Tarzana is a small community in the suburbs of Santa Clarita, CA, part of the larger Los Angeles metro area. Santa Clarita is home to 211,000 people, 11 percent of whom are seniors age 65 and over, many of which have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease or another form of dementia.
The area in and around Tarzana has 31 memory care facilities for seniors, many of them associated with assisted living communities in the same network. All residential adult care facilities in California must be licensed through the California Department of Social Services Adult Care Licensing Program, which inspects and reports on conditions at memory care facilities statewide.