Serving Barstow, CA
Senior Care in Barstow, CA — six bedrooms, one mountain house.
A small licensed senior home about seventy-five minutes from Barstow — elevation, pines, and six residents instead of another desert facility.
- From Barstow
- ~65 miles
- Drive time
- about 1 hour 15 minutes
- License
- RCFE #365530560
Why Barstow families choose us
Six residents, one household — about 1 hour 15 minutes from home.
- Families moving a parent out of desert heat often choose altitude over another valley address.
- Six residents, private rooms, and a household that hosts rather than schedules.
- Visits worth staying for: dining hall, parlor, patios, and grounds.
Getting here from Barstow
The drive, and what is nearby.
Barstow families come down I-15 through Victorville, then Highway 138 and Highway 2 — the same route as a weekend in the mountains.
790 Highway 2, Wrightwood, CA 92397
Physicians & hospitals
Residents keep their own doctors.
Barstow Community Hospital serves the city; for specialists most families already travel to Victorville or Apple Valley, which this home sits nearer to.
See what care includesWhat is included
What a resident from Barstow gets every day.
- 01
Help with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and getting around
- 02
Medication assistance tracked in writing with the resident's own physician
- 03
Three home-cooked meals a day, adjusted for diabetic, low-salt and soft diets
- 04
Housekeeping, linens and personal laundry handled on site
- 05
Rides to doctors, labs, the pharmacy, the salon and church
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Steady routines and one-on-one attention for early memory loss
Wrightwood Castle is licensed by the California Department of Social Services as a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE #365530560) — the same license that covers assisted living communities and board and care homes across San Bernardino County. Families searching for assisted living, a board and care home, or a small RCFE near Barstow are looking at the same category of care; the difference here is six residents instead of sixty.
Licensing & terminology
Looking for an RCFE in Barstow? Here is what that means.
Licensed RCFE, not an unlicensed home
RCFE stands for Residential Care Facility for the Elderly — the license the California Department of Social Services issues to homes that provide non-medical care, supervision and personal assistance to adults 60 and over. Wrightwood Castle holds RCFE #365530560, and you can look that number up yourself on the state's public facility search before you ever come see us. If a home near Barstow cannot give you a license number, it is not a licensed RCFE.
How to verify an RCFE license →Assisted living, board and care — same license
Families in Barstow search for assisted living, board and care, senior care homes and RCFEs as if they were four different things. Under California law they all fall under the same RCFE license. The real difference is size: large assisted living communities run 60 to 200 apartments, while an assisted living board and care home like ours is licensed for six residents in an ordinary house.
Compare the level of care →A six-bed RCFE serving San Bernardino County
We are a small licensed RCFE in Wrightwood, about 1 hour 15 minutes from Barstow, with two caregivers on the floor for six residents. That ratio is why families across San Bernardino County choose a board and care home over a large community — the same regulated care, delivered by people who know your parent's name, routine and appetite.
See the six bedrooms →Whether you are comparing RCFEs in Barstow, touring assisted living board and care homes in San Bernardino County, or simply trying to find a licensed RCFE that will take a parent with early memory loss, the fastest way to judge a home is to stand in it. Call (909) 949-9700 and we will walk you through licensing, pricing and care levels on the phone before you make the drive.
Drive up before you decide.
We host one family at a time. Call (909) 949-9700 or write hello@366.care and we will set a weekday time that fits the drive from Barstow.