PECH5 MG OC LLC / Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park
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PECH5 MG OC LLC is a 45-bed memory care community at 800 Roble Avenue in Menlo Park, California, San Mateo County. The community operates publicly as Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park.
The community is a recently re-licensed property under new corporate ownership. PECH5 MG OC LLC obtained the CDSS license in September 2024, taking over a building that had previously operated as Nazareth Classic Care Community for many years. The change is administrative – same building, same address – but families researching the property may encounter both names.
The CDSS license is held by PECH5 MG OC LLC, with Neeru Verma as administrator. The license number is 415601180, issued September 30, 2024.
Facility Snapshot
| Detail | Value |
| Address | 800 Roble Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 |
| County | San Mateo |
| Licensed Capacity | 45 residents |
| License Number | 415601180 (CDSS) |
| License Date | September 30, 2024 |
| Licensee | PECH5 MG OC LLC |
| Operating Name | Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park |
| Administrator | Neeru Verma |
| Facility Type | Residential Care for the Elderly (RCFE) |
| Specialization | Memory Care, Assisted Living |
| Distance to Menlo Medical Clinic | 0.4 miles |
| Phone | (408) 807-1984 |
What Type of Facility Is PECH5 MG OC LLC?
The community is a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) with a primary focus on memory care – residents living with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and other cognitive conditions. The home also accepts general assisted living residents who need help with daily activities but do not have significant cognitive impairment.
At 45 beds, the community sits in the middle range of California RCFEs – larger than a typical board and care home (six beds) but smaller than a large institutional memory care campus (often 100+). The size allows for proper kitchen and dining operations, dedicated activity programming, and staff specialization, while keeping the resident community small enough that each person is known by name.
The building is configured as a secured community with in-room emergency response systems and monitoring designed to prevent wandering – the most common safety concern in memory care.
What's the Story Behind the Multiple Names?
Families researching this property often encounter three different names: PECH5 MG OC LLC, Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park, and Nazareth Classic Care Community. The clarification matters because the names refer to different periods of the same physical operation.
Nazareth Classic Care Community was the long-running operating name before September 2024. Under that name, the property was licensed (license number 415600741), operated as an assisted living and memory care community, and built a presence in Menlo Park as a faith-affiliated senior living option.
PECH5 MG OC LLC is the corporate licensee that took over the property in September 2024. This is the legal entity now registered with CDSS for license 415601180.
Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park is the current public-facing brand name under PECH5 MG OC LLC ownership.
For families currently touring or evaluating the community, the most recent and authoritative information is what appears under the Meadow Gardens of Menlo Park name and the active license 415601180. Older marketing materials and directory listings may still reference Nazareth.
What Services Does the Community Provide?
Memory Care Programming
The community is configured as a secured memory care neighborhood with state-of-the-art monitoring devices. Residents have access to private suites in a home-like setting, with supervised access to common areas and amenities. The home positions itself as a partner with families and outside medical teams – rather than operating in isolation – which matters for families coordinating care across multiple providers.
Daily Care and Supervision
24-hour staff supervision
Assistance with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene
Medication management
Help with eating and meal service
Mobility and transfer assistance
Incontinence care
Individual care plans tailored to each resident's stage and needs
Living Environment
Spacious private suites with home-like furnishing
In-room emergency response systems
Secured exits with monitoring to prevent wandering
Supervised access to indoor and outdoor amenities
Programming and Engagement
According to the home's published materials, the community runs exclusive programming designed for residents with memory loss – activities calibrated to cognitive ability, structured social time, and routines that support orientation without infantilizing residents.
How Is Memory Care Approached at the Community?
The community runs as a dedicated memory care neighborhood rather than a general assisted living home with a memory care wing tacked on. The distinction is real – staff training, daily routines, and physical configuration are all built around dementia care rather than retrofitted for it.
A 45-bed memory care community is large enough to specialize. The home can support both early-stage residents who benefit from social engagement and structured activities, and advanced-stage residents who need significant assistance with all activities of daily living. Care plans are designed individually and adjust as the resident's condition progresses.
The combination of secured environment, monitoring systems, and emergency response infrastructure means residents have meaningful physical freedom within the community while staff retains the ability to respond quickly to behavioural changes, medical events, or safety concerns.
How Is On-Site Medical Care Arranged for Residents?
Doctor2me physicians visit residents directly at the community for routine checkups, chronic condition follow-ups, and urgent issues that don't warrant an ER trip. For residents in memory care specifically, in-home physician visits remove the disorientation that clinic transportation causes for seniors with cognitive change.
Same-day or scheduled visits cover primary care work, alongside the periodic medical updates that licensed memory care communities require. Families can choose a specific physician from the Doctor2me physician directory when continuity with a known doctor matters – particularly valuable when a resident has had a long-term relationship with a physician before moving in.
The community itself is 0.4 miles from Menlo Medical Clinic at 1300 Crane Street, which is a useful nearby resource for the rare appointment that does need to happen at a clinic.
What Happens When Care Needs Progress to End-of-Life?
Memory care residents typically remain in place as their condition progresses, including through advanced and end-of-life stages. Hospice care can be delivered directly at the RCFE, allowing the resident to stay in familiar surroundings during a difficult time rather than transferring to an inpatient hospice facility.
For families coordinating across distances, telehealth visits for hospice planning are particularly useful – treatment planning meetings, family conferences, and questions about symptom progression don't require in-person clinical exams. LIEM Hospice offers telehealth consultations for hospice care alongside in-person services, which makes it possible for families and the care team to coordinate without scheduling another visitor into the resident's routine during sensitive periods.
What About Property and Estate Logistics?
A move into memory care almost never happens in isolation. Most placements run alongside decisions about the parent's existing home – clearing it out, deciding whether to sell, transferring property among family members, or coordinating estate paperwork. These logistical threads tend to surface later than they should, often after the move-in date is set, pulling family attention away from the care decision and the resident at the worst possible moment.
Specialists such as Senior Home Transitional Services work with families on the property and estate side of the move. Working with someone on this track lets the family stay focused on the resident and the placement, rather than juggling two complex transitions in parallel.
Where Is the Community Located?
The community is on Roble Avenue in central Menlo Park, San Mateo County. The location is residential and walkable, with the Menlo Medical Clinic at 1300 Crane Street just 0.4 miles away – a useful proximity for outpatient appointments that need to happen in person.
Stanford Health Care – Stanford Hospital is approximately three miles south of the community, providing access to academic medical center resources for complex specialty care. Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City and El Camino Health in Mountain View are within a 10–15 minute drive as additional acute-care options.
The CDSS Community Care Licensing Division handles regional inspections of RCFEs through its Bay Area Regional Office under Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
Families based in Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside, Redwood City, East Palo Alto, or Mountain View find the community within easy visiting distance.
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Address: 800 Roble Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County