St Luke's in the Desert
615 East Adams Street, Tucson, AZ 85705
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Call Integrity (480) 271-7759Pricing
- Assisted living communityEstimated$5,600 to $7,300/month
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 99 comparable communities, 13 in Tucson. Call or ask us for a verified price and whether a room is open.
Typical in Arizona: $5,500 to $9,000 a month, from our own market figures (September 2026).
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Amenities
Care
- Medication management
- Awake staff overnight
Rooms
- Private rooms
- Shared rooms
- Private bathroom
Activities
- Garden Club
- Art Classes
- Book Club
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Birthday Parties
- Live Music Performances
- Bingo
Services
- Housekeeping
- Transportation
About St Luke's in the Desert
ADHS records list the home as ST. LUKE'S HOME, an Assisted Living Center-Personal in Pima County licensed for 80 residents as of September 2026. The company calls it St Luke's in the Desert, a non-profit organization, and its website places the community in the historic Feldman Neighborhood, right on the edge of the University of Arizona campus.
According to the community's site, there are 64 studio apartments, all of them 192 square feet and some of them double occupancy. Rooms come in two types with different monthly rent: a Jack and Jill room, which is private living space with a bathroom and shower shared by two, or a private room with its own bath and shower. Rent covers the room and all utilities, plus weekly housekeeping.
On care, the company says it gives supervisory and personal levels of care, medication administration and help with medications, with certified caregivers awake 24 hours a day. Meals are served restaurant-style at set hours, and the activities run from Garden Club, Book Club and Yoga to a monthly resident town hall and monthly gatherings with University of Arizona health students and educators.
According to the community's timeline, the Eden Alternative Model was brought in here in 2013.
Drive to Tucson at the time your family would usually visit, so you know how long it takes. See who is up and about at that hour.
Highlights
- Licensed for 80 residents at the personal care level, according to ADHS records as of September 2026.
- The community's website lists 64 studio apartments, some of them double occupancy.
- Per the company, residents meet monthly with University of Arizona students and educators from Medicine, Nutritional Sciences and Pharmacy.
- Breakfast runs 7:00 to 9:00 am, lunch 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and dinner 3:30 to 5:30 pm, all served restaurant-style, the company says.
Care and services
AZ Care Check lists Personal care services and Supervisory care services under this license, as of September 2026. In ADHS terms, personal care means help with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, grooming and toileting, along with medication administration.
Daily life
According to the community's website, residents get three meals a day, brought to the table restaurant-style by a dedicated serving staff, with snacks between meals. The activities list runs to Garden Club, Art Classes, Book Club, Yoga, Meditation, Birthday Parties, Live Music Performances and Bingo, and staff and residents sit down together once a month for a Town Hall meeting. The site also lists scheduled transportation for shopping and the monthly gatherings with University of Arizona students and educators from Medicine, Nutritional Sciences and Pharmacy.
The neighborhood
Banner University Medical Center Tucson is the nearest hospital, about 0.93 miles away as the crow flies, per map data. For errands, the nearest CVS Pharmacy is about 0.63 miles off and Fry's Food and Drug about 0.76 miles. The Sculpture Garden, the nearest park in the data, is about 0.53 miles away.
The company
Per the community's website, St Luke's in the Desert runs as a non-profit organization, and the community is open to people who may have limited financial means.
Questions families ask
- What license does St Luke's in the Desert hold?
- ADHS lists it as an Assisted Living Center-Personal licensed for 80 residents, as of September 2026. In state terms, personal care means help with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, grooming and toileting, plus medication administration.
- What does a room cost at St Luke's in the Desert?
- The community's rent list says rent covers the room and all utilities.
- Are caregivers awake overnight?
- St Luke's in the Desert's website says certified caregivers are awake 24 hours a day.
- When are meals served?
- Per the community's website, breakfast is 7:00 to 9:00 am, lunch 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and dinner 3:30 to 5:30 pm, served restaurant-style with snacks between meals.
- Who holds the license?
- The license is in the name of LUKE'S IN THE DESERT, INC.
- Does the home offer transportation?
- The website lists scheduled transportation for shopping.
We put this together from public records and the community's own website. St Luke's in the Desert did not write or approve it.
Learn more about St Luke's in the Desert
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
- Awake staff overnight
- Medication management
- Care levels licensed
- Supervisory care
- Personal care
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
- Shared rooms
- Private bathroom
- Rooms or apartments
- 64 roomsThe home's website, October 2026
- Room sizes
- 192 square feetThe home's website, October 2026
Pricing and payment
- Payment and what is included
- Utilities included
- How pricing works
- All inclusiveThe home's website, October 2026
Daily life
- Amenities
- Transportation
- Housekeeping
- Meals
- Three meals daily with restaurant-style service; breakfast 7:00 to 9:00 am, lunch 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, dinner 3:30 to 5:30 pm; snacks between mealsThe home's website, October 2026
- Activities
- Garden Club
- Art Classes
- Book Club
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Birthday Parties
- Live Music Performances
- Bingo
Hospitals and the area
- Neighborhood
- Feldman NeighborhoodThe home's website, October 2026
- Nearest emergency room
- Banner University Medical Center Tucson, 0.9 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Banner University Medical Center Tucson, 0.9 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 0.6 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Fry's Food and Drug, 0.8 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Sculpture Garden, 0.5 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Banner University Medical Center Tucson 0.9 Saint Mary's Hospital 2.4 Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 4.1 Banner - University Medical Center South 4.9 Tucson Medical Center 5.0 Palo Verde Behavioral Health 5.1 Northwest Medical Center 6.2 Saint Joseph's Hospital 6.3
Name and operator
- Opened
- 1918The home's website, October 2026
- Other names
- St. Luke'S in the Desert, INC.ADHS, September 2026
State license
- Licensed since
- November 1, 1990ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Nancy VegaADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Nancy VegaADHS, September 2026
More details
- Features
- Admission can act in crisis
- Admission cognitively independent
- Eden alternative model
- Monthly resident town hall
- No motorized wheelchairs or scooters
- Nonprofit
- Restaurant style dining
- Serves limited means
- Home for women opened
- 1980-05-15The home's website, October 2026
- Minimum age
- 55The home's website, October 2026
- Redevelopment groundbreaking
- 1999-05-13The home's website, October 2026
- Shared bath rooms
- Jack and Jill rooms: private living space with a bathroom/shower shared by twoThe home's website, October 2026
- University of arizona health programs
- Monthly gatherings with University of Arizona students and educators from Medicine, Nutritional Sciences and PharmacyThe home's website, October 2026
We gathered these facts. St Luke's in the Desert 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
- AL0059C
- Facility type
- Assisted living community
- Name on the license
- St. Luke'S Home
- Licensed capacity
- 80 residents
- Care level
- Personal care
- Effective
- May 1, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (520) 539-1263
Inspections
5 inspections on file since July 2024, 2 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 5
- With deficiencies cited
- 2
- Enforcement actions
- 0
2026
- September 1, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on September 1, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- August 7, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on August 7, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 7
- Fall prevention trainingA.R.S. § 36-420.01.APlan of correction accepted
- AdministrationR9-10-803.A.9Plan of correction accepted
- Admission and residency agreementsR9-10-807.A.1-2Plan of correction accepted
- Admission and residency agreementsR9-10-807.B.1.a-bPlan of correction accepted
- Admission and residency agreementsR9-10-807.C.1.a-cPlan of correction accepted
- Service plansR9-10-808.A.5.a-dPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safetyR9-10-819.A.5.aPlan of correction accepted
2025
- July 8, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 8, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- May 23, 2025AZ Care Check record of the inspection on May 23, 2025, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 1
- Tuberculosis screeningR9-10-113.A.2.a-fPlan of correction accepted
2024
- July 2, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on July 2, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
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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.
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