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Residential care homes in San Mateo often appeal to seniors who want to remain in a close-knit, familiar home environment but need personal care services like grooming assistance, medication reminders, and even help with cooking and cleaning. And, they’re typically home to fewer residents, enabling caregivers and residents to build stronger connections. The average cost of care homes in San Mateo is $6,348 per month.

To find the best care home options for your needs and budget, browse 870 care homes in San Mateo and read 1166 reviews of families’ experiences. You may also consider nearby communities such as San Francisco, Fremont and Hayward.

Residential Care Home Facilities near San Mateo, CA

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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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St marys 1 and 2 are very clean. Staff are very caring, friendly, and really hard workers. I highly recommend this place. If you go and check this place? Ask for evelyn. She is the best caregiver.
Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
St. Mary's Residential Care Home II is committed to maintain and preserve the privacy, dignity, and independence of our residents by offering the highest quality of life, services and health care in warm friendly environment. It's a place like your own home in accordance with the residents needs...
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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We chose Angeleon Care Home due to proximity to BART. Not really sure what to say about Activities and improvement because that wasn't something that they do there to my knowledge. They were responsive to...
Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Angeleon Care Home is situated in Berkeley, CA and serves Alameda County. The residential care home enjoys warm, summer-like weather all year long. Berkeley sits in the northern portion of the corner and on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay. It is a great place to live and a fun,...
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Florence Residential Care Home provides home-like atmosphere, personalized care, supervision and planned activities for the residents. No discrimination regarding race, color, religion, nation origin or ancestry in our admission policy or in the services offered to the residents. Our goal is to...
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Excellent health and personal care.. the only downside is not many activities- we have to walk my family member and do things to engage him. We picked this community, because of close proximity to where we...
Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Parkview Residential Care Home II is a senior care home located in the warm city of Sunnyvale, CA and in Santa Clara County. Sunnyvale is one of the major cities located in Silicone Valley and part of the city sits on the coast of the San Francisco Bay, with great views of the water. It is also...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Residential Care Home
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
At Bella Casa, we believe life is precious and worth celebrating in an intimate community that feels like a home, in which you can thrive through innovative health care and social services. Our prime values are resident satisfaction and happiness, employee satisfaction, improving the quality and...
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Photo of Stuart Pratt Manor
Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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It's directly across from Kaiser. It's a board and care home. All the residents except for one are fairly critical. Stan, my significant other, can't really talk, move or walk so it's a probably pretty good...
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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When my mother-in-law arrived on a Wednesday morning, the entire staff came out to greet her very warmly. Once she was situated, my MIL demanded her television. I soon brought it over, and Benny hooked up...
Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
A Board and Care Assisted Living facility in the Bay Area dedicated to providing quality care and comfort in a home-like environment for your loved ones.
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I like the facility. The people there seem caring.
Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Valle Verde Care Home IVThe Valle Verde Care Home IV residential care home is located in Alameda County in Pleasanton, CA. For most seniors, finding an area that has a small town feel to retire in is a top priority. The Pleasanton area is filled with excitement and things to do for seniors. There...
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My mother was a little nervous but as soon as we walked through the door at FLA Care Homes, she and I both felt that it was the right place. It immediately felt like home. I checked out a couple other...
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
FLA Care Homes is located in Milpitas, CA in Santa Clara County. This residential care home is situated in an area that provides great natural beauty and plenty to do and see. Those spending time in Milpitas enjoy heading to Big Dog Vineyards, Ed Levin County Park, and Spring Valley Golf Course....
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Provides: Residential Care Home
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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We chose Welcome Home Senior Residence because of the recommendation of A Place for Mom. We called them and had a visit set up when our granddaughter went for the visit she really liked it and thought it was...
Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Welcome Home Senior Residence is a corporation owned facilities.   Our goal is to provide upscale environment and professional service to the residents.  Our staffs are experienced in all levels of Dementia, etc.  We are licensed to provide care for dementia and Hospice...
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The Allstar Residence is very good and very nice. My loved one is still in transition but the people there are very nice and helping her. We chose here because of the cleanliness, there is a nice outdoor...
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Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Allstar Residence is a senior residential care home that is located in the suburban city of Dublin, CA and in Alameda County. Dublin is on the east bay region of the San Francisco Bay and offers much to do along the coast line. The group home setting itself is nearby many of the major freeways...
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Cost of care homes in San Mateo, CA

The average cost of senior living in San Mateo is $6,348 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include San Francisco, CA with an average of $3,448 per month.

Residential care home costs in San Mateo, CA, vs. state and national averages

San Mateo, CA
$6,348/mo
U.S. national average
$5,079/mo

Residential care home costs in San Mateo, CA, vs. other senior living options

$8,617/mo
Residential Care Home
$6,348/mo

Residential care home costs in San Mateo, CA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,323/mo
Private
$6,708/mo

Senior living costs in San Mateo vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: San Mateo, CA
Column state: California
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSan Mateo, CACaliforniaU.S.
Residential Care Home$6,348/mo$5,350/mo$5,079/mo
Assisted Living$7,650/mo$6,206/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$8,617/mo$7,329/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living$5,117/mo$4,174/mo$3,520/mo
Residential Care Home
San Mateo, CA:$6,348/mo
California:$5,350/mo
U.S.:$5,079/mo
Assisted Living
San Mateo, CA:$7,650/mo
California:$6,206/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
San Mateo, CA:$8,617/mo
California:$7,329/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Independent Living
San Mateo, CA:$5,117/mo
California:$4,174/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Residential care home costs in San Mateo, CA, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly residential care home costs have shifted over the past five years in San Mateo and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Residential care home cost trends in San Mateo, CA

The table below shows how monthly residential care home costs in San Mateo have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
San Mateo, CA$5,120/mo$4,984/mo+2.7%
California$4,771/mo$4,613/mo+3.4%
National$4,801/mo$4,687/mo+2.4%
San Mateo, CA
2024 average cost:$5,120/mo
2023 average cost:$4,984/mo
Percent change:+2.7%
California
2024 average cost:$4,771/mo
2023 average cost:$4,613/mo
Percent change:+3.4%
National
2024 average cost:$4,801/mo
2023 average cost:$4,687/mo
Percent change:+2.4%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about residential care home in San Mateo

Recent reviews for residential care home in San Mateo

Karo Mina Care Home in San Ramon, CA

5.0
Mom is still there and we are very happy.Has a very homey feel and is in a home. We didn't want a large place. They only can have about 5 in residence and they are normally women.

Palm Garden Home Care in Danville, CA

5.0
The owner and all caretakers are very efficient, caring and loving to all of their patients.

Goldencare 2 in Alameda, CA

5.0
I love Golden Care but having issue with A Place for Mom. Golden Care is great and I'm pleased, but I went on my own to the facility, not through A Place for Mom.
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