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Key information
Drake Terrace is a 130-resident assisted living community in San Rafael. It has been licensed since December 2001.
It also offers independent living and memory care. The nearest hospital, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, which has an emergency room, is 0.7 miles away.
Inspectors have visited 10 times since November 2023, most recently on May 8, 2026. State licensing inspectors (CCLD) cited 4 citations in that time (3 Type A and 1 Type B). Regulators looked into 3 complaints in that time (3 unsubstantiated).
Rating and inspection report
Official rating
Care & pricing
Care available
- Licensed capacity
- 130 beds
- State license
- CA 216801028 · Active
Pricing
- Assisted Living starting price: $5,725 per monthAssisted living
- Price range: $5,725–$8,000 per monthAll care types
- Independent Living starting price: $7,170 per monthIndependent living
- Memory Care - Studio: $6,999 per monthMemory care
- Memory Care starting price: $8,000 per monthMemory care
Payment types accepted
Room type
- Al aAssisted living · 600 sq ft
- Al a1Assisted living · 650 sq ft
- Al abAssisted living · 600 sq ft
- Al bAssisted living · 525 sq ft
- Al cAssisted living · 750 sq ft
- Al dAssisted living · 900 sq ft
- Al eAssisted living · 475 sq ft
- Al fAssisted living · 775 sq ft
- Al g1Assisted living · 275 sq ft
- Al g3Assisted living · 325 sq ft
- Il aIndependent living · 600 sq ft
- Il bIndependent living · 525 sq ft
- Mc g1Memory care · 275 sq ft
- Mc g3Memory care · 325 sq ft
- Studio325 sq ft
- One bedroom600 sq ft
- Two bedroom900 sq ft
- Studio300 sq ft
- Two bedroom825 sq ft
- StudioMemory care$6,999 per month
- One bedroom apartment
- Studio
- Two bedroom apartment
Daily life
Details
Facilities
- Air Conditioned
- Arts and Crafts Center
- Barber Shop
- Beauty Salon
- Cable or Satellite TV
- Central Fireplace
- Fitness Center
- Ground Floor Units
- Handicap Accessible
- Indoor Common Areas
- Kitchenette
- Library
- Meeting Room
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Outside Patio
- Piano or Organ
- Private Bath
- Private patio, deck, or balcony
- Raised Garden Beds
- Respite or Short Term Stays Offered
- TV Lounge
- Wheelchair Accessible Showers
- Wi-Fi/
high-speed internet - State-licensed residential care facility for the elderly (California CDSS)
Activities
- Activities Off-site
- Activities On-site
- Art Classes
- BBQs or Picnics
- Birthday Parties
- Book Club
- Brain fitness /
Dakim - Bridge Club
- Cards /
Pinochle Club - Choir /
Singing Club - Christian Services
- Community Service Organizations
- Cooking Classes
- Day Trips and Outings
- Educational Speakers /
Life Long Learning - Gardening Club
- Happy Hour
- Holiday Parties
- Intergenerational Programs
- Jewish Services
- Karaoke
- Live Musical Performances
- Live Well Programs
- Men's Club
- Planned activities
- Quilting or Sewing Club
- Resident Band or Musicians
- Stretching Classes
- Tai Chi
- Trivia Games
- Visiting Chaplain or Priest
- Visiting Rabbi
- Walking Club
- Wii Bowling
- Wine Tasting
- Yoga /
Chair Yoga
Services
- Bathing assistance
- Beautician
- Bed-bound residents
- Dementia /
memory care - Dressing assistance
- Grocery Shopping and Errands
- Help arranging medical and dental appointments
- Housekeeping
- Incontinence care
- Laundry Service /
Drycleaning - Medication management and reminders
- Non-Ambulatory Care
- Outside hospice allowed
- Respite (short) stays
- Staffing & Ancillary Services
- Wheelchair users accepted
Dining
- Anytime Dining
- Café or Bistro
- Gluten-free
- Guest Meals
- International Cuisine
- Low /
No Sodium - Meals Provided
- No Sugar
- Private Dining Room
- Professional Chef
- Restaurant Style Dining
- Room Service
- Special Dining Programs
- Three meals a day and snacks, including diets a physician prescribes
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Transportation
- Complimentary Transportation
- Property Convenient to Public Transit
- Resident Parking Available
- Transportation at Cost
- Uncovered Parking
Policies
- Accepts private pay
- Cats Allowed
- Dogs Allowed
- Offers Respite Care
- Pets
Languages spoken on site
- English
- Spanish
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Reviews and listings
What families and listing sites say.
Ratings on other sites
- 4.3/5
- 4.8/5
Reviews
- Google5/5
This hidden gem tucked away in Terra Linda is a lovely home for our mom. The community of staff is friendly, responsive, and engaging. The apartments, in particular the independent living in the Garden Building, are very homey with patios/balconies, modern kitchenettes, and comfortable living. There is a wide variety of daily activities and outings make living at DT a sweet community. My favorite thing is to visit the resident kept garden which was completing neglected 3 years ago. Today it is a thriving garden and a source of great pride for those residents who tend to it. It is refreshing to see change enacted when residents express an interest in making their own surroundings more pleasant.
Read full reviewOct 19, 2026
- Google5/5
I’ve been a resident of Drake Terrace for almost six years. I came from the east bay and spent one year in the care building and almost five years in independent living. I’m very glad to have found this place and have made many wonderful friends here, and the staff is kind and helpful when I need.
Read full reviewOct 12, 2026
- Google5/5
My mom has been a resident in the assisted living facility at Drake since October. She moved from Florida to San Rafael to be closer to me. Drake has far exceeded expectations! The staff is so friendly, and goes above and beyond to make sure the residents are taken care of! All of the residents are very friendly as well, and it is such a great community environment. It is clear and obvious why Drake has been rated one of the best when it comes to senior living facilities. I highly recommend them!
Read full reviewJun 10, 2026
- Google5/5
I am so grateful to the caregivers, the med techs, the managers, the staff, the front desk, the cleaning crew, the food servers, and the owners for taking care of my mom with such care and expertise. The caregivers in Heirloom (memory care) are endlessly patient, loving and skilled and they provided support for my mother and for me during such a challenging time in our lives. Thank you!
Read full reviewMay 2, 2026
- Google5/5
Drake Terrace is a warm and welcoming community. The staff are incredibly friendly and always go out of their way to be helpful and accommodating. The front desk team is especially kind and cheerful, making everyone feel right at home. The grounds and common areas are beautifully maintained, creating a peaceful and pleasant environment.
Read full reviewApr 14, 2025
Great place!
They are very communicative about the resident's status, concerns, etc. And very genuine and have the best interests of the resident and family in mind. We're very happy there.
Read full reviewFamily member
Jun 24, 2024
Verifiedfriendly and caring staff and a nice community, would recommend, etc
What our family likes the most about the Drake Terrace community is the overall friendliness of the staff members. We think that they are well sophisticated, well travelled,and well educated. In other words, interesting.
Read full reviewFamily member
Oct 10, 2023
VerifiedMy dad is very happy here!
The Staff and Value for Cost really stood out to us at this facility. The staff are very caring and empathetic. They are on top of everything. My dad is very happy here! As is our family! I would certainly recommend this facility to others!
Read full reviewFamily member
Jan 19, 2023
Verified- Caring.com5/5
I liked Drake Terrace. It was a smaller place and I think the employees have worked there a long time. The residents were friendly during the short time my husband was there. The food was really good. The staff was very good. I was very happy with them. Although the facility was not new, it was still nice.
Read full reviewFamily member
Nov 11, 2022
- Caring.com5/5
We visited Drake Terrace and we liked everything about it. It's very well-run, everybody was very friendly and welcoming, and very cheerful. It had a lot of light and a lot of fun activities. The rooms are very bright and cheerful, and the food is good. They have a workout room and an activity room where they do movies and holiday things. The grounds are very well-kept. The atmosphere is very warm and family-like, and everybody's very nice to each other. What we saw was their independent living. They have other things too but we did not visit their assisted and memory care because what we wanted was just independent living.
Read full reviewVisitor
Jun 23, 2022
Not a fit for a dementia patient - more of an assisted living
The care was inadequate for someone with severe dementia. The problem is they don't have a doctor on site, just one nurse who I believe isn't even an RN. This was just not a good fit for my loved one. It might be a good fit for others with less care needs. Basically all they know how to do when someone starts having a dementia-related outburst is call 911. They're not set up to deal with that. But they didn't really say that upfront. Had I known this, it would have saved everybody a lot of trouble. Intake was a problem too.
Read full reviewFamily member
Apr 1, 2021
Verified- A Place for Mom4.5/5
I'm hopeful
We chose Drake Terrace because we took my mom her and she liked it, it was in a close and familiar area, and it is a medium size, not too big not too small. The facility also looks very nice and the staff members were very easy to work with. The room sizes here seem plenty big for what she needs. We have not experienced much yet but their social activities are starting to open back up, so we are excited about that. I would recommend to others looking.
Read full reviewFamily member
Mar 4, 2021
Verified Overall the friendliness is just wonderful and they are very helpful
The community is very clean, and the staff members would get a 10 plus for friendliness. Everyone here is so happy, friendly and the activities are nice they are adding more and more every day.
Read full reviewResident
Mar 4, 2021
VerifiedA Happy Resident
On [date removed], I became a resident of Drake Terrace. From the first day, I felt at home. My apartment is lovely and comfortable. The staff is wonderful.....kind, patient and helpful. Even under the restrictions of Covid-19, they manage to provide activities while maintaining safety. Now that the dining room is open for dinner, I have met many friendly residents. I look forward to many happy, fulfilling years at Drake Terrace.
Read full reviewGladys C. · Resident
Oct 19, 2020
Verified- Caring.com2/5
The facility is pretty and clean and the staff is kind. My mother, with an Alzheimer's diagnosis, has lived there for 4 1/2 years, first in assisted-living and now a few months in the memory-care unit. We have now been told, against medical advice, that she must move because her condition has deteriorated to the point where she cannot get out of bed without assistance. We had assumed she would be allowed to stay until end of life. What people are considering this facility need to know is that they do not allow Hoyer or Sara lifts, simple and not expensive lifting devices that staff could use to safely move her from her bed to a chair, bathe her, etc. This is a corporate decision (from Kisco Senior Living) not Drake Terrace itself so I do not fault local staff but I honestly would not recommend any Kisco community if you have any expectations of your loved one being able to stay for the rest of their lives. I am giving the facilities a "poor" rating because of Kisco's Hoyer lift policy.
Read full reviewFamily member
May 12, 2020
- Google5/5
Each time we walk into Drake Terrace, we are greeted with big smiles and we feel a warm, positive energy in the air. This wave of warmth comes from the great staff and residents alike! It's very genuine and heartfelt. We recommend Drake Terrace to our current clients, potential clients and the community as a whole. It's a wonderful establishment offering quality care and kindness. If you haven't yet visited, give them a call now!
Read full reviewJun 19, 2019
- Google5/5
We have had the pleasure of working with Drake Terrace for many years now. They are consistently one of the best senior living communities in the North Bay. We want to give a special shout out to David Knepler who compassionately and professionally works with families as they transition their loved ones into Drake's Terrace. He understands the challenges families go through and is able to guide and coach them to ensure a smooth transition for all. He has been in the industry for quite some time and has resources to help create success for the families he works with. He is patient, kind and loves what he does!!!! We are grateful for his partnership, his integrity and focus on dignity for the incoming resident and family. Drake's Terrace is a great option and David is a true treasure to work with!!!
Read full reviewJun 1, 2019
- Caring.com4/5
Drake Terrace's staff was very accommodating and showed me the premises. They had a well-kept library with a fireplace which you could sit around at and read. They also had a movie theater, exercise rooms, and exercise activities. It's also very close to a major shopping center, and you can also arrange for transportation to get to appointments.
Read full reviewVisitor
Apr 30, 2019
- Caring.com4/5
Drake Terrace is not perfect, but it's pretty good. The food is very good, and they have quite a few activities. It's in a really convenient location, and the surroundings are very pretty. There are hills and lots of trees around. The people seemed very nice. It's hard to get used to living in any kind of place like it, but it's mostly positive. They have everything from studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, and I'm in a one-bedroom unit with a pretty good-sized kitchen. Some units have handicap-accessible showers with grab bars. They have a couple of exercise classes, tai chi, entertainment that comes in, movies, and rides to doctors, shopping, and a scenic drive once a week. I was pleasantly surprised that the food is good, and they have three choices at each meal. It's pretty expensive. It does not have a swimming pool, and I wish they did.
Read full reviewResident
Jul 31, 2018
- Caring.com5/5
Drake Terrace was a very nice place. It would probably be our second choice for the waiting list. It is a little farther from the area we wanted to be in, but it is very nice. We like this place. They have a small coffee area/library, an exercise room, and a cafeteria. The dining area looked very nice. The whole place seemed very nice. Everybody was very friendly. It was very welcoming. They had nice apartments too.
Read full reviewVisitor
Feb 15, 2018
Location
275 los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903