SAGE HOUSE - 35TH

Sage House 35th Street is a licensed assisted living home on North 35th Street in Phoenix, Arizona, operated by Sage House Senior Care. State licensing records from the Arizona Department of Health Services list a capacity of 10 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.

Sage House 35th Street is an upscale residential care home on North 35th Street in north Phoenix, one of the small homes run by Sage House Senior Care in the Phoenix area. The home was renovated in 2022 and has all private rooms, with private or shared bathrooms available. Sage House partners with Genoa Healthcare and its sister company, Sage Medical, for in-house medical care and medication management, and residents have a health assessment with a nurse practitioner every two weeks.

The homes use electronic records and technology tools for medication and pharmacy needs, plus the SynkWise health tracker. Staff are awake 24 hours a day, and residents enjoy home-cooked meals from a weekly menu, regular activities, birthday and holiday celebrations, free Wi-Fi, and cable TV. Each house has a spacious living room, kitchen, and dining room, along with expansive outdoor patios. In Arizona, assisted living homes are residential settings that serve ten or fewer residents, and they are licensed by the Department of Health Services at the same three service levels as larger centers.

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. A small home usually means a shared living room and dining table, fewer residents per caregiver, and a quieter daily routine than a large community.

Assisted living suits people who want help with daily routines such as medications, bathing, and dressing while living in a house-like setting and as much independence as possible. Someone who needs daily skilled nursing or intensive rehabilitation may be better served by a skilled nursing facility. 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 Phoenix address keeps the community within reach of the area's hospitals, shopping, and services.

Good questions for a visit to Sage House 35th Street include how care needs are assessed before move-in, how medication help is handled, what overnight staffing looks like, and how often families hear from the care team. For day-to-day life and appointments, it helps to know what is close by. Measured in straight-line distance from the address using OpenStreetMap data, the nearest hospital is Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, about 2.5 miles away; the nearest urgent care clinic is Urgent Care Extra, about 2.5 miles away; the nearest pharmacy is CVS Pharmacy, under a mile away; the nearest grocery store is Fry's Food and Drug, under a mile away; the nearest park is Indian Bend Wash Park, a few blocks away; the nearest senior center is Shadow Mountain Senior Center, a few blocks away; the nearest public library is Mesquite Library, about 1.5 miles away.

Actual driving distance will be somewhat longer depending on the route. Comparing communities takes time. Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families; if it would help to talk through Sage House 35th Street alongside other choices in Phoenix, reach out whenever it suits you.