North Central Shores
8825 North Third Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with North Central Shores 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 homeEstimated$6,400 to $9,400/month
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 67 comparable assisted living homes, 10 in Phoenix. 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
- Medication management
- Nurse on staff
Rooms
- Private rooms
- Private bathroom
Activities
- Birthdays
- Music performances
- Movie nights
- Special events
- Family gatherings
- Church services
Services
- Laundry service
- Transportation
Building and grounds
- Courtyard
About North Central Shores
North Central Shores is an assisted living home at 8825 North Third Avenue in Phoenix (Maricopa County). ADHS lists it under the name NORTH CENTRAL SHORES, LLC, as an Assisted Living Home-Directed with room for 10 residents, going by its September 2026 records.
The home's website describes an all-new house of 8,000 sq ft with 10 bedrooms, and all 10 rooms are private, each with its own patio and its own roll-in bathroom, set up for wheelchair and walker access. Inside there is also a 440 sq ft activity room with a party kitchen, and outside, more than 800 sq ft of outdoor space on verandas along the east and west sides.
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Highlights
- Licensed for 10 residents at the directed care level, according to ADHS records from September 2026.
- Built new, per its website, at 8,000 sq ft, with more than 800 sq ft of outdoor space on verandas on the east and west sides.
- The website lists a 440 sq ft activity room with a party kitchen.
- According to the company, the home accommodates a limited number of cooperative memory residents.
Care and services
ADHS lists three service types here: directed care, personal care and supervisory care, with directed care capacity at 10. The home's website adds that help with personal hygiene covers bathing, toileting, dressing and grooming, that residents receive physician-directed medications, and that each care plan is custom-designed.
Daily life
According to the website, meals come with full table service, and special diets and physician-approved supplements are accommodated. The activity room's party kitchen is used for birthdays, and the room can also host music performances, movie nights, special events, family gatherings and church services. Outdoors, the east and west verandas add more than 800 sq ft of living space.
The neighborhood
ADHS places the home at 8825 North Third Avenue, Phoenix, 85021. A 2021 article in North Central News put the site in North Central Phoenix, near the canal and Sunnyslope High School. HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center is 0.59 miles away and is the nearest hospital in CMS data. For errands, the Walmart Neighborhood Market and Walmart Pharmacy, both at 115 East Dunlap Avenue, are 0.36 miles off, and Herberger Park One is 0.21 miles away.
Questions families ask
- How many residents is North Central Shores licensed for?
- ADHS lists a capacity of 10 residents as of September 2026, and the home's website describes 10 private rooms.
- What ADHS care level does it hold?
- ADHS lists it as an Assisted Living Home-Directed, and AZ Care Check shows directed, personal and supervisory care services.
- Do the rooms have private bathrooms?
- Yes, according to the website: each of the 10 private rooms has its own roll-in bathroom, along with a private patio.
- Is North Central Shores private-pay?
- The company describes it as a private-pay assisted living home.
We put this together from public records and the home's own website. North Central Shores did not write or approve it.
Learn more about North Central Shores
Open a section for the details, each with where it came from and when we read it. Checked against state records in September 2026. Last updated October 2026.
Care and services
- Services offered
- Nurse on staff
- Medication management
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
- Private bathroom
- Rooms or apartments
- 10 roomsThe home's website, October 2026
Daily life
- Amenities
- Transportation
- Laundry service
- Meals
- Full table service with accommodation for special diets and physician-approved supplementsThe home's website, October 2026
- Activities
- Birthdays
- Music performances
- Movie nights
- Special events
- Family gatherings
- Church services
Building and grounds
- Features
- Courtyard
- Outdoor space
- More than 800 sq ft of outdoor living space on east and west side verandasThe home's website, October 2026
- Building size
- 8000 square feetThe home's website, October 2026
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center, 0.6 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center, 0.6 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy, 0.4 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Walmart Neighborhood Market, 0.4 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Herberger Park One, 0.2 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center 0.6 The CORE Institute Specialty Hospital 2.6 Abrazo Central Campus 3.1 Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center 4.7 Phoenix Indian Medical Center 5.0 Dignity Health St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center 5.7 Phoenix Children's Hospital 6.3 Banner Thunderbird Medical Center 6.6 Abrazo Scottsdale Campus 7.0 Banner University Medical Center Phoenix 7.0 Valley Hospital 7.0 HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center 7.4
Name and operator
- Other names
- North Central Shores Assisted Living Home
- North Central Shores LLC
State license
- Licensed since
- August 10, 2021ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Carol BretzADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Carol BretzADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Private pay only
- State certified caregivers
- Wheelchair walker access
- Activity room
- 440 sq ft activity room with a party kitchenThe home's website, October 2026
- Executive director
- Tom BlissThe home's website, October 2026
- Limited memory residents
- Accommodates a limited number of cooperative memory residentsThe home's website, October 2026
- Personal care services
- Bathing
- Toileting
- Dressing
- Grooming
We gathered these facts. North Central Shores 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
- AL11886H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- North Central Shores, LLC
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- August 10, 2026
- Expires
- August 9, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (602) 341-6150
Inspections
2 inspections on file since March 2024, 1 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 2
- With deficiencies cited
- 1
- Enforcement actions
- 1
2025
- September 4, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on September 4, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
2024
- March 27, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on March 27, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 8
- Fall prevention trainingA.R.S. § 36-420.01.APlan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.C.1.wPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.1.b.iPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.4.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.A.8.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff recordsR9-10-806.C.1.c.iiiPlan of correction accepted
- Medical recordsR9-10-811.C.12Plan of correction accepted
- MedicationR9-10-816.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
- May 13, 2024AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on May 13, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $1,000
- Status
- Closed
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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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