Fair Oaks, CA Assisted Living: Waiver Listings and Changes
Fair Oaks license records, the waiver listings under this city name and how the supply has changed. Larger homes are listed under nearby cities.
Published 2026-10-02 · Updated 2026-10-03
License records
The state file is a snapshot from October 3, 2026. These are license records, not open beds or current availability.
City names are mailing cities from the state file; a home can carry a city's mailing address without being inside its city limits.
| Recorded county | License records | Licensed capacity | Small (1–6 beds) | Mid (7–15 beds) | Large (16+ beds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento County | 55 | 533 | 51 | 2 | 2 |
Sizes of the licensed homes
| Size | License records |
|---|---|
| Small (1–6 beds) | 51 |
| Mid (7–15 beds) | 2 |
| Large (16+ beds) | 2 |
| Licensed capacity | License records |
|---|---|
| 1–4 beds | 1 |
| 5–6 beds | 50 |
| 7–15 beds | 2 |
| 16–49 beds | 0 |
| 50–99 beds | 1 |
| 100+ beds | 1 |
50 records are for homes licensed for exactly 6 beds. In Sacramento County the share is 83%. That is a larger share of this city's records than the county's.
How the supply has changed
Over the five years ending October 3, 2026, about as many homes were first licensed as closed for real. We call that flat.
| First licensed | Licenses still open |
|---|---|
| Before 2010 | 7 |
| 2010 to May 25, 2020 | 15 |
| May 26, 2020 to May 25, 2022 | 4 |
| May 26, 2022 to May 25, 2024 | 4 |
| May 26, 2024 to May 25, 2025 | 3 |
| May 26, 2025 to October 3, 2026 | 4 |
18 records took over the address of an earlier closed license.
| Closed | How we know | Real closures | Changed owners | Moved within the city | All closures | Of these, inferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2020 to May 25, 2022 | Inferred | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| May 26, 2022 to May 25, 2024 | Inferred | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| May 26, 2024 to May 25, 2025 | Inferred | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| May 26, 2025 to October 3, 2026 (licenses open on May 25, 2025 only) | Observed | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
A real closure is a license that ended without a change of owner, a move or an application. Closures with no recorded reason are inferred; the table shows how many in each period. Each period is counted once, and no window is added up across periods.
The first table counts only the licenses that are still open on the date of the current file. The comparison above also counts the homes that opened during those five years and closed later.
Closures after May 25, 2025 cover only the licenses that were open on that date. A license that opened and then closed after that date is missing from the comparison and the closure table.
Assisted Living Waiver
Sacramento County is an ALW county (DHCS, as of September 23, 2026).
4 listings under this city name in the DHCS facility list downloaded October 1, 2026. This is a count of listings, not a count of licensed participants.
The county list holds 81 listings in all.
Where to look next door
For Large (16+ beds) homes, look under Carmichael, Citrus Heights and Orangevale.
| City | License records | Small (1–6 beds) | Mid (7–15 beds) | Large (16+ beds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmichael | 85 | 77 | 0 | 8 |
| Citrus Heights | 80 | 73 | 1 | 6 |
| Orangevale | 50 | 42 | 1 | 7 |
| Rancho Cordova | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Gold River | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The short answer
The state file of October 3, 2026 lists 55 Fair Oaks license records under Sacramento County. The DHCS waiver list has 4 listings under the city name.
The supply of licensed homes is flat. About as many homes were first licensed as closed for real over five years.
Which Fair Oaks this is
This page is about Fair Oaks, California, in Sacramento County. The records here use Fair Oaks as the mailing city.
Where larger homes are listed
The state file shows 2 large records under Fair Oaks. Carmichael has 8 large records.
Use the counts to decide where to look. They are not a sign of what is open today.
Check a license yourself
You can look up the current license status of any home with the state. Use the CDSS Community Care Licensing facility search.
If a record is hard to read, our guide to reading a California care home license explains each field.
When we can help
We help families find licensed residential care homes in Sacramento and Placer counties. We cannot promise a bed, a price or a placement.
If you want help narrowing the list, tell us what your family needs. Nothing here is medical, legal or benefits advice for your own situation.
Keep reading
Licensed care homes in Sacramento and Placer counties shows the county tables for every city.
How to pay for assisted living in California covers costs and the programs that can help.
Sources
- Community Care Licensing Care Facility Search transparency API — Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (crawled snapshot) (retrieved 2026-10-03)
- California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Facilities state file of May 25, 2025 (closure history)
- California Department of Social Services, Care Facility Search: status of the licenses open on May 25, 2025 and missing from the current file (retrieved 2026-10-03)
- California Department of Health Care Services, Assisted Living Waiver (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- California Department of Health Care Services, Assisted Living Waiver facility list (retrieved 2026-10-01)