Cover Story Palo Alto* senior-housing options Age requirement to enter
Apartments owned or rental
Costs to enter
Reported by: Angela Chen, Carolyn Copeland, Coryanne Hicks and Piyawan Rungsuk
Monthly costs to live there
Waiting list
Type of health care available
Total numbers of residents
Channing House Must be between 65 and 83
650-327-0950 Residents buy membership into community (with refund option)
$133,000-$637,000
Starting at $2,466-$7,000
Several-year waiting list
Medical care, assisted living, skilled nursing, life-care community
260
*Glenwood Inn (Menlo Park) 60
Month-to-month rental
$2,600
$3,750-$5,200
No waiting list for a standard one-bed room but there is a waiting list for a deluxe one bedroom
Varies
85 plus
Owned
Ranges from $3,932-$4,743
Around $800,000
No waiting list
No health care available unless one decides to hire their own caregiver
36
Lytton Gardens Rental
Varied, based on residents’ income
30% of income for rent
Yes, varies
Social services and counseling, respite care and hospice, spiritual support, physical, and speech therapies
About 500
Lytton Gardens Assisted Living 62
Rental
62
Rental
Varied, based on residents’ income
30% of income for rent
Yes, for non-subsidy, no for subsidy independent living
Varies
50
Varies depending on health needs
Varies depending on health needs
No waiting list
Social services, counseling, respite care and hospice, spiritual support, physical, and speech therapies
145
$333,000$1,200,000
$2,805-$6,600
No waiting list
Independent living and assisted living
86
Financial qualification required
650-494-0760
Month-to-month rental
N/A
N/A
No waiting list
Independent living, assisted living, dementia care, focused care, elite care, 24/7 nurse available
141
*The Sequoias (Portola Valley) Residents buy membership into community (with refund option)
None
650-851-1501 $226,000-$733,700 (studio to duplex)
$3,500-$6,353 for single person
Yes, for larger units, 200 on list
Residential living, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care
312
Sunrise of Palo Alto
Review of medical and financial history required
650-326-1108 Rental
Starting at $3,300 per month
Starting at $3,300 per month
No waiting list
Assisted living and memory care
97
Vi at Palo Alto (Formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt) Residents buy membership into community (with refund option)
Starting at $682,700
Certain health conditions not accepted
650-838-0300
Starting at $3,598
Yes, close to 300
Full continuum of care: independent, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory support
530
Webster House 62
None
650-433-3629
Palo Alto Commons
62
None
650-617-7350
Moldaw Family Residences Residents buy membership into community (with refund option)
None
650-617-7338
Lytton Gardens Health Care Center (skilled-nursing facilities)
62
None
650-617-7434
62
65
None
650-463-1400
55
None
Must be independent and in good health to move in
650-322-5550
The Hamilton
62
Other restrictions
Medical and financial qualifications
650-327-4333 Residents buy membership into community (with refund option)
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Starting from $355,000
$3,100
No waiting list
Independent living, assisted living
34
Doesn’t provide memory care