Personal Care Assistance
Bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility — handled at the pace each resident is most comfortable with.
Serving Santa Barbara County
Assisted Living in Santa Barbara, CA
A licensed six-bed residential care home (RCFE) in Loma Linda — about 150 minutes from Santa Barbara. Awake overnight caregivers. Home-cooked meals. Six residents, never more.
Santa Barbara, CA
Senior Living for Santa Barbara Families
Santa Barbara families occasionally choose a quiet Inland Empire RCFE to be near family in the region. We help with the logistics of relocating a parent.
Ivory Crest Care is a licensed Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) — the California license that covers non-medical assisted living. We serve six residents at a time. That number is the whole point: every resident is known by name, every meal is cooked in our kitchen, and someone is awake every hour of the night.
Families across Santa Barbara County — and the wider Southern California region — choose us when the larger 60- to 100-bed communities feel like the wrong fit for their parent. If you've already toured a few of those and walked away unsure, we'd encourage you to come see what six residents and a real home feels like.
What's included
What Care Looks Like for Santa Barbara Residents
Medication Management
Supervised, logged, and coordinated with your physician and pharmacy. No missed doses.
Home-Cooked Meals
Three meals plus snacks each day, prepared fresh — including diabetic, low-sodium, and soft-food diets.
Awake 24/7 Care
Whoever is on duty is awake — including overnight. No 'sleeping shifts.'
Activities & Engagement
Music, gentle stretching, gardening, reading, crafts — chosen around each resident's interests.
Family Communication
Regular updates, photos, and care conferences. You'll never wonder how your loved one is doing.
Medical Coordination
Hospitals & Medical Centers Near Santa Barbara
We coordinate routinely with your loved one's medical team. When a hospital stay, specialist visit, or rehab admission comes up, the handoff is direct.
Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara
How Families Pay
Paying for Assisted Living — Santa Barbara County
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. The most common ways Santa Barbara families cover care at Ivory Crest Care are private pay, the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver (ALW), and IEHP for eligible residents.
See our full guide: Paying for Assisted Living in California and the California Assisted Living Waiver (ALW).
Tour Ivory Crest Care
Santa Barbara families are welcome to tour any reasonable day. No pressure pitch — just an honest look at what a six-resident RCFE in Loma Linda feels like.