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    $4,500/month

    Penny's Guest Home Billings

    1791 Billings Rd, Concord, CA, 94519
    5.0 · 3 reviews
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Compassionate attentive care spotless home

    I placed my mother here and am thrilled — the staff provides attentive, one-on-one 24‑hour compassionate care, with homemade meals and fresh fruit that restored her appetite and smile. The beautiful house is spotless and odor‑free, the common room is warm and social, and the staff are excellent; I highly recommend them.

    Pricing

    $4,500+/moSuiteAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

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

    Room

    • Housekeeping and linen services

    Common areas

    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    5.00 · 3 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      5.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • One-on-one personalized care
    • Above-and-beyond attention
    • Homemade meals
    • Fresh fruit available
    • Improved appetite and mood
    • Restored smile and vitality
    • Spotless rooms
    • Warm, inviting common room
    • Regular social interaction
    • Compassionate and excellent staff
    • 24-hour care availability
    • Beautiful house
    • Clean and well-maintained facility
    • No urine odor reported
    • Consistently attentive caregiving (e.g., never a dirty diaper)
    • Strong recommendations from reviewers

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: The review summaries for Penny's Guest Home Billings are uniformly positive, emphasizing high-quality, personalized caregiving and a clean, home-like environment. Multiple reviewers use strong praise—"amazing staff," "highly recommended," and similar phrases—indicating broad satisfaction. There are repeated, consistent mentions of both emotional and physical improvement among residents (regained appetite, smile restored, "light in her eyes"), suggesting that the care provided has noticeable, beneficial effects on residents' well-being.

    Care quality: The dominant theme across the summaries is individualized, attentive care. Phrases such as "one-on-one care," "above-and-beyond care," and "attentive care" recur, along with specific evidence of consistent hygiene practices ("never a dirty diaper") and the availability of round-the-clock assistance ("24hr care"). Reviewers explicitly highlight compassionate caregiving and staff excellence, implying that caregivers not only meet basic needs but also provide emotional support that contributes to residents' improved mood and appetite.

    Staff and management: Staff performance appears to be a major strength. Reviews repeatedly call out staff as "amazing," "attentive," and "compassionate," and there is an overall tone of trust and recommendation. While the summaries do not explicitly differentiate between front-line caregivers and administrative management, the consistent cleanliness, meal quality, and attentive care suggest competent oversight and coordination behind the scenes.

    Facilities and cleanliness: The physical environment receives strong positive mention. The property is described as a "beautiful house" with "spotless rooms," a "warm and inviting common room," and a "clean and well-maintained" overall presentation. Importantly, multiple reviewers note the absence of common eldercare facility odors ("no urine odor"), which reinforces perceptions of high cleanliness and good hygiene protocols.

    Dining and nutrition: Food quality is another frequently noted strength. Reviewers reference "homemade meals" and the availability of "fresh fruit," and they connect the dining experience to tangible resident benefits such as a "regained appetite." These comments suggest that meals are both appealing and nutritionally appropriate, contributing to residents' physical improvement and enjoyment.

    Activities and social life: While explicit descriptions of a formal activity program are limited in the summaries, there are multiple mentions of positive social interaction—"warm and inviting common room" and "social interaction"—which indicate residents have opportunities to engage with one another in communal spaces. The emotional improvements cited (smiles, restored vitality) also point to a socially supportive atmosphere.

    Notable patterns and information gaps: The reviews present a consistent and focused set of strengths—personalized care, exceptional staff, cleanliness, good meals, and a pleasant physical environment—with no negative comments provided in the supplied summaries. This unanimity is useful but also suggests limited perspective: the sample may reflect only satisfied families and may not address other topics families often consider, such as costs, clinical/medical capabilities for higher-acuity needs, staff turnover, licensing/inspections, the breadth of organized activities, or long-term health outcomes. Future reviewers or prospective families may want to seek additional information on those topics.

    Bottom line: Based on the provided summaries, Penny's Guest Home Billings appears to excel at delivering warm, personalized, and consistently clean assisted living care in a home-like setting. Staff performance, food quality, and resident well-being are repeatedly praised, and no specific negatives are mentioned in these summaries. Prospective families should view these comments as strong endorsements of day-to-day caregiving and environment, while also asking targeted follow-up questions about clinical services, costs, and program offerings to fill in any remaining information gaps.

    Location

    Map showing location of Penny's Guest Home Billings

    About Penny's Guest Home Billings

    Penny's Guest Home Billings sits at 1791 Billings Rd, Concord, California, as a small adult care home where no more than ten residents live together, and the place really feels like a house with a family-style setting, so it's calm, home-like, and never crowded or noisy, and folks there get 24-hour support, meaning trained caregivers are always around-helping with daily needs like bathing, dressing, medication, and meals, and people can count on cleanliness and comfort because staff clean regularly and care about their work. The home offers assisted living, memory care, respite care for short stays, and even hospice support for those who need it, along with options for seniors who want to keep their independence but need a little help. Meals are homemade three times a day, and if someone has diabetes or high blood pressure or needs a special diet, the staff will take care to serve the right food.

    Each room comes wheelchair accessible with showers, and the care team helps with personal needs and activities of daily living, like moving around and keeping healthy routines. The house has a cozy book room, spaces for group activities, a garden, a barber and parlor area, and even a spa and steam room, so residents can relax or socialize if they like. The community runs daily schedules with things like music plans, creative activities, board games, movie entertainment, and even pet therapy, so folks have plenty of ways to stay active or make friends. Penny's Guest Home arranges transportation for outings, doctor visits, errands, or even trips to faith-based gatherings.

    Health and safety come first, with staff managing medications and monitoring health around the clock, always working to protect residents' dignity and independence, which helps everyone feel respected and supported. The caregivers try to create a kinship-oriented community where people can form lasting bonds and help each other, and the atmosphere aims to keep folks energetic and engaged. The place is quiet and friendly, with outdoor areas to enjoy, group meals in shared spaces, and thoughtful help for each person's needs. Residents and families say the staff are joyful, kind, and helpful and take pride in keeping everyone clean, content, and well cared for-even when needs change or extra help is required.

    People often ask...

    State of California Inspection Reports

    8

    Inspections

    1

    Type A Citations

    2

    Type B Citations

    6

    Years of reports

    27 Mar 2025
    Found an unannounced visit with most areas clean, well-maintained, and stocked. Identified a deficiency because the fire extinguisher had not been serviced in the last year.
    22 Feb 2024
    Found no deficiencies during the visit. Reviewed six residents' records and three staff records, with all three staff fingerprint-cleared and associated with the site.
    22 Feb 2024
    Inspected facility found to be in compliance with regulations, no deficiencies cited.
    • § 9058
    • § 87202(a)
    23 Feb 2023
    Found an unannounced inspection showed rooms, food supplies, safety equipment, and outdoor areas properly maintained for residents. A deficiency was noted in the official records.
    23 Feb 2023
    Identified no deficiencies during the visit and provided a copy of the report.
    01 Apr 2022
    Found infection-control measures in place at the site, including PPE use and entry screening with adequate supplies; at 2:40 pm identified a deficiency where a gate beside the garage scraped the ground and would not open.
    01 Apr 2022
    Confirmed deficiency in gate maintenance during inspection conducted by Licensing Program Analysts.
    10 Oct 2019
    Confirmed no violations found during inspection on 10/10/19.
    • § 87303(a)

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