Assisted living home
Groves Assisted Living at Apple Tree Tucson, AZ
4034 E Pima St, Tucson, AZ 85712
- Licensed for 10 residents
- Directed care
$4,800 to $9,100 a month
Estimated
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Integrity Senior Placement
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Groves Assisted Living at Apple Tree
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
- Care levels licensed: Personal care, Directed care, Supervisory care
- Memory care program: Join Their Journey
- Meals: 3 meals are served daily
- Activities: Choral practice, Cooking classes, Gardening, Walking clubs
Also on the home's website
- Memory care
- Hospice care in place
- Nurse on staff
- Medication management
- Transportation
- Housekeeping
- Laundry service
- Wifi
Address
Location
4034 East Pima Street, Tucson, AZ 85712Pima County
- A park0.5 mi
- Sandyi Oriental Market0.3 mi
- Walmart Pharmacy0.6 mi
- Tucson Medical CenterClosest hospital, with an emergency room1.8 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 (April 6, 2026, a visit that also looked into a complaint). 78% of similar homes had at least one cited at theirs.
1 deficiency cited at the routine inspection before it, in 2025.
Two complaint inspections in the past two years led to a citation, and two others found nothing to cite. 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.
Cited at more than one inspection since May 2024: Emergency and safety (three inspections).
ADHS accepted its plan to correct each of the 3 deficiencies cited in the past two years.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
License detailsLicense AL11748H, valid to December 28, 2026
- License number
- AL11748H
- Facility type
- Assisted living home
- Name on the license
- The Groves Assisted Living Place Llc-Apple
- Licensed capacity
- 10 residents
- Care level
- Directed care
- Effective
- December 29, 2025
- Expires
- December 28, 2026
- Licensed since
- December 29, 2020
- Chief administrative officer
- Norma Chacon
- For residents and staff
- (520) 347-5490
The full inspection record6 inspections on file since May 2024, 4 with deficiencies cited.
Last updated September 24, 2026.
2026
2025
June 24, 2025
- R9-10-816.B.3.bPlan of correction accepted
February 21, 2025
- Emergency and safety R9-10-818.D.1Plan of correction accepted
January 24, 2025
- Emergency and safety R9-10-818.D.1Plan of correction accepted
2024
May 29, 2024
- Emergency responder forms A.R.S. § 36-420.04.DPlan of correction accepted
- Emergency and safety R9-10-818.D.1Plan of correction accepted
Enforcement actions
AZ Care Check has no enforcement actions on file for this home.
How the figures above are counted
- Routine figures: 383 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, also looked into a complaint.
- 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).
- An area is one section of Arizona's assisted living rules, such as Medication or Service plans. A repeat can be a different problem under the same section.
- Counts only: ADHS does not rate or rank homes, and neither do we.
Our research
Learn more about Groves Assisted Living at Apple Tree
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
Groves Assisted Living at Apple Tree is a small home in Tucson, in Pima County. ADHS records list it for 10 residents at the directed care level as of September 2026. It was first licensed in December 2020, and the current license runs from December 2025 to December 2026.
According to the home's website, its memory care approach is called Join Their Journey, and caregivers get ongoing Alzheimer's and dementia training. It offers hospice care too, with registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants on staff. Three meals are served daily, and the pricing is described as all-inclusive.
This home is one of six Groves communities the company lists, alongside Groves at Pepper Tree, Groves at Plum Tree, Groves at Oak Tree, Groves at Lemon Tree and Groves at Peach Tree.
The home is licensed as THE GROVES ASSISTED LIVING PLACE LLC-APPLE, though the website presents it under the Groves Assisted Living name. It names six communities in all: Groves at Pepper Tree, Groves at Plum Tree, Groves at Oak Tree, Groves at Apple Tree, Groves at Lemon Tree and Groves at Peach Tree.
Visit in the afternoon and sit in the dining room for a while. Ask to see the actual room, not the model.
Highlights
- According to its website, the home offers memory care, which it calls Join Their Journey.
- Per the company, hospice care is offered both to people already living here and to those who move in during that time.
- Listed in the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (ALTCS) network, on a list dated January 22, 2025.
- One of six Groves communities named on the website.
- First licensed in December 2020, according to AZ Care Check.
The details
- Operator
- Groves Assisted Living
- Sister communities
- Groves at Pepper Tree
- Groves at Plum Tree
- Groves at Oak Tree
- Groves at Lemon Tree
- Groves at Peach Tree
- Other names
- Groves at Apple Tree
- The Groves Assisted Living Place LLC
- Communities the company runs
- 6
Care and services
In our words
AZ Care Check lists directed, personal and supervisory care services here, with directed care set at 10 residents. The home's website describes personal care and medication management, and names registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants among the staff.
The details
- Services offered
- Care levels licensed
- Personal care
- Directed care
- Supervisory care
- Memory care program
- Join Their Journey
Daily life
In our words
The home's website says 3 meals are served each day, with transportation running on a schedule. Its memory care page names choral practice, cooking classes, gardening and walking clubs as activities.
The details
- Amenities
- Meals
- 3 meals are served daily
- Activities
- Choral practice
- Cooking classes
- Gardening
- Walking clubs
Pricing and payment
Prices
- Assisted living home
- $4,800 to $9,100 a monthEstimated
An estimate, not this home's own price. Based on the published prices of 75 comparable assisted living homes, 14 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).
The details
- How pricing works
- All inclusive
Hospitals and the area
In our words
The home is at 4034 East Pima Street in Tucson, 85712. Its website places it east of Tucson, between multiple golf clubs. Tucson Medical Center is the nearest hospital in CMS data, about 1.84 miles away as the crow flies. For errands, map data puts Sandyi Oriental Market about 0.31 miles off and a Walmart Pharmacy about 0.58 miles, both in a straight line.
The details
- Nearest emergency room
- Tucson Medical Center, 1.8 miles
- Nearest hospital
- Tucson Medical Center, 1.8 miles
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy, 0.6 miles
- Nearest grocery
- Sandyi Oriental Market, 0.3 miles
- Nearest park
- Unnamed park, 0.5 miles
- Hospitals within 10 miles
Name Miles Tucson Medical Center 1.8 mi Palo Verde Behavioral Health 2.0 mi Banner University Medical Center Tucson 2.3 mi Saint Joseph's Hospital 3.2 mi Banner - University Medical Center South 4.9 mi Southern Arizona VA Health Care System 5.5 mi Saint Mary's Hospital 5.6 mi Northwest Medical Center 8.0 mi
More details
The details
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Questions families ask
In our words
- What care level is this home licensed for?
- ADHS lists it as an assisted living home at the directed care level for 10 residents, as of September 2026.
- Does the company say it offers memory care?
- Yes. Its website says it offers memory care under an approach called Join Their Journey.
- Does the home offer hospice?
- Per the company's website, Groves Assisted Living offers hospice care.
- Is this home in an ALTCS network?
- Yes, it is in the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (ALTCS) network, on a list dated January 22, 2025.
- How many meals are served each day?
- According to the home's website, 3 meals are served each day.
- Who runs the home?
- The website places it among six Groves communities, this one included.
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