Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Sunnyvale Gardens Post Acute
1150 Tilton Drive, Sunnyvale, CA · (408) 735-7200
- Certified beds
- 140
- Residents per day
- 133
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- Pacs Group
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- January 3, 1991
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How this home got 3 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in California.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★+1 star
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★3 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among California homes
Sunnyvale Gardens Post Acute carries 144.25 inspection points. That is fewer than 20% of California's 1,154 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in California: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–33 pts
- 4★ 33–66 pts
- 3★ 66–96 pts
- 2★ 96–146 pts
- 1★ over 146 pts
Bars show every rated home in California by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
54 health citations on record since 2020. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (2)
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K
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care15E
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- D
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
- E
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Pharmacy Service12F
- E
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- E
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- E
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- D
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- D
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- F
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- E
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- E
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- D
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Resident Rights9E
- E
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- E
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- D
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- D
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- D
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning5E
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- E
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Nutrition and Dietary4F
- F
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
- E
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- E
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Infection Control3E
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation2D
- D
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- D
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Nursing and Physician Services1D
- D
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Environmental1D
- D
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Inspection history
2024-11-18
18 health deficiencies · 11 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Pharmacy Service (5 deficiencies)
2022-11-18
21 health deficiencies · 6 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (8 deficiencies)
2020-02-28
15 health deficiencies · 4 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (4 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 3 h 54 min of nursing staff time a day, 34 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
3 h 54 min
California average
4 h 33 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 48% of nursing staff and 45% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$43,176 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-18 | Fine | $43,176 |
| 2024-06-13 | Payment Denial · 25 day denial | $0 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.2 pts better | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.7 pts worse | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine1.3 pts better | 100.0% | 98.7% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine1.8 pts worse | 96.1% | 97.9% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury0.5 pts better | 1.1% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms3.5 pts better | 4.1% | 7.6% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight2.5 pts better | 1.6% | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication8.2 pts better | 5.5% | 13.7% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication10.6 pts better | 1.7% | 12.3% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.3 pts better | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened1.3 pts better | 7.6% | 8.9% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased0.7 pts worse | 10.9% | 10.2% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.7 pts better | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.9 pts better | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence0.6 pts worse | 10.4% | 9.8% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers3.4 pts better | 0.9% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine5.4 pts better | 100.0% | 94.6% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit5.1 pts better | 6.0% | 11.1% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication0.9 pts better | 0.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine3.6 pts better | 96.7% | 93.1% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission0.9 pts better | 21.7% | 22.6% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
14 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt, Frederick | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 258 facilities |
| Apt, Frederick | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 258 facilities |
| Daquigan, Maria | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Jamali, Mehran | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Jamali, Mehran | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Jergensen, Joshua | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 262 facilities |
| Jergensen, Joshua | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 262 facilities |
| Mitchell, John | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 276 facilities |
| Mitchell, John | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 276 facilities |
| Pierce, Robert | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Pierce, Robert | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Providence Administrative Consulting Services Inc | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 71 facilities |
| Providence Group Inc | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 32 facilities |
| Truist Bank | 5% Or Greater Mortgage Interest · Organization | 0% | 77 facilities |
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Fire safety
21 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Emergency Preparedness7F
- F
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
- F
Establish procedures for tracking staff and patients during an emergency.
- F
Establish policies and procedures for sheltering.
- F
Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation.
- F
Establish policies and procedures for volunteers.
- F
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
- F
Include a process for Emergency Preparedness collaboration.
Smoke7F
- F
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- D
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
- E
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- E
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- D
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- E
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- D
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems3F
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- D
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Miscellaneous2D
- D
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
- D
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Construction1D
- D
Use approved construction type or materials.
Egress1D
- D
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
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