Starfish Midtown
5536 East 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85711
Integrity Senior Placement is a free placement service. We have worked with Starfish Midtown 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.
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- Assisted living homeEstimated$6,700 to $9,700/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
- Nurse on staff
- Hospice care in place
- Dementia trained staff
Rooms
- Private rooms
- Private bathroom
Activities
- Geriatric Training
- Art Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Games
About Starfish Midtown
As of September 2026, ADHS records list Starfish Midtown at 5536 East 2nd Street in Tucson (Pima County) as an Assisted Living Home-Directed, licensed for 10 residents. The license is held in the name STARFISH CARE HOMES, LLC.
The home's own website describes the setup a little differently from the state file. It gives the address as 5530 and 5536 E. 2nd Street, with Starfish Midtown made up of 2 homes, A and B, side by side and joined by shared walkways and sitting areas. Each home, the site says, has 10 private rooms with private bathrooms.
The website also describes a memory care environment, with outside professionals coming in for art therapy, music therapy and geriatric training, and meals cooked mostly from scratch.
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.
- Staffing, per the company's website, is 2 caregivers during the day and 1 overnight for 10 residents.
- The website lists 2 patio areas shared by the 2 homes.
Care and services
ADHS lists directed, personal and supervisory care for this home, with directed care capacity of 10. Directed care is the highest of the three ADHS assisted living care levels, meant for residents who cannot direct their own care. According to the home's website, staff oversee and give out medications, the home works with local hospices and home health agencies, and nurse practitioners make house visits.
Daily life
The company's website describes meals cooked mostly from scratch with fresh fruits and vegetables. Outside professionals come in for geriatric training, art therapy and music therapy, residents play games, and the 2 homes share walkways, sitting areas and 2 patio areas between them.
The neighborhood
The home is in the 85711 ZIP code in Tucson, Pima County. CMS data lists Saint Joseph's Hospital as the nearest hospital, 1.2 miles away as the crow flies, and Tucson Medical Center is 1.29 miles off. For errands, map data puts Kimpo Oriental Market, the nearest grocery store, 0.34 miles away as the crow flies, and the closest pharmacy listed is a CVS Pharmacy at 1.2 miles. Highland Vista Park is 0.66 miles away.
Questions families ask
- What care level is Starfish Midtown licensed for?
- ADHS records as of September 2026 list it as an Assisted Living Home-Directed, licensed for 10 residents at the directed care level.
- How many caregivers are on duty?
- Its website gives 2 caregivers during the day and 1 overnight for 10 residents.
- Are the rooms private?
- Per the company, each home has 10 private rooms with private bathrooms, plus 2 shared shower bathrooms.
- Does the home help with medications?
- According to its website, yes: staff oversee and give out residents' medications.
- How far is the nearest hospital?
- Saint Joseph's Hospital is 1.2 miles away as the crow flies, according to CMS and map data.
We put this together from public records and the home's own website. Starfish Midtown did not write or approve it.
Learn more about Starfish Midtown
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
- Hospice care in place
- Nurse on staff
- Medication management
- Dementia trained staff
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
- Staffing
- two caregivers during the day and one caregiver overnight for ten residentsThe home's website, October 2026
Rooms
- Room features
- Private rooms
- Private bathroom
- Rooms or apartments
- 10 roomsThe home's website, October 2026
Pricing and payment
- How pricing works
- All inclusiveThe home's website, October 2026
Daily life
- Meals
- tasty and healthy meals, mostly from scratch with fresh fruits and vegetablesThe home's website, October 2026
- Activities
- Geriatric Training
- Art Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Games
Building and grounds
- Outdoor space
- two shared patio areasThe home's website, October 2026
Hospitals and the area
- Nearest emergency room
- Saint Joseph's Hospital, 1.2 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest hospital
- Saint Joseph's Hospital, 1.2 milesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 1.2 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest grocery
- Kimpo Oriental Market, 0.3 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Nearest park
- Highland Vista Park, 0.7 milesOpenStreetMap contributors, via Geofabrik, September 2026
- Hospitals within 10 miles
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), September 2026
Name Miles Saint Joseph's Hospital 1.2 Tucson Medical Center 1.3 Palo Verde Behavioral Health 1.5 Banner University Medical Center Tucson 4.2 Banner - University Medical Center South 5.2 Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 6.5 Saint Mary's Hospital 7.4 Northwest Medical Center 9.9
Name and operator
- Operator
- Starfish Care HomesThe home's website, October 2026
- Other names
- Starfish Care Homes, LLCADHS, September 2026
The company
- Licensee entity status
- ActiveOpenCorporates, October 2026
State license
- Licensed since
- September 14, 2018ADHS, September 2026
- Manager of record
- Jessica RomeroADHS, September 2026
- Chief administrative officer
- Jessica R RomeroADHS, September 2026
More details
- Paired home campus
- Starfish Midtown includes two homes, A and B, next to each other with shared walkways and sitting areasThe home's website, October 2026
- Shared shower bathrooms
- 2The home's website, October 2026
We gathered these facts. Starfish Midtown 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
- AL10856H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- Starfish Care Homes, LLC
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- September 1, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Phone on its state license
- (520) 445-7140
Inspections
4 inspections on file since March 2024, 1 with deficiencies cited.
From AZ Care Check, checked September 24, 2026.
- Inspections
- 4
- With deficiencies cited
- 1
- Enforcement actions
- 1
2026
- June 11, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on June 11, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- March 18, 2026AZ Care Check record of the inspection on March 18, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint
- Deficiencies cited
- 1
- Directed care servicesR9-10-815.F.2.a-cPlan of correction accepted
2024
- June 12, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on June 12, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Complaint and annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- March 13, 2024AZ Care Check record of the inspection on March 13, 2024, opens in a new tab
- Type
- Annual compliance
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
Enforcement actions
- May 27, 2026AZ Care Check record of the enforcement action on May 27, 2026, opens in a new tab
- Action
- Civil penalty
- Civil penalty
- $500
- Status
- Closed
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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.
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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.
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