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Assisted living and memory care community
Gardens Care Senior Living - Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ
9185 E Desert Cove, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
- Licensed for 118 residents
- Directed care
$5,800 to $7,700 a month
Estimated
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Gardens Care Senior Living - Scottsdale
From its state license
- Licensed by Arizona for 118 residents at directed care, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels.
From the home's website
- Room sizes: 280 to 705 square feet
- Apartment types: Studio, One-bedroom, One-bedroom deluxe, Two-bedroom, Companion apartment
- Meals: Chef-prepared meals served daily
- Special diets: Dietary restrictions, Allergies, Specialized texture requirements
- Activities: Daily exercise, Flower arrangement class, Weekly live music
Also on the home's website
- Memory care
- Medication management
- Independent living on campus
- Private bathroom
- Transportation
Address
Location
9185 East Desert Cove, Scottsdale, AZ 85260Maricopa County
- Camelback Walk0.4 mi
- Sprouts Farmers Market0.3 mi
- AZ Compounding Pharmacy0.3 mi
- HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical CenterClosest hospital, with an emergency room0.4 mi
Arizona state record
What the inspections show
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).
The state cited two deficiencies at its last routine inspection (July 17, 2025, a visit that also looked into a complaint). 55% of similar communities had 1 or fewer at theirs.
Three complaint inspections since September 2024 led to a citation, and three others found nothing to cite.
ADHS took one enforcement action since September 2024, with civil penalties of $500 in all.
Cited at more than one inspection since September 2024: Administration (two inspections), Resident rights (two inspections).
ADHS accepted its plan to correct each of the 7 deficiencies cited since September 2024.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
License detailsLicense AL13188C, valid to September 25, 2027
- License number
- AL13188C
- Facility type
- Assisted living and memory care community
- Name on the license
- Gardens Care Senior Living Scottsdale
- Licensed capacity
- 118 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- September 26, 2026
- Expires
- September 25, 2027
- Licensed since
- September 26, 2024
- Chief administrative officer
- Tara L Wallace
- For residents and staff
- (303) 566-1085
The full inspection record7 inspections on file since September 2024, 3 with deficiencies cited.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
2026
2025
October 27, 2025
- Administration R9-10-803.J.1-6Plan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff records R9-10-806.A.8.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Staffing and staff records R9-10-806.A.10Plan of correction accepted
- Resident rights R9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
September 23, 2025
- Service plans R9-10-808.C.1.a-gPlan of correction accepted
July 17, 2025
- Administration R9-10-803.A.10Plan of correction accepted
- Resident rights R9-10-810.B.1Plan of correction accepted
2024
Enforcement actions
February 4, 2026
AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on February 4, 2026, opens in a new tab
What was cited on October 27, 2025, in plain words
Administration
The duties of the owner and manager: written policies, a caregiver in charge on site at all times, background checks, and telling ADHS about changes such as a new manager.
It is about who is accountable for care at any hour and whether the home runs by its own written rules.
Cited at 50% of similar communities in the past two years.
Ask on a tour Who is in charge when the manager is not here, and how do I reach them?
Staffing and staff records
Caregiver qualifications and records: skills checked before working alone, training, CPR and first aid cards, TB screening and fingerprint clearance on file.
It is about whether the people giving care have been trained and checked, and whether the home can prove it.
Cited at 46% of similar communities in the past two years.
Ask on a tour How are new caregivers trained, and how long before they work a shift alone?
Resident rights
Dignity and privacy, protection of a resident's money and belongings, and a written copy of their rights at move-in.
These rules protect how a resident is treated as a person, not only the care they receive.
Cited at 27% of similar communities in the past two years.
Ask on a tour How do residents or families raise a complaint, and who answers it?
These explain the rule, not what happened. The state's own report is on AZ Care Check.
How the figures above are counted
- Routine figures: 72 licensed assisted living centers with 100 or more beds in the Phoenix and Tucson areas whose last routine inspection, between September 2024 and September 2026, also looked into a complaint.
- An area is one section of Arizona's assisted living rules, such as Medication or Service plans. A repeat can be a different problem under the same section.
- Counts only: ADHS does not rate or rank homes, and neither do we.
Our research
Learn more about Gardens Care Senior Living - Scottsdale
Open a section for the details, each with where it came from and when we read it. Checked against state records in September 2026.
Overview
In our words
ADHS licenses the community for up to 118 residents at the directed care level, the highest of the three ADHS assisted living care levels, and lists its services as directed care, personal care and supervisory care.
According to the community's website, there is medication management and access to on-site healthcare services, and the company offers a Level of Care Assessment to help families understand their options.
The website describes studio, one-bedroom, one-bedroom deluxe, two-bedroom and companion apartments running from 280 to 705 square feet, each with its own private bathroom. Meals are chef-prepared every day, with menus that work around dietary restrictions, allergies and specialized texture requirements. Residents can join daily exercise, a flower arrangement class and weekly live music, and the company provides transportation along with complimentary haircuts and podiatry 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
- As of September 2026, ADHS licenses the home at the directed care level, the highest of the three ADHS assisted living care levels, for up to 118 residents.
- Its website says the memory care program follows the Teepa Snow Method, a dementia care training approach.
- Per the company, Gardens Care Senior Living was founded in 2016 and runs communities in Colorado, Arizona and Nevada.
The details
- Operator
- Gardens Care Senior Living
- Opened
- 1999
- Other names
- Truewood Scottsdale by Merrill Gardens
- The Gardens Care Homes LLC
Care and services
The details
- Services offered
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
Daily life
The details
- Amenities
- Meals
- Chef-prepared meals served daily
- Special diets
- Dietary restrictions
- Allergies
- Specialized texture requirements
- Activities
- Daily exercise
- Flower arrangement class
- Weekly live music
Rooms
The details
- Room features
- Room sizes
- 280 to 705 square feet
- Apartment types
- Studio
- One-bedroom
- One-bedroom deluxe
- Two-bedroom
- Companion apartment
Pricing and payment
Prices
- Assisted living community
- $5,800 to $7,700 a monthEstimated
- Memory care
- $6,000 to $10,900 a monthEstimated
Estimates, not this home's own prices. Based on the published prices of 103 comparable communities, 9 in Scottsdale. 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).
Hospitals and the area
In our words
HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center is about 0.35 miles away as the crow flies, which makes it both the nearest hospital and the nearest emergency room. For errands, Sprouts Farmers Market, the nearest grocery store, is about 0.29 miles off and AZ Compounding Pharmacy about 0.33 miles. Camelback Walk is the closest park, about 0.44 miles away. Six more hospitals sit within 10 miles, among them Mayo Clinic Hospital at 6.57 miles and two more HonorHealth campuses.
The details
- Nearest emergency room
- HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 0.4 miles
- Nearest hospital
- HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, 0.4 miles
- Nearest pharmacy
- AZ Compounding Pharmacy, 0.3 miles
- Nearest grocery
- Sprouts Farmers Market, 0.3 miles
- Nearest park
- Camelback Walk, 0.4 miles
- Hospitals within 10 miles
Name Miles Drive time HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center 0.4 mi about 3 min HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center 6.4 mi about 15 min Mayo Clinic Hospital 6.6 mi about 16 min HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center 7.1 mi about 20 min Banner Behavioral Health Hospital 7.3 mi about 18 min Abrazo Scottsdale Campus 7.6 mi about 19 min Valley Hospital 10.0 mi about 30 min Drive times are typical, without traffic. Routing © openrouteservice by HeiGIT, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
More details
The details
- Features
- Dementia training
- Teepa Snow Method
- Company founded
- 2016
- Company states
- Colorado
- Arizona
- Nevada
Questions families ask
In our words
- What level of care is Gardens Care Senior Living Scottsdale licensed for?
- ADHS licenses it for 118 residents at the directed care level, which is the highest of the three ADHS assisted living care levels.
- Does Gardens Care Senior Living Scottsdale offer memory care?
- Yes, according to its website, which describes a memory care program built on the Teepa Snow Method with supervision 24/7.
- What size are the rooms?
- The website lists floor plans from a 280 square foot studio up to a 705 square foot two-bedroom unit, and each one has a private bathroom.
Details change, so call us to check anything important.
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