GARDENS OF SCOTTSDALE, THE

The Gardens of Scottsdale is a licensed assisted living center on East Thomas Road in Scottsdale, Arizona, operated by Stellar Senior Living. State licensing records from the Arizona Department of Health Services list a capacity of 86 residents and approval to provide directed care, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living service levels, which allows the community to serve residents who are unable to direct their own care, including many people living with dementia.

The Gardens of Scottsdale is an assisted living and memory care community on East Thomas Road in south Scottsdale, part of the neighborhood since 1986, with views of Camelback and Papago Mountains. It is an all-studio community managed by Stellar Senior Living, sized between a small group home and a large campus. The studios have step-in showers, and the community provides light housekeeping, same-day maintenance responses, and month-to-month contracts.

Pricing includes two or three meals a day. The dining room serves a featured entree plus an always-available menu, a bistro offers snacks during the week, and family nights have themed menus and entertainment. U.S. News and World Report named it Best Assisted Living and Best Memory Care in its 2026 ratings. In Arizona, assisted living centers serve eleven or more residents and are licensed by the Department of Health Services at one of three service levels.

Supervisory care covers general supervision and help in an emergency, personal care adds hands-on help with activities such as bathing, dressing, and medications, and directed care is for residents who can no longer recognize danger or direct their own care. Knowing a community's level helps families judge whether it can keep meeting a loved one's needs over time. Offering assisted living and memory care in the same community means a resident whose memory changes over time may be able to move to the memory care setting without changing communities.

It helps to ask how that transition is decided and who is involved. Arizona rules require an assisted living facility to prepare a written service plan for each resident that describes the care and services to be provided, and to review and update it as needs change. Families can ask to take part in that review and to learn who to call when something in the plan no longer fits. Families can look up a community's license and inspection history on the state's AZ Care Check website before a visit, and reading recent inspection reports can show how a community has responded to any past findings.

The Scottsdale address keeps the community within reach of the area's hospitals, shopping, and services. When visiting The Gardens of Scottsdale, it helps to ask who completes the move-in assessment, how often care plans are updated, how many caregivers are on duty overnight, and how the team communicates with families. Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families, and a local advisor can help you weigh The Gardens of Scottsdale against other options around Scottsdale and plan the questions to bring on a visit.