Nursing Home in Desert Hot Springs, California
We're still building out our nursing homes directory for Desert Hot Springs, CA. The median estimated cost is $12,004/mo. That's roughly in line with the California state median. Browse nearby cities or the California page while we finish adding local providers.
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Median monthly price, Desert Hot Springs
$12,004/mo
● Desert Hot Springs $12,004 ○ National median $10,205
Three steps
1. Call the county aging agency
Free: (951) 867-3800 (Riverside County Office on Aging)
2. Shortlist 3 options
3. Tour with the checklist
What senior care costs in Desert Hot Springs
Desert Hot Springs figures as of 2025. Method and sources below.
Median costs for nursing homes in Desert Hot Springs versus California and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes.
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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.
What home care really costs by the hour
The $7,525 monthly figure assumes 44 hours of care a week. The survey standard. At Desert Hot Springs's implied rate of about $39 an hour:
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Ways families typically pay
- Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
- Long-term care insurance
- VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
- Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state
Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.
Nearby: Garnet $12,004 · Desert Edge $12,004 · Morongo Valley $12,004 · Whitewater $12,004 · Cathedral City $12,004
What can you afford?
Every family starts with a number. Here's what different monthly budgets realistically cover in Desert Hot Springs, grounded in local medians on this page.
Part-time home care or entry assisted living
Assisted living with room to spare
Nursing care or heavy home-care schedules
Every licensed nursing home
A note on counting: we show 0 licensed nursing homes listed for Desert Hot Springs proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
We don't have licensed nursing homes listed for Desert Hot Springs, CA yet.
We're adding providers on a rolling basis from CMS and state licensing data. Check back soon, or browse nearby cities below.
In the last 365 days: 16 newly licensed · 2 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Desert Hot Springs has an estimated population of 33,200. About 4,303 residents (13%) are age 65 or older. Desert Hot Springs is located in Riverside County, California. The median household income is $52,761. Estimated median cost in Desert Hot Springs is $12,004 per month, compared with $12,167 per month statewide in California.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Riverside County Office on Aging(951) 867-3800rcaging.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
State aging agency - Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)1-800-434-0222aging.ca.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - California Aging & Disability Resource Connection1-800-510-2020aging.ca.gov
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Area 21- LTC Ombudsman Program - Riverside1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
Riverside
State LTC Ombudsman - Sy Kaplan VA Clinicva.gov
Multi-Specialty Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Palm Desert.
VA open data - Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS)Official program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
Are nursing homes in Desert Hot Springs more expensive than the rest of California?
Desert Hot Springs's median nursing home cost is about 1% lower than the California state median.
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, nursing homes in Desert Hot Springs, CA cost $12,004/month (median).
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Nursing Homes in Desert Hot Springs, CA. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/nursing-homes/california/desert-hot-springs/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Nursing Homes in Desert Hot Springs, CA." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/nursing-homes/california/desert-hot-springs/.
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