Logo for Citrus Grove, featuring a stylized orange fruit with leaves, and text 'Citrus Grove,' 'Established 2014,' and 'Assisted Living.'
Logo for Citrus Grove, featuring a stylized orange fruit with leaves, and text 'Citrus Grove,' 'Established 2014,' and 'Assisted Living.'

He kept asking to come home.

So we built him one.

A single-story house with a red tile roof and a beige exterior is surrounded by a green lawn, bushes, and small trees. Tall palm trees are visible behind the house, and a blue sky with some wispy clouds is overhead.

A licensed nine-bed assisted living home in east Mesa, Arizona.

Life at Citrus Grove

A dining room with a long dark wood table surrounded by ornate upholstered chairs. There is a wooden side table with a wicker basket and a tall grandfather clock in the corner. The wall features a large black-framed mirror, small framed pictures, and bulletin boards. A window with white shutters and a chandelier hangs from the ceiling, illuminating the room.

The table

Meals are cooked here and eaten together, at one long table. Not trays, not shifts — a meal, at a reasonable hour, with the people you live with.

Kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel refrigerator, microwave, oven, granite countertops, tiled floor, and decorative plants.

The kitchen

Food is made in our own kitchen, adjusted for what people can and can’t eat. If someone wants eggs at 9 instead of 8, that’s not a problem to solve. It’s just breakfast.

Two beds with black metal frames in a bedroom, each with white bedding and decorative pillows. A wooden nightstand with a lamp sits between the beds, with a window with white blinds behind it. There are two framed landscape pictures on the wall beside the window, and a flat-screen TV is mounted on the wall to the left.

The rooms

Private and shared rooms, furnished but yours to make your own. Residents bring their own things — a chair, photographs, a quilt — because a room you recognize is a room you sleep in.

Our Story

When my mom passed, my dad was on his own, and the calls started scaring me. He fell. He called 911 because there was nobody there to help him up. We tried a few places and none of them ever felt like home to him — and through all of it he kept asking for the same thing. He wanted to come home.

We couldn’t care for him ourselves, not safely. So we built the thing he was actually asking for: his own room, his own life, and real care from people who can do what we couldn’t alone.

My dad was our first resident. Every stage of life is sweet — even this one.

Carrie Bentz, Founder

Living room with beige walls and wooden flooring. Contains a large brown leather sofa with white and beige cushions, a wooden coffee table with a decorative tray and flowers, a tufted beige armchair with a colorful blanket, two windows with white blinds, wall art, a mirror above the sofa, a ceiling fan, and a side table with a potted plant.

Living Here

Private Room Private Room
Private Room
$5,500.00

Your own room, your own door. Furnished or bring your own. Includes all meals, personal care, medication management, and 24-hour supervision.

Shared Room Shared Room
Shared Room
$3,500.00

A shared room with a housemate, same care and same meals. For many people the company is the better part of the arrangement.

Meals & Daily Care Meals & Daily Care
Meals & Daily Care
$325.00

Three meals a day cooked here, help with bathing, dressing and medications, laundry, housekeeping, and coordination with doctors and families.

Respite & Short Stays
Respite & Short Stays
$289.00

Short-term stays when a family caregiver needs surgery, a break, or a trip. Same room, same care, by the week.

$1,500 community fee. $500 deposit, which can be applied to rent. Every resident is assessed before move-in and rates reflect the level of care needed — call and we’ll give you a real number.

A hallway corner with framed certificates and artwork on the wall, a small wooden table with a bowl of candies, and a door with an illuminated glass panel and an exit sign above.
A bathroom with a double sink vanity, large mirror, framed art, and a shower area with gray tiles, a sliding shower curtain rod, and a small wooden shelving unit.

For Professionals

License ADHS #ALH20340

Capacity 9 beds

Care levels Supervisory and Personal Care

Not accepted Memory care, behavioral health placements

Payer types Private pay. ALTCS certification in process — call to discuss timing.

Availability Private and shared rooms available now

Contact Carrie Bentz · 480-421-8881

Come See the House

The fastest way to know if Citrus Grove is right for your person is to walk through it. Call Carrie at 480-421-8828, or send a note and she’ll call you back.

Who Cares for Your Person

Carrie Bentz, Founder
Carrie runs Citrus Grove day to day admissions, care plans, and the standard the house is held to. She built it for her own father, who lives here.

Kristine Campbell, Live-In Caregiver
Kristine lives at Citrus Grove. She is in the house overnight, every night, which is the difference between a care home and a call center.

Licensing & compliance: Licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services, ALH20340. All caregivers carry Arizona Fingerprint Clearance, Caregiver Certification, CPR and First Aid, Food Handler cards, and current TB screening.

A woven basket holding packets of citrus grove themed items on a white countertop in a home interior.
Close-up of a smiling woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing pearl earrings, a silver necklace, and a white top.
A woman sitting on a beige couch in a modern living room, smiling at a standing man who is talking to her. The room features a coffee table with books, a wall with framed pictures, a large mirror, and various pieces of art and decorative objects.
A dining room with a table filled with a large platter of assorted fruit and snacks, a bouquet of flowers, candles, and a tiered glass serving dish, with framed artworks on the walls, and a living area in the background with couches, windows, and ceiling fans.