Blue Skies Ranch Board & Care sits in Tarzana, California, tucked away in the quiet Melody Acres community near the equestrian estates, and you'll find a small, newly built home from 2019 that's been carefully designed for older women, giving each resident a warm, home-like feeling and lots of personalized care since it only takes up to six residents at once. Women caring for women here look after folks with care needs that cover assisted living, memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia, rehabilitation, respite or short-term care, diabetes management, medication help including insulin, Parkinson's support, incontinence care, and can even arrange hospice care in partnership with outside agencies if needed. Eilene Krakover, the owner and a Registered Nurse, leads a staff that's there around the clock, and you'll always see either her, a caregiver, or a Certified Nursing Assistant in the home, focused on everyone's safety and wellbeing, ready to lend a hand with bathing, dressing, transfers, and making sure medicine gets taken at the right time.
This home is a single-story ranch with fully ADA-compliant features, wide hallways, roll-in showers with seats, safety bars, alarmed door exits for residents known to wander, vinyl flooring, smoke alarms, and a special fire door between sleeping and kitchen areas. The place feels cozy and lived-in, with private rooms and bathrooms-each one simple and pleasant, some looking out onto gardens or the patio, all with air conditioning, TV, high-speed internet, and extra touches like nice bedding. Folks can bring their own pet after they've been checked for compatibility, so sometimes there's a cat resting on someone's bed or a dog taking in the sun on the half-acre outdoor space.
The kitchen serves chef-prepared, home-cooked meals three times a day in a friendly dining room they call the Mason Jar Cafe, always with special diets in mind, and there's never a shortage of coffee, tea, or snacks laid out between meals. The home's known for big bowls of popcorn on movie nights in the game room, tea parties and cake for birthdays, walks on easy garden paths, and afternoons on the shaded patio. You'll often see folks out in the garden or watching birds, playing cards in the sunroom, working through a crossword, or helping bake a pie for dessert. Each resident gets a personal care plan, checked over by the Registered Nurse, which can be changed as needs change, and families get daily updates about how things are going.
Some families are looking for short-term stays, like after surgery, and Blue Skies Ranch does that, too, with respite care and move-in help, even arranging non-medical transportation if needed. Laundry, housekeeping, emergency alert systems, mail service, and concierge tasks are all done without residents needing to ask. The home is fully pet-friendly and open 24/7, in view of well-rated hospitals and shopping at the Topanga Mall, with a staff-to-resident ratio better than most places-during the day there's usually two staff for every four residents.
Blue Skies Ranch often feels less like a facility and more like someone's comfortable, well-kept house, with a focus on staying active and feeling part of a small, caring group. The home welcomes women aged 75 to 90 on average, and residents say the kind and gentle staff, the simple but elegant setting, and the feeling of safety make it a good place to be. The state licenses the home for six people, but most often it feels like a big, bright house shared among friends, filled with laughter, planned monthly get-togethers, and regular home-cooked meals. With private rooms and outdoor spaces to relax or visit with family, Blue Skies Ranch Board & Care is a steady, caring option for women needing a safe and welcoming place in their later years.
