The Gardens at San Carlos
4553 East San Carlos Place S, Tucson, AZ 85712
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with The Gardens at San Carlos 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$6,100 to $9,100/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
- Memory care
- Medication management
- Respite stays
- Dementia trained staff
Rooms
- Private rooms
Dining
- Special diets: gluten-free, low-sodium, diabetic, renal, pureed, cultural
Activities
- Seated stretching
- Gentle yoga
- Creative arts
- Baking
- Music
- Storytelling
- Board games
- Trivia
Building and grounds
- Secured perimeter
- Single story
About The Gardens at San Carlos
The Gardens at San Carlos is an assisted living home in Tucson (Pima County). As of September 2026, ADHS records list it at the directed care level for 10 residents.
According to its website, it is a single-story home where every resident has a private room, with a courtyard for time outdoors. The home offers assisted living, memory care and respite care, with care running from personal to directed levels, and the perimeter is secured with coded entry and exit on all doors and gates. Caregivers, the site adds, are certified through the Arizona Nursing Board and trained in dementia-informed care.
For payment, the website lists private pay and long-term care insurance.
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Highlights
- Respite guests stay a minimum of 7 days, its website says.
- The website lists gluten-free, low-sodium, diabetic, renal, pureed and cultural diets among those the home can accommodate.
Care and services
According to its website, care runs from personal to directed levels and includes help with bathing, dressing, medication and daily tasks. The site also lists assisted living, memory care and respite care, and calls its memory care early-stage. AZ Care Check lists directed, personal and supervisory care services, with directed care at a capacity of 10.
Daily life
According to the website, meals are home-cooked each day and served around the table, with snacks and hydration offered through the day. Activities run from seated stretching, gentle yoga, creative arts, baking, music and storytelling to board games, trivia, classic film screenings, therapy animal visits and visiting musicians. Visits are always welcome, though 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. are the preferred hours.
The neighborhood
ADHS lists the home at 4553 East San Carlos Place S in Tucson, ZIP 85712, in Pima County. CMS hospital data puts Tucson Medical Center closest, 1.06 miles away as the crow flies, with Palo Verde Behavioral Health at 1.09 miles. Saint Joseph's Hospital is 2.95 miles off and Banner University Medical Center Tucson 3.07 miles.
Questions families ask
- What care level is The Gardens at San Carlos licensed for?
- ADHS lists The Gardens at San Carlos as an assisted living home at the directed care level, licensed for 10 residents, as of September 2026.
- Does the home offer respite stays?
- The home's website says it offers respite care, with a minimum stay of 7 days for all respite guests.
- Do residents have private rooms?
- According to its website, each resident has their own private room.
- How can a family pay for care here?
- Per the company's website, the home accepts private pay and long-term care insurance.
- How close is the nearest hospital?
- Tucson Medical Center is the nearest hospital in CMS hospital data, 1.06 miles from the home as the crow flies.
- Can the home handle special diets?
- Its website says the home accommodates gluten-free, low-sodium, diabetic, renal, pureed and cultural diets.
We put this together from public records and the home's own website. The Gardens at San Carlos did not write or approve it.
Learn more about The Gardens at San Carlos
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
- Memory care
- Respite stays
- Medication management
- Dementia trained staff
- Care levels licensed
- Personal care
- Directed care
- Supervisory care
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
Pricing and payment
- Payment and what is included
- Long term care insurance accepted
Daily life
- Meals
- Three home-cooked meals each day, served around the table; snacks and hydration three times a dayThe home's website, October 2026
- Special diets
- Gluten-free
- Low-sodium
- Diabetic
- Renal
- Pureed
- Cultural
- Activities
- Seated stretching
- Gentle yoga
- Creative arts
- Baking
- Music
- Storytelling
- Board games
- Trivia
- Classic film screenings
- Therapy animal visits
- Visiting musicians
- Visiting
- Visits always welcome; preferred hours 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.The home's website, October 2026
Building and grounds
- Features
- Secured perimeter
- Single story
- Outdoor space
- CourtyardThe home's website, October 2026
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Tucson Medical Center, 1.1 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Tucson Medical Center, 1.1 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens, 0.2 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Fry's Food and Drug, 0.3 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Unnamed park, 0.5 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Tucson Medical Center 1.1 Palo Verde Behavioral Health 1.1 Saint Joseph's Hospital 3.0 Banner University Medical Center Tucson 3.1 Banner - University Medical Center South 5.8 Saint Mary's Hospital 6.4 Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 6.4 Northwest Medical Center 8.1
Name and operator
- Other names
- The Gardens at San Carlos INCADHS, September 2026
The company
- About the company
- Family owned
State license
- Licensed since
- August 15, 2019ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Tamera TaylorADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Emily LoweADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Caregivers board certified
- Private pay accepted
- Waitlist offered
- Administrator dementia training
- On-site administrator has advanced training in dementia care, including Montessori-based techniquesThe home's website, October 2026
- Memory care stage
- early-stage memory careThe home's website, October 2026
We gathered these facts. The Gardens at San Carlos 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
- AL11204H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- Gardens at San Carlos, the
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- August 1, 2026
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (480) 258-5376
Inspections
2 inspections on file since October 2024, 1 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 2
- With deficiencies cited
- 1
- Enforcement actions
- 1
2026
- February 5, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on February 5, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
2024
- October 29, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on October 29, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 5
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.4.b.iiPlan of correction accepted
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.F.2.a.i-iiPlan of correction accepted
- MedicationR9-10-816.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
- Building and roomsR9-10-820.F.1.f.iiiPlan of correction accepted
- Opioid medicationR9-10-120.F.4.c.iiPlan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
- December 3, 2024AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on December 3, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $500
- Status
- Closed
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