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Assisted living home
Desert Home by Platinum Care Tucson, AZ
5940 E 5th St, Tucson, AZ 85711
- Licensed for 10 residents
- Directed care
$3,900 to $4,900 a month
Estimated
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Integrity Senior Placement
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Desert Home by Platinum Care
From its state license
- Licensed by Arizona for 10 residents at directed care, the highest of the state's three assisted living care levels.
From the home's website
- Care levels licensed: Personal care, Directed care, Supervisory care
- Staffing: Two caregivers during the day; one awake overnight caregiver
- Rooms or apartments: 8 rooms
- Meals: Fresh, well-balanced meals three times a day with healthy snacks between meals, served together
- Activities: Games, Crafts, Festive seasonal activities
- Visiting: Family members generally welcome to visit
- Outdoor space: Spacious patio; one room has an Arizona room
Also on the home's website
- Hospice care in place
- Awake staff overnight
- Medication management
- Therapy on site
- Shared rooms
- Private bathroom
- Pets allowed
Address
Location
5940 East 5th Street, Tucson, AZ 85711Pima County
- Harold Bell Wright Park0.6 mi
- Kimpo Oriental Market0.5 mi
- CVS Pharmacy0.8 mi
- Saint Joseph's HospitalClosest hospital, with an emergency room0.6 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 one deficiency at its last routine inspection (August 29, 2025). 51% of similar homes had 1 or fewer at theirs.
2 deficiencies cited at the routine inspection before it, in 2024.
None of its two complaint inspections in the past two years led to a citation. 60% of similar homes had no complaint inspection that led to a citation.
No enforcement action by ADHS in the past two years. The same is true of 58% of similar homes.
Cited at more than one inspection since July 2024: Medication (two inspections).
ADHS accepted its plan to correct the deficiency cited in the past two years.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
License detailsLicense AL12506H, valid to June 28, 2027
- License number
- AL12506H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- Desert Home by Platinum Care Homes
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- June 29, 2026
- Expires
- June 28, 2027
- Licensed since
- June 29, 2023
- Manager of record
- Tiffany Worley
- Chief administrative officer
- Valeri Walker
- For residents and staff
- (520) 393-9952
The full inspection record4 inspections on file since July 2024, 2 with deficiencies cited.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
2025
August 29, 2025
- Medication R9-10-817.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
2024
July 12, 2024
- Service plans R9-10-808.A.3.cPlan of correction accepted
- Medication R9-10-816.F.1Plan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
What was cited on August 29, 2025, in plain words
Medication
How medicines are stored (locked, at the right temperature), given exactly as the doctor ordered, and recorded each time.
A missed, late or wrong dose can change how a resident feels and how safe they are.
Cited at 32% of similar homes in the past two years.
Ask on a tour Who gives medicines here, how were they trained, and how is each dose checked?
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: 596 licensed assisted living homes with 6 to 10 beds in the Phoenix and Tucson areas whose last routine inspection, between September 2024 and September 2026, was routine only.
- Complaint and enforcement figures: 982 licensed assisted living homes with 6 to 10 beds in the Phoenix and Tucson areas licensed for the whole period, September 2024 to September 2026.
- A complaint inspection counts here when it cited at least one deficiency.
- Most ADHS enforcement actions are civil penalties (fines).
- 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 Desert Home by Platinum Care
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.
Overview
In our words
According to the home's website, two caregivers are on during the day and one stays awake overnight. Meals come three times a day with snacks in between, there are games, crafts and seasonal activities every day, and there is a patio. The house has 8 rooms, including double rooms and a handicap-accessible room, and hospice, home health, and occupational and physical therapy come in through outside licensed organizations.
ADHS lists the home at the directed care level. The home's own services page describes personal care, and the company says on its website that it is not accepting ALTCS at this time.
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
- Licensed for 10 residents at the directed care level, according to ADHS records as of September 2026.
- One caregiver stays awake through the night to help residents with nighttime needs, its website says.
- Two caregivers are on during the day, per the company.
- The website lists a handicap-accessible room and a spacious patio.
- Meals are eaten together three times a day, with snacks in between, according to the home's site.
The details
- Operator
- Platinum Care Homes
- Sister communities
- Canyon View by Platinum Care Homes (AL11908H)
- Other names
- Desert Home Assisted Living LLC
- Platinum Care Homes, INC.
- Communities the company runs
- 2
Care and services
In our words
ADHS lists the home at the directed care level, which the state defines as care for residents who cannot direct their own care, and AZ Care Check also lists directed, personal and supervisory care services. The home's services page describes personal care that covers all levels of help with bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, toileting and getting around, with medication management and administration following each physician's orders. The site adds that staff are certified in CPR and first aid, and that hospice, medical supplies, home health, and occupational and physical therapy come through outside licensed organizations.
The details
- Services offered
- Care levels licensed
- Personal care
- Directed care
- Supervisory care
- Staffing
- Two caregivers during the day; one awake overnight caregiver
Daily life
In our words
According to its website, caregivers lead games, crafts and festive seasonal activities each day. Family members are generally welcome to visit, and some small dogs are accepted case by case with an extra deposit.
The details
- Amenities
- Meals
- Fresh, well-balanced meals three times a day with healthy snacks between meals, served together
- Activities
- Games
- Crafts
- Festive seasonal activities
- Visiting
- Family members generally welcome to visit
- Outdoor space
- Spacious patio; one room has an Arizona room
Rooms
The details
- Room features
- Rooms or apartments
- 8 rooms
Pricing and payment
Prices
- Assisted living home
- $3,900 to $4,900 a monthEstimated
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 75 comparable assisted living homes, 14 in Tucson. 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).
Hospitals and the area
In our words
The home is at 5940 East 5th Street, Tucson, AZ 85711, in Pima County. Map data puts Saint Joseph's Hospital about 0.59 miles away as the crow flies. For errands, Kimpo Oriental Market is about 0.45 miles off and a CVS Pharmacy about 0.76 miles. Harold Bell Wright Park is about 0.56 miles away.
The details
- Nearest emergency room
- Saint Joseph's Hospital, 0.6 miles
- Nearest hospital
- Saint Joseph's Hospital, 0.6 miles
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 0.8 miles
- Nearest grocery
- Kimpo Oriental Market, 0.5 miles
- Nearest park
- Harold Bell Wright Park, 0.6 miles
- Hospitals within 10 miles
Name Miles Saint Joseph's Hospital 0.6 mi Tucson Medical Center 1.8 mi Palo Verde Behavioral Health 2.0 mi Banner University Medical Center Tucson 4.8 mi Banner - University Medical Center South 5.3 mi Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 6.7 mi Saint Mary's Hospital 7.9 mi
More details
The details
- Features
Questions families ask
In our words
- What care level does ADHS list for Desert Home by Platinum Care?
- ADHS lists it as an Assisted Living Home-Directed, licensed for 10 residents, as of September 2026. Directed care is the highest of the three ADHS assisted living levels.
- Is someone awake overnight?
- Yes, per the home's website: the overnight caregiver is awake to help residents with their nightly needs.
- Does the home offer hospice and therapy?
- The company says hospice care, home health, and occupational and physical therapy come through outside licensed organizations.
Details change, so call us to check anything important.
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