home's website, September 2026
Building and grounds
- Features
- Secured perimeter
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, 1.0 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, 1.0 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens, 0.8 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Fry's Marketplace, 1.2 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Paradise Valley Park, 0.4 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Drive time Abrazo Scottsdale Campus 1.0 about 4 min Mayo Clinic Hospital 2.4 about 9 min HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center 4.4 about 13 min Quail Run Behavioral Health 7.0 about 14 min HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center 7.0 about 13 min HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center 7.2 about 20 min HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center 8.1 about 17 min Drive times are typical, without traffic. Routing © openrouteservice by HeiGIT, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The company
- Communities the company runs
- 980PR Newswire (Brookdale Senior Living release), June 2018
State license
- Licensed since
- June 24, 2019ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Jennifer AwindaADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- jennifer awindaADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Consistent dementia care partners
- Amenities
- Theatre
- Hair salon
- Library
- Place of worship
- Memory care daily programs
- 6The home's website, September 2026
We gathered these facts. Brookdale Desert Ridge 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
- AL11160C
- Facility type
- Assisted living and memory care community
- Name on the license
- Brookdale Desert Ridge
- Licensed capacity
- 120 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- June 1, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (602) 996-6268
Inspections
17 inspections on file since July 2024, 11 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 17
- With deficiencies cited
- 11
- Enforcement actions
- 7
2026
- April 16, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on April 16, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 5
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.C.1.gPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-819.A.4Plan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-819.A.5.aPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-819.A.6.c.i-iiPlan of correction accepted
- February 23, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on February 23, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- January 7, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on January 7, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 3
- Resident rightsR9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- Resident rightsR9-10-810.B.2.iPlan of correction accepted
- MedicationR9-10-817.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
2025
- December 15, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on December 15, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 2
- Resident rightsR9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- Personal care servicesR9-10-814.EPlan of correction accepted
- September 16, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on September 16, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- July 30, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 30, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 4
- AdministrationR9-10-803.K.2Plan of correction accepted
- Medical recordsR9-10-811.C.13.a-dPlan of correction accepted
- MedicationR9-10-817.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-819.D.1Plan of correction accepted
- July 7, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 7, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 2
- Service plansR9-10-808.C.1.aPlan of correction accepted
- Resident rightsR9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- April 11, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on April 11, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 2
- AdministrationR9-10-803.C.1.gPlan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.J.1-6Plan of correction accepted
- April 11, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on April 11, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 30
- First aid and CPRA.R.S. § 36-420.B.2Plan of correction accepted
- Fall prevention trainingA.R.S. § 36-420.01.APlan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.5Plan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.J.5.dPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.4.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.5.cPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.7Plan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.8.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- Admission and residency agreementsR9-10-807.A.1-2Plan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.3.aPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.4.b.iiPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.5.a-dPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.C.1.gPlan of correction accepted
- Resident rightsR9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- Medical recordsR9-10-811.C.17Plan of correction accepted
- Personal care servicesR9-10-814.F.1Plan of correction accepted
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.C.7Plan of correction accepted
- Food serviceR9-10-817.C.5Plan of correction accepted
- Food serviceR9-10-817.C.7Plan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-818.A.5.aPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-818.D.1Plan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-818.D.2.fPlan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-819.A.1.aPlan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-819.A.3.aPlan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-819.A.11Plan of correction accepted
- Tuberculosis screeningR9-10-113.A.2.cPlan of correction accepted
- Opioid medicationR9-10-120.F.4.a-cPlan of correction accepted
- March 7, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on March 7, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 1
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.3.cPlan of correction accepted
2024
- December 31, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on December 31, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- October 22, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on October 22, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- September 24, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on September 24, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- August 21, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on August 21, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- August 9, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on August 9, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 1
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.5.a-dPlan of correction accepted
- August 7, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on August 7, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 2
- AdministrationR9-10-803.C.1.gPlan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.J.1-6Plan of correction accepted
- July 29, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 29, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 30
- First aid and CPRA.R.S. § 36-420.B.2Plan of correction accepted
- Fall prevention trainingA.R.S. § 36-420.01.APlan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.5Plan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.J.5.dPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.4.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.5.cPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.7Plan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.8.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- Admission and residency agreementsR9-10-807.A.1-2Plan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.3.aPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.4.b.iiPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.5.a-dPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.C.1.gPlan of correction accepted
- Resident rightsR9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- Medical recordsR9-10-811.C.17Plan of correction accepted
- Personal care servicesR9-10-814.F.1Plan of correction accepted
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.B.1Plan of correction accepted
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.C.7Plan of correction accepted
- Food serviceR9-10-817.C.5Plan of correction accepted
- Food serviceR9-10-817.C.7Plan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-818.A.5.aPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-818.D.1Plan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-818.D.2.fPlan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-819.A.1.aPlan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-819.A.3.aPlan of correction accepted
- Upkeep and hazardsR9-10-819.A.11Plan of correction accepted
- Tuberculosis screeningR9-10-113.A.2.cPlan of correction accepted
- Opioid medicationR9-10-120.F.4.a-cPlan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
- August 11, 2026AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on August 11, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $1,000
- Status
- Closed
- March 13, 2026AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on March 13, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $2,250
- Status
- Closed
- March 2, 2026AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on March 2, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $750
- Status
- Closed
- October 6, 2025AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on October 6, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $1,500
- Status
- Closed
- April 1, 2025AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on April 1, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Settlement agreement
- Civil penalty
- $25,000
- Status
- Closed
- April 1, 2025AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on April 1, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Settlement agreement
- Status
- Closed
- November 27, 2023AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on November 27, 2023, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $1,250
- 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.
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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