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Assisted living home
Starfish Care Homes, LLC Tucson, AZ
4155 N Gardenview Cir, Tucson, AZ 85705
- Licensed for 10 residents
- Directed care
- Private rooms
$5,600 to $8,100 a month
Estimated
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Integrity Senior Placement
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Starfish Care Homes, LLC
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
- Staffing: two caregivers during the day and one caregiver overnight for ten residents
- Meals: tasty and healthy meals, mostly from scratch with fresh fruits and vegetables
- Activities: Geriatric Training, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Games
Also on the home's website
- Memory care
- Hospice care in place
- Medication management
- Therapy on site
- Private rooms
- Transportation
Address
Location
4155 North Gardenview Circle, Tucson, AZ 85705Pima County
- A park0.6 mi
- Fry's Food and Drug1.0 mi
- CVS Pharmacy0.2 mi
- Northwest Medical CenterClosest hospital, with an emergency room3.3 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).
No deficiencies were cited at its last routine inspection (August 26, 2026). 65% of similar homes had at least one cited at theirs.
1 deficiency cited at the routine inspection before it, in 2025.
One complaint inspection in the past two years led to a citation. 60% of similar homes had none.
No enforcement action by ADHS in the past two years. The same is true of 58% of similar homes.
ADHS accepted its plan to correct the deficiency cited in the past two years.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
License detailsLicense AL11641H, valid to September 30, 2027
- License number
- AL11641H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- Starfish Care Homes, LLC
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- October 1, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Licensed since
- October 1, 2020
- Manager of record
- Irma Ru
- Chief administrative officer
- Irma J Russell
- For residents and staff
- (520) 609-4693
The full inspection record2 inspections on file since June 2025, 1 with deficiencies cited.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
2026
2025
June 10, 2025
- Service plans R9-10-808.C.1.ePlan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
What was cited on June 10, 2025, in plain words
Service plans
Each resident's written care plan: what help they get, how often, and who gives it. Caregivers must follow the plan, record what they did, and update it when needs change.
The service plan is the day-to-day care a resident receives. Citations here are about plans missing, out of date, or not followed.
Cited at 29% of similar homes in the past two years.
Ask on a tour How often is the care plan reviewed, and can family take part?
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).
- Counts only: ADHS does not rate or rank homes, and neither do we.
Our research
Learn more about Starfish Care Homes, LLC
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
Starfish Care Homes is a small assisted living home in Tucson, Pima County, and ADHS lists it as licensed for 10 residents at the directed care level as of September 2026. Directed care is the highest of the three ADHS assisted living care levels, meant for residents who cannot direct their own care.
The home's website gives the fullest picture of daily care: two caregivers work during the day and one caregiver overnight for the 10 residents, staff handle medication management and give out medications, and the home works with local hospices and home health agencies. It also describes a memory care environment, large private bedrooms, meals cooked mostly from scratch, and outside professionals who come in to lead art therapy and music therapy.
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, according to ADHS records as of September 2026.
- ADHS lists it as an Assisted Living Home-Directed, the directed care level, as of September 2026.
- Large private bedrooms with space for personal items, its website says.
- Per the company, the home has a memory care environment.
- A CVS Pharmacy is 0.15 miles away as the crow flies, according to OpenStreetMap data as of September 2026.
The details
- Operator
- Starfish Care Homes
- Opened
- 2020
- Other names
- Starfish Care Homes at Gardenview
- Starfish Village - Gardenview
- Starfish Care Homes, LLC
Care and services
In our words
AZ Care Check lists directed care, personal care and supervisory care services here, with directed care capacity of 10. On its website the company says staff handle medication management and give out medications, and that the home works with local hospices, home health agencies and other service providers, with physical, occupational and speech therapy offered too. The site adds a memory care environment and the same staffing as above: two caregivers by day and one overnight for 10 residents.
The details
- Services offered
- Care levels licensed
- Directed care
- Personal care
- Supervisory care
- Staffing
- two caregivers during the day and one caregiver overnight for ten residents
Daily life
In our words
According to the home's website, meals are cooked in the house, mostly from scratch and with fresh fruits and vegetables, and the site calls them tasty and healthy. Outside professionals come in to run geriatric training, art therapy and music therapy, and to play games. For rides to appointments, a caregiver can go along when needed, at an additional cost.
The details
- Amenities
- Meals
- tasty and healthy meals, mostly from scratch with fresh fruits and vegetables
- Activities
- Geriatric Training
- Art Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Games
Rooms
The details
- Room features
Pricing and payment
Prices
- Assisted living home
- $5,600 to $8,100 a monthEstimated
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 74 comparable assisted living homes, 13 in Tucson and a price a directory lists for this home. 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 on North Gardenview Circle in Tucson (Pima County, ZIP 85705). OpenStreetMap data puts a CVS Pharmacy 0.15 miles away and Fry's Food and Drug 1 mile away, both as the crow flies. For a hospital, CMS data lists Northwest Medical Center as the nearest, 3.27 miles away in a straight line.
The details
- Nearest emergency room
- Northwest Medical Center, 3.3 miles
- Nearest hospital
- Northwest Medical Center, 3.3 miles
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy, 0.2 miles
- Nearest grocery
- Fry's Food and Drug, 1.0 miles
- Nearest park
- Unnamed park, 0.6 miles
- Hospitals within 10 miles
Name Miles Northwest Medical Center 3.3 mi Banner University Medical Center Tucson 3.3 mi Saint Mary's Hospital 4.0 mi Palo Verde Behavioral Health 6.1 mi Tucson Medical Center 6.1 mi Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 6.9 mi Banner - University Medical Center South 7.8 mi Saint Joseph's Hospital 8.0 mi
Questions families ask
In our words
- How many residents is Starfish Care Homes licensed for?
- ADHS records show it licensed for 10 residents, as of September 2026.
- What care level does ADHS list for it?
- ADHS lists it as an Assisted Living Home-Directed, the directed care level, which is the highest of the three ADHS assisted living care levels.
- How many caregivers does the company say are on duty?
- According to its website, two caregivers work during the day and one overnight for 10 residents.
- Does the company describe memory care?
- Yes. The company's website describes a memory care environment.
Details change, so call us to check anything important.
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