CREEKWOOD

830 TAMALPAIS AVE, Novato CA 94947

Facility 216801691 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

62 bedsLatest official report Dec 9, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SAUVE PARTNERS, INC
Administrator
HYLTON, RACHEL
Contact
HYLTON, RACHEL
License first date
Feb 2, 2005
License effective date
Feb 2, 2005
District office
SANTA ROSA RO · (707) 588-5026
Regional office
21
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 2 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Dec 9, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Jan 26, 2024

3 later reports, from Jan 14, 2025 through Dec 9, 2025, recorded no deficiencies, though the records do not say whether they were follow-ups.

What Type A and Type B mean
Type A
Violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Type B
Violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.

Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.

At a glance

Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 12 Marin County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 9 reports for this facility: 8 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 2 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies.

1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.

Official inspections
8

Fewer than the typical 12

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
3

Fewer than the typical 10

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 6

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
1

Fewer than the typical 7

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Fewer than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
0

Last 36 months

Repeated topics

Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.

No topic repeats in the last 36 months

No deficiency topic appears in more than one report during that window. This does not establish that nothing repeated earlier in the five-year record, and it is not a statement about current conditions.

Official report history

All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.

Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(h)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by 1 of 1 medication storage rooms with the door open without staff present which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/27/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to submit self certification stating that the medication room will remain locked with the door closed when staff are not actively utilizing the medication room.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.695(c)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(c) A facility shall conduct a drill at least quarterly for each shift. The type of emergency covered in a drill shall vary from quarter to quarter, taking into account different emergency scenarios. An actual evacuation of residents is not required during a drill. While a facility may provide an opportunity for residents to participate in a drill, it shall not require any resident participation. Documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 02/14/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agrees to submit proof of disaster drills being conducted on each shift with a log of employee attendance. Administrator agrees to submit a plan for how often these drills will be conducted.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Basic services and supervisionType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87464(f)(c)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

8746(f)(c) Basic Services. This requirement isn't meet as evidenced by: Based on incident reports Resident R1 & R2 eleoped from facility without staff knowledge on 6/18/22 the facility didn't comply on safetymeasures to address behaviors such as wandering for residents R1 & R2 which poses an immediate Health,Safety risk to residents in care.Per staff interviews,SIRs, & physician's reports, R1 & 2 left the facility w/out staff knowledge. (see copies)

Official plan of correction

Facility agreed and conducted all staff training regarding elopment and have facility elopement plan reviewed and in place. Both have been submitted to CCLD on 7/12/2022. POC Cleared

Deadline recorded: Aug 5, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Aug 4, 2022
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 5, 2022
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Source and limits

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. Public facility history is described by the source as a five-year window. Older records and previous-licensee history may require a regional-office request. Type 741 RCFE-CCRCs, nursing homes, and other care settings are excluded from this page.

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