Pricing ranges from
    $2,900 – 3,200/month

    Evergreen Senior Care Inc

    528 Howard St, Alhambra, CA, 91801
    4.3 · 15 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    4.0

    Caring staff but declining services

    I placed my mom here and I'm grateful for the compassionate, hardworking staff - kind, Spanish-speaking caregivers, good communication (Eva sends updates), round-the-clock help, neat grooming, and fresh meals with fruits/veggies served 3× daily plus snacks. The facility is clean, convenient and affordable, offers PT/gentle aerobics and walks, and residents are generally well cared for. That said, after a recent ownership change care and hours dipped, staff feel stretched, activities are limited (we wanted more arts & crafts/puzzles), the building is a bit worn and dark, and Wi-Fi/live-streaming would help family contact. Overall I'd recommend for caring staff and good basic care, but be aware of recent declines and limited social programming.

    Pricing

    $2,900+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $3,200+/moSuiteAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Hospice waiver
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Dementia waiver
    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    4.27 · 15 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      3.9
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, caring staff
    • Round-the-clock caregiving and attentive personal care
    • Home-like, neighborhood setting
    • Fresh fruits and vegetables served
    • Meals served three times daily with light snacks twice daily
    • Homemade and generally appealing meals
    • Physical therapy, gentle aerobics, and neighborhood walks
    • Friendly, helpful, and receptive staff (specific staff praised, e.g., Eva)
    • Clean facility and well-groomed residents
    • Affordable pricing / perceived good value by many reviewers
    • Dementia care and high level of personal care noted
    • Staff willing to communicate regularly and send updates/videos
    • Spanish-speaking staff available
    • Assistance with medications and incontinence supplies (meds and diapers)
    • Safe environment with CDC safety practices observed
    • Holiday entertainment and occasional activities
    • Nice patio/outdoor space
    • Residents appear engaged with staff

    Cons

    • Staffing stretched / one caregiver for many residents reported
    • Perceived decline in quality of care after ownership change
    • Staff hours cut under new ownership
    • Rent increased after ownership change; some feel not worth cost
    • Limited common spaces beyond dining area
    • Facility described as worn, dark, or unattractive in places
    • Promised garden/amenities in brochure reportedly not present
    • Limited or inconsistent availability of private rooms (mixed reports)
    • Insufficient or limited activities; desire for more engaging programs
    • Meals sometimes unsatisfactory or limited in choice for some residents
    • Requests for WiFi / live streaming and video-call capability unmet
    • Visitation limitations and unclear visitor policy
    • Inconsistent or mixed reports about management and care quality

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the review summaries is mixed-to-positive, with strong, recurring praise for the caregiving staff and basic services but recurring operational and amenity concerns that prospective families should probe further. Many reviewers emphasize that caregivers are kind, hardworking, and attentive — several comments describe compassionate round-the-clock care, high levels of personal attention (including help with medications, diapers, grooming), and staff members who communicate regularly and send updates or videos. The home-like neighborhood setting, cleanliness, safety practices (CDC guidance observed by some), availability of Spanish-speaking staff, and a small-community feel are frequently cited as strengths. Cost is often described as affordable or good value by multiple reviewers, and reviewers noted that residents appear happier and more energetic under the care provided.

    Dining and basic programming get generally favorable but mixed remarks. Multiple reviewers appreciate homemade meals, fresh fruits and vegetables, three meals per day plus light snacks, and occasional holiday entertainment. However, some reviewers found certain menu choices unsatisfactory and rated meals lower in those instances. Basic therapeutic and wellness offerings such as physical therapy, gentle aerobics, and neighborhood walks are in place and appreciated. Still, a prominent and repeated criticism is the relative lack of stimulating or varied activities — reviewers requested more arts and crafts, puzzles, and structured engagement opportunities. There are also repeated requests for better technological amenities (WiFi, live-streaming of common areas to facilitate video calls with families) to improve connectivity and family interaction.

    Facility and amenity-related themes are mixed and deserve careful attention. Several reviewers describe the facility as very clean with an appealing patio and adequate grooming of residents; others call attention to worn, dark, or unattractive areas and note a lack of common spaces beyond the dining room. A brochure-promised garden was reportedly not present for at least one reviewer. Private-room availability appears inconsistent between reports: some reviewers explicitly praise private rooms and dementia care options, while at least one review states there are no private rooms. These inconsistencies suggest availability and accommodations may vary over time or between units and should be confirmed directly.

    Management and operational concerns are a significant pattern. Multiple reviewers report a decline in care quality after an ownership change: hours for staff were reportedly cut, rent increased, and overall staffing levels felt inadequate to some families. Conversely, other reviewers stated that management is helpful, communicates well, and that care improved or is adequate — indicating variability in experiences that may reflect changes over time or differences among staff shifts. Visitation limitations were mentioned, and a few reviewers said they could not fully rate certain service categories, implying incomplete experience or limited transparency in some cases.

    In summary, Evergreen Senior Care Inc appears to offer a caring, home-like environment with committed staff, clean facilities, therapeutic offerings, and generally good meals — all at a price many find reasonable. The most important concerns to verify in person are staffing ratios and current staff hours, the impact of recent ownership changes on care and costs, the availability of private rooms and promised amenities (garden/common spaces), and the current activity schedule and WiFi/visitor policies. Prospective families should meet with management, ask for current staffing levels and activity calendars, confirm room types and amenities, and request references or recent updates to ensure the experience matches the positive reviews while addressing the recurring operational concerns.

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    About Evergreen Senior Care Inc

    Evergreen Senior Care Inc sits at 528 Howard Street in Alhambra, CA, and for over ten years, folks there have gotten personal care in a clean and home-like setting that's not too big or too small, and the house stays spotless with no odors, which helps everyone feel comfortable, and they really focus on fresh, hot meals served daily-caregivers and residents alike enjoy the food, and the staff are known by many as highly caring people who get valued like family treasures. The place runs as a nursing home, an independent living option, board and care home, and a memory care facility, so the services cover everything from simple help with daily routines, like bathing or dressing and handling medication, to specialized dementia and diabetic care, and they can help manage incontinence, with 24-hour supervision and assistance always available for residents. The licensed community supports up to 14 residents, and they welcome female residents, so men aren't admitted, and each resident gets a furnished room with telephone access-rooms come in semi-private, private, and studio options, and pricing is published and easy to understand, plus there's parking for residents and wheelchair-accessible rooms and showers everywhere. Activities keep days lively with scheduled events, movie nights, devotional services, and both indoor and outdoor areas like community rooms, gardens, and walking paths for getting around, and pets are allowed following the house's pet policies. There are strict no-smoking rules inside all private and public areas, and when it comes to health, nurses stay on staff and a doctor's always on call, along with help from services like podiatry, physical, occupational, and speech therapies, as well as dental care, hospice, and respite stays. They offer meal options that cover special dietary needs such as allergies or diabetes, and caregivers speak English, so communication stays clear, and the environment stays peaceful and safe with an emergency alert system and on-site beauty and barber services for a bit of comfort. Evergreen Senior Care Inc gives guidance and support for families with Family Advisors and a Senior Living Counselor who answers questions and helps explain choices, and the community maintains a verified 4.5-star review from a dozen reviews, and holds a Seniorly score of 5.5 for its full set of services, cleanliness, and consistent care.

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    State of California Inspection Reports

    19

    Inspections

    2

    Type A Citations

    3

    Type B Citations

    4

    Years of reports

    23 Sept 2024
    Found insufficient evidence to prove the allegation that meals did not follow the posted menu. Found insufficient evidence to prove the allegation that staff coerced residents into hospice services.
    23 Sept 2024
    Reviewed allegations of menu discrepancies and coercion of residents for hospice care. Not enough evidence to substantiate claims.
    17 Sept 2024
    Found that despite some staff burden, there was no evidence residents were not changed timely, not fed promptly, or medications not administered, and food supplies were sufficient; meals and care observed during visits supported adequate care.
    17 Sept 2024
    Investigated allegations of untimely resident care, meal service delays, improper medication administration, and insufficient food supply; found no preponderance of evidence to support the claims after interviewing staff and residents, and observing operations.
    30 Aug 2024
    Found dinner matched the posted menu, with insufficient evidence to confirm the allegation that meals did not follow it. Investigated the hospice-coercion allegation and found insufficient evidence to confirm it.
    30 Aug 2024
    Found that the licensee sold the operation in 2021 and is no longer involved in day-to-day duties, now handled by an unlicensed operator. Relinquishment of the license followed the licensee's admission.
    • § 87112(a)(a)
    30 Aug 2024
    Reviewed allegations regarding non-compliance with the posted menu and staff coercing residents into hospice care; insufficient evidence found to support these claims.
    20 Aug 2024
    Found that a resident’s unwitnessed fall on 08/09/2024 resulted in an injury, and family did not receive notification or proper documentation of the incident. An incident form was submitted using another staff member’s name without authorization, and the administrator in place did not have the proper authority to act.
    20 Aug 2024
    Confirmed that staff did not follow reporting requirements for a resident fall and injury incident.
    • § 87211(a)(1)
    07 Jun 2024
    Found no deficiencies identified during the visit; staff demonstrated proper infection control and resident records were in order. Technical advisories were issued.
    07 Jun 2024
    Confirmed no deficiencies during annual inspection.
    20 Jun 2023
    Identified compliance during an unannounced site visit; infection control, safety, staffing, medication handling, resident records, and disaster preparedness were in order, and no deficiencies were issued.
    20 Jun 2023
    Confirmed no deficiencies found during inspection.
    20 Jun 2022
    Found no deficiencies after the annual infection-control review at the home. Observed 9 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, adequate PPE, locked cleaning supplies, medications on MAR per orders, operable CO detectors, hot water at 105-120F, staff wearing masks, and a fire alarm last inspected on 1/28/22; provided guidance on N95 fit testing.
    20 Jun 2022
    Conducted an annual visit, found no deficiencies, and provided technical assistance on N95 respirator fit testing.
    26 Oct 2021
    Identified several deficiencies, including an outdated medical assessment for a resident with dementia, a ran-out Galantamine prescription without a refill, and no physician's order for daily Vitamin B-12. Also noted hot water at 115.3 degrees Fahrenheit and storage spaces located in the garage.
    26 Oct 2021
    Identified deficiencies in infection control practices, medication management, and medical assessments during the annual visit.
    • § 87465(a)(6)
    • § 87705(c)(5)
    • § 87465(c)(2)
    06 Jul 2021
    Identified a Teams discussion on 7/6/21 about a possible ownership change, after the licensee announced a sale on 6/24/21. Noted that items to be approved before closure include a closure plan, eviction notice, and buyer application, with the licensee remaining responsible and in compliance through the transition, and the closure plan and eviction notice planned for submission by 7/15/21; an exit interview was conducted.
    06 Jul 2021
    Reviewed possible change of ownership for compliance with regulations and provided required materials to licensee, who agreed to submit necessary documents by specified deadline.

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