Safest assisted living in Glendale, ranked by inspection data
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This is one of our California city safety reports. See the other markets or read the methodology behind the FYI Safety Score.
The safest assisted living facilities in Glendale are a tight cluster of 6-bed small care homes, all scoring 9.5 with zero citations and zero substantiated complaints. Oakridge Inn 2, Dryden Gardens, and Alta Vista RCFE II lead a strong small-home tier in the local market.
Below are the 15 facilities at the top of the Glendale ranking and how the rest of the market looks once you zoom out. The data was pulled from California state inspection records in May 2026.
Glendale has 30 licensed assisted living facilities. This is a smaller LA County market than Pasadena or LA proper, with a different mix: more uniformly small-home oriented, fewer large communities.
The 15 safest assisted living facilities in Glendale
The ranking is the FYI Safety Score on a 1.0 to 10.0 scale, computed from the public state inspection record. Because Glendale's pool is on the smaller side, this list represents half of the entire local market sorted by safety.
| # | Facility | Score | State visits | Years licensed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakridge Inn 2 (6 beds) | 9.5 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Dryden Gardens (6 beds) | 9.5 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Alta Vista RCFE II (6 beds) | 9.5 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Broadview Residential Care Center (180 beds) | 9.5 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Sunny Garden Senior Care LLC (6 beds) | 9.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Grant Serenity Homes INC (6 beds) | 9.5 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Comfort Care Assisted Living Facility (6 beds) | 9.5 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Kind Companions Home Care (6 beds) | 9.5 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Grace Residential Care Facility LLC (6 beds) | 9.4 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Alameda Board & Care (6 beds) | 9.3 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | A Cozy Chateau (6 beds) | 9.2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | No Place Like Home For Golden Ages 3, LLC (6 beds) | 8.8 | 11 | 6 |
| 13 | Los Feliz Gardens (199 beds) | 8.8 | 21 | 8 |
| 14 | Glendale Golden Years Home (6 beds) | 8.7 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 | Glendale Garden Care Home (6 beds) | 8.7 | 12 | 9 |
Scores reflect citation history, complaint patterns, and recency — see our methodology. Linked facility names open the full inspection record.
Two things worth noticing.
First, the entire top 15 is small care homes with clean or near-clean records. Glendale's safest tier is uniformly small-home.
Second, several of these facilities have notably short inspection histories. Many are at 5 or fewer state visits, which is less depth-of-record than we see in larger markets. A 9.5 over 3 inspections is a different signal than a 9.5 over 15 inspections; worth checking the years-licensed and inspections column when comparing.
What the distribution looks like across the rest of Glendale
| Score | What it means | Facilities | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0–9.9 | Excellent. Strong record, no significant recent findings | 11 | 37% |
| 8.0–8.9 | Good. Minor history, recent record is clean | 5 | 17% |
| 6.0–7.9 | Fair. Some recent findings worth asking about | 8 | 27% |
| 4.0–5.9 | Poor. Substantial recent record | 4 | 13% |
| <4.0 | Severe. Concerning pattern, dig into the raw record | 2 | 7% |
About 53% of Glendale facilities score Good or Excellent. About 20% score Poor or Severe. The market is solid at the top with a moderate concerning band.
There are zero Perfect 10 facilities in Glendale. Perfect 10 is an earned distinction reserved for facilities with at least 5 years of inspection history, at least 10 state visits, zero citations across the entire record, and zero substantiated complaints.
The other end of the list
We publish this part for the same reason we publish the top. A facility on this list isn't necessarily dangerous today. It's a facility where the public record contains enough recent findings that the right move is to dig into the raw inspection history and ask specific questions before deciding.
| # | Facility | Score | Findings | State visits | Years licensed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rossmoyne Hills (6 beds) | 2.3 | 9 / 15 / 10 | 21 | 1 |
| 2 | Glen Park at Glendale - Boynton St (98 beds) | 3.1 | 13 / 6 / 11 | 81 | 12 |
Findings column: Type A citations / Type B citations / substantiated complaints. Scores also reflect recency weighting — see our methodology.
Glen Park at Glendale - Boynton St (98 beds) has 81 state inspections on record, an unusually dense inspection history that itself signals the state's been actively tracking.
If you're looking at one of these and the score is concerning, the right move is to click through, read the record, then call the facility and ask them directly what happened and what changed.
How does Glendale compare to the rest of California?
Glendale is slightly below the state average. The average score across 30 facilities is 7.58.
A few other California cities are worth a comparison: Modesto sits at 8.34 (highest among major CA cities), Pasadena at 6.85 (a nearby LA County market that runs below Glendale), Riverside at 7.99 with zero severely-rated facilities, and Sacramento at 7.41.
How to use this list
The score is the gut check. The visit is the field test. The conversations with current residents and frontline staff are the verification.
Browse all California assisted living facilities by safety score on the AssistedLiving.fyi map.
For families researching what to do with this information once they have it, the companion guides are Why Yelp reviews don't predict quality of care and How to do a safety vibe check without trusting marketing.
Data: Computed from California Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) inspection records, ingested into AssistedLiving.fyi. Safety scores reflect the inspection record as of May 2026 and may change as new visits are documented. The FYI Safety Score is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee or prediction of the safety, quality, or suitability of any facility. Always visit in person before deciding.
Frequently asked questions
What is the safest assisted living facility in Glendale?
Among the 30 licensed assisted living facilities in Glendale, the highest FYI Safety Scores are tied among several 6-bed small care homes scoring 9.5, including Oakridge Inn 2, Dryden Gardens, and Alta Vista RCFE II, all with zero citations and zero substantiated complaints.
How many assisted living facilities are in Glendale?
There are 30 licensed assisted living facilities in Glendale, a smaller market than nearby Pasadena and LA. The market is dominated by small care homes.
Is Glendale a safe market for assisted living?
Glendale's market is slightly below the California state average. The average FYI Safety Score across 30 facilities is 7.58. Only 2 facilities score in the Severe range, one of the lower counts in our analysis.
How is the FYI Safety Score calculated?
The FYI Safety Score is a 1.0 to 10.0 rating computed from California Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) inspection records. It weighs three components: Type A citations (immediate-risk violations), Type B citations (less severe violations), and substantiated complaints. Recent findings count more than older ones. The full methodology is at assistedliving.fyi/safety-score. No facility can pay to improve their score.
What does a low safety score actually mean?
A low score reflects what state inspectors have documented over years of visits: citations, substantiated complaints, severity, and recency. It does not necessarily mean a facility is unsafe today. But it does mean the public record contains enough findings that families should ask specific questions and review the underlying inspection reports before deciding.
About the author
Steve Selzer is the founder of AssistedLiving.fyi. He started this work while searching for assisted living for his mom, who has dementia, after running into the same opaque pricing, sales calls, and impossible-to-read inspection records that every family in the same situation runs into. The site exists to make the information families actually need easier to find.