Desert Home by Platinum Care
5940 East 5th Street, Tucson, AZ 85711
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with Desert Home by Platinum Care and other homes in Tucson 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$3,900 to $4,900/month
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 67 comparable assisted living homes, 11 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).
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Amenities
Care
- Medication management
- Awake staff overnight
- Hospice care in place
- Therapy on site
Rooms
- Shared rooms
- Private bathroom
Activities
- Games
- Crafts
- Festive seasonal activities
Services
- Pets allowed
About Desert Home by Platinum Care
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.
Care and services
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.
Daily life
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 neighborhood
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.
Questions families ask
- 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.
We put this together from public records and the home's own website. Desert Home by Platinum Care did not write or approve it.
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.
Care and services
- Services offered
- Hospice care in place
- Awake staff overnight
- Medication management
- Therapy on site
- Care levels licensed
- Personal care
- Directed care
- Supervisory care
- Staffing
- Two caregivers during the day; one awake overnight caregiverThe home's website, October 2026
Rooms
- Room features
- Shared rooms
- Private bathroom
- Rooms or apartments
- 8 roomsThe home's website, October 2026
Daily life
- Amenities
- Pets allowed
- Meals
- Fresh, well-balanced meals three times a day with healthy snacks between meals, served togetherThe home's website, October 2026
- Activities
- Games
- Crafts
- Festive seasonal activities
- Visiting
- Family members generally welcome to visitThe home's website, October 2026
Building and grounds
- Outdoor space
- Spacious patio; one room has an Arizona roomThe home's website, October 2026
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Saint Joseph's Hospital, 0.6 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Saint Joseph's Hospital, 0.6 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 0.8 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Kimpo Oriental Market, 0.5 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Harold Bell Wright Park, 0.6 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Saint Joseph's Hospital 0.6 Tucson Medical Center 1.8 Palo Verde Behavioral Health 2.0 Banner University Medical Center Tucson 4.8 Banner - University Medical Center South 5.3 Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 6.7 Saint Mary's Hospital 7.9
Name and operator
- Operator
- Platinum Care HomesThe home's website, October 2026
- Sister communities
- Canyon View by Platinum Care Homes (AL11908H)The home's website, October 2026
The company
- Communities the company runs
- 2The home's website, October 2026
State license
- Licensed since
- June 29, 2023ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Tiffany WorleyADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Valeri WalkerADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Handicap accessible room
- Shared shower room
- Staff cpr first aid certified
We gathered these facts. Desert Home by Platinum Care 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
- 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
- Phone on its state license
- (520) 393-9952
Inspections
4 inspections on file since July 2024, 2 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 4
- With deficiencies cited
- 2
- Enforcement actions
- 0
2025
- August 29, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on August 29, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 1
- MedicationR9-10-817.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
2024
- December 2, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on December 2, 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
- July 12, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 12, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 2
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.3.cPlan of correction accepted
- MedicationR9-10-816.F.1Plan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
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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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