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The Ivy at Golden Gate

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Assisted Living / Memory Care San Francisco, California

Published Recommendation· Reviewed July 22, 2026Market-Rate
The Ivy at Golden Gate

About

The Ivy at Golden Gate is an assisted living and memory care community in San Francisco, housed in a designated historical landmark building on 19th Avenue in the Sunset district.

It offers assisted living alongside Evergreen at Ivy, the operator's specialist memory care program for residents living with dementia or Alzheimer's. Homes are studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.

The community is licensed by California as a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, license number 385601148, which you can look up through the California Department of Social Services. Checking that record yourself is worth ten minutes for any assisted living community you are seriously considering.

Pricing is not published. Ask what the base monthly fee covers and how care levels are assessed and charged on top of it.

Care levels & services

Memory CareAssisted Living

Pricing & availability

Pricing
Market-rate · Pricing is not published. Ask how care levels are assessed and charged above the base fee.
Availability
Contact directly · Contact the community for current availability. (as of August 6, 2026)Availability changes often. Contact the provider to confirm current openings.

LGBTQIA+ inclusion & documented evidence

  • Published RecommendationReviewed July 22, 2026

    Independently referenced or recommended in public LGBTQIA+-aging resources, directories or reporting.

    Cites an outside source; read the linked source.

    Source

Couples & chosen family

We don't yet have documented couples or chosen-family policy details for this organization. Ask them directly, and let us know what you learn.

Trans-inclusive practices

No trans-inclusive care documentation is on file yet. This does not indicate exclusion, ask the provider about their specific practices.

Staff training

No LGBTQIA+ aging staff-training credential is on file for this organization. That is not evidence of exclusion, so ask them directly what training their staff receive.

Work here? How to earn a credential.

Amenities & features

  • 24/7 staffing
  • Gardens and outdoor space
  • On-site dining
  • Medication management
  • Help with bathing, dressing and daily living
  • Private apartments
  • Organized social calendar
  • Dedicated memory-care unit

Location & service area

1601 19th Avenue
San Francisco, California

Serves San Francisco, CA

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Licensing & inspections

In California, residential care facilities for the elderly are licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division of the California Department of Social Services. Its public register is the place to confirm this provider holds a current licence and to read whatever inspection history the state publishes.

Residential care facility for the elderly is California's term for assisted living. Facility records include citations and the reports behind them.

Search the Community Care Facility register

We link the register rather than copying records out of it. State licensing data is published in a different shape in every state, updated on its own schedule, and a stale copy of a licence is worse than no copy.

Questions to ask

10 things worth asking before you decide, chosen because the public record does not answer them. A blank means nobody has published the answer, not that the answer is bad.

  • Can a same-sex couple share a room or an apartment, on the same terms as any other couple, at every level of care you offer?
  • Who counts as family for visiting, for medical updates and for decisions, if the person closest to me is not a relative or a spouse?
  • Do you have a written nondiscrimination policy that names sexual orientation and gender identity? Can I have a copy?
All 20 questions for The Ivy at Golden Gate, ready to print

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About this information: Evidence labels describe documented policies, credentials or public recommendations as of the reviewed date shown, they are not a guarantee of care quality, and a paid listing plan never influences them. Details can change; please confirm anything important directly with the provider.

Last updated August 6, 2026. Suggest a correction.

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