It takes a special group of employees to help our senior residents live their lives to the fullest, surrounded by love, kindness and care. We believe happy employees help to ensure happy residents, and that’s why we take great care in recruiting, training and retaining people who embrace and embody our unique “culture of caring.” We treat our staff members with respect, and provide them with attractive benefits, as well as opportunities for training and advancement.

We’re looking for exceptional candidates to join the growing Carlton team, with career opportunities available in resident care, dining, housekeeping, activities, maintenance and management. 

Our 1,000+ employees are our most important assets, and we strongly believe in helping them to achieve their own ambitions by training, promoting and investing in their career development and advancement. We not only value our employees, we offer them cash bonuses for referring other candidates that successfully join our team.

Tom MacDonald saw the need for a different kind of senior care community in the early 1980s, while caring for his mother, Carolyn. At the time, there were few independent or assisted living options for active seniors who wanted a higher level of services and amenities. So Tom set out to create an environment where seniors could enjoy a wide variety of activities, fresh, healthy meals and a caring, well-trained staff.

Drawing on his expertise as a real estate developer and general contractor, Tom designed the earliest communities himself, and in 1985 the company opened its first assisted living community in Pleasant Hill. 

Today, Carlton is one of Northern California’s most successful senior living providers, winning national awards for its resident care, health and fitness and staff-development programs.

With 11 senior living communities in operation, led by President Dave Coluzzi, and new projected communities currently in the planning stage, Carlton offers families a wide choice of highly respected programs at locations across Northern California.