Facility condition and maintenance
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
SWEET CARE HOME IN GILROY
318 CHURCHILL PLACE, Gilroy CA 95020
6 bedsLatest official report May 7, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (510) 458-7231
- Licensee
- SWEET CARE LLC
- Administrator
- YALUNG, ELAINE
- Contact
- YALUNG, ELAINE
- License first date
- May 25, 2021
- License effective date
- May 25, 2021
- District office
- SAN JOSE RO · (408) 324-2112
- Regional office
- 26
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY, 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA, 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE
Summary
The available records show 3 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- May 7, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- May 22, 2024
2 later reports, from May 22, 2025 through May 7, 2026, 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 185 Santa Clara County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 6 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.
Those records contain 3 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 5
- Recorded deficiencies
- 9
- Type A deficiencies
- 3
- Type B deficiencies
- 6
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 3
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 2
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
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.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.625(b)(2)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(2) In addition to paragraph (1), training requirements shall also include an additional 20 hours annually, eight hours of which shall be dementia care training, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 1569.626, and four hours of which shall be specific to postural supports, restricted health conditions, and hospice care, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 1569.696. This training shall be administered on the job, or in a classroom setting, or both, and may include online training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 counts in which 2 staff members are not provided 20 hours of annual training which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/29/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a written plan to ensure the section cited above will corrected to LPA Dolores by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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 observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not conducting quarterly drills in which the last drill was conducted in June 2023 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/29/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a written plan to ensure the section cited above will corrected to LPA Dolores by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87303(e)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) Water supplies and plumbing fixtures shall be maintained as follows: (2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degrees C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degrees C). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on obsevation, interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which the hot water temperature was maintained at 146 degree F which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/23/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a written plan to ensure the section cited above will corrected to LPA Dolores by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Medication handling and storageType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87465(h)(6)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (6) The licensee shall be responsible for assuring that a record of centrally stored prescription medications for each resident is maintained for at least one year and includes: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 counts which 4 medications were not accounted for in the residents centrally stored medication records which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/29/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a written plan to ensure the section cited above will corrected to LPA Dolores by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Records and plan of operationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87506(b)(17)(E)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) Each resident’s record shall contain at least the following information: (17) Documents and information required by the following: (E) Section 87463, Reappraisals; and This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 3 counts in which 1 resident's file did not contain an appraisal/needs and services plan which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/29/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a written plan to ensure the section cited above will corrected to LPA Dolores by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87303(e)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) Water supplies and plumbing fixtures shall be maintained as follows: (2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degrees C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degrees C). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by the hot water temperature maintained at 140 degrees Fahreinheit which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/27/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a pictures of the hot water temperature to LPA Dolores via email by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Admission, assessment, and evictionType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87458(b)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) The medical assessment shall include, but not be limited to: (1) A physical examination of the resident indicating the physician's primary diagnosis and secondary diagnosis, if any and results of an examination for communicable tuberculosis, other contagious/infectious or contagious diseases or other medical conditions which would preclude care of the person by the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not ensure to obtain a TB result prior to 2 residents admission which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/27/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a plan of action to obtain R1 - R2's TB results to LPA Dolores via email by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87705(c)(5)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(c) Licensees who accept and retain residents with dementia shall be responsible for ensuring the following: (5) Each resident with dementia shall have an annual medical assessment as specified in Section 87458, Medical Assessment, and a reappraisal done at least annually, both of which shall include a reassessment of the resident’s dementia care needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by 2 residents with dementia who did not have an annual physician's report which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/02/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a plan of action in obtaining an updated physician's report for residents with Dementia to LPA Dolores via email by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87608(a)(3)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Based on the individual's preadmission appraisal, and subsequent changes to that appraisal, the facility shall provide assistance and care for the resident in those activities of daily living which the resident is unable to do for himself/herself. Postural supports may be used under the following conditions. (3) A written order from a physician indicating the need for the postural support shall be maintained in the resident’s record. The licensing agency shall be authorized to require other additional documentation if needed to verify the order. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review the licensee did not ensure to retain a physician's order in the resident's records for 2 residents half rails and 1 resident's full length bed rails prior to use which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/02/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit a statement of understanding of the section cited above to LPA Dolores via email by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
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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