Avatar Retirement Home

About Avatar Retirement Home

Avatar Retirement Home is a small, home-like residential care facility for the elderly in Palm Desert, California, licensed by the California Department of Social Services to care for up to 6 residents. It has held its current license for 15 years. CDSS lists it as serving residents with dementia. It holds a hospice waiver, so residents can receive hospice care without moving.

License status

Licensed

Facility number

336425030

Licensed capacity

6

Licensed since

June 23, 2011

Last state visit

August 27, 2026

Inspection visits

4

Recent routine and required inspections

Complaint visits

0

Visits to investigate complaints

Type A citations

0

Immediate risk to health, safety, or rights

Type B citations

0

Could become a risk if not corrected

Licensee:

Yolanda Alkawass

Administrator:

Jamal Alkawass

CDSS office:

RIVERSIDE AC/SC

Serves:

RCFE / Dementia

State license notes: Ten (10) non-ambulatory, of which two (2) may be bedridden. Advertises for dementia special care. Hospice waiver approved for two (2) residents at any one time.

Data from CDSS Community Care Licensing, last checked November 3, 2026.

Location

Other care homes nearby