Assisted Living
A Place in the Sun
6879 East Vernon Avenue, Scottsdale, AZ 85257 · Map
Licensed for 10 residents
A Place in the Sun is a state-licensed assisted living community in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is licensed for 10 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Apr 25, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 10 residents
Assisted Living Home-Directed AL5436H.
Nearest emergency room
1.1 miles
Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Place in the Sun this community | 10 | Not published | Active | 20 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case | |
| Scottsdale Village Square | 0.3 mi | 140 | Not published | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 enforcement cases |
| Desert Palm on Virginia | 0.5 mi | 10 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Integrity Care | 0.8 mi | 5 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Ocotillo Place | 1.0 mi | 120 | Not published | Active | 29 deficiencies, 5 enforcement cases |
State inspection record20 deficiencies, 1 enforcement case
- Last inspection
- April 25, 2025
- Inspections
- 3, 20 deficiencies cited
- Complaint inspections
- 3, 2 with deficiencies cited
- Enforcement cases
- 1, $1,250 in civil penalties
- License active since 2005
Enforcement cases
- December 3, 2024: Civil Penalty $1,250 (complete) case closed (complete)
April 25, 2025: complaint inspection, 1 deficiency
- Service Plans R9-10-808.C.1.a-g
Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that a caregiver documented the services provided in the resident's medical record for one of two sampled residents.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: February 26, 2025
October 30, 2024: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 19 deficiencies
- Health care institutions; fall prevention and fall recovery; training programs; definition A.R.S. § 36-420.01.A
Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the health care institution failed to administer a training program for all staff regarding fall prevention and fall recovery. The deficient practice posed a risk as organized instruction and information related to resident care and safety was not implemented.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 17, 2024 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.4.a-b
Based on observation, interview, and record review for one of four caregivers or assistant caregiver's reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver's skills and knowledge were verified and documented before the caregiver provided services. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk to residents if a caregiver did not have the documented skills and knowledge to provide services for residents.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 9, 2024 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.9
Based on observation, interview, and record review, for one of four caregivers and assistant caregivers reviewed, the manager failed to ensure an assistant caregiver received orientation specific to the duties to be performed by the caregiver. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk to residents if a caregiver was not oriented, as required.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 9, 2024 - Personnel R9-10-806.A.10
Based on observation, record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of four caregivers reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver provided documentation of first aid (FA) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training (CPR) certification specific to adults. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk to residents if a caregiver did not have FA and CPR training.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 9, 2024 - Directed Care Services R9-10-815.F.2.a.i-ii
Based on documentation review, observation, and interview, for a facility that provided directed care services, the manager failed to ensure there was a means of exiting the facility that provided access to an outside area which controlled or alerted employees of the egress of a resident from the facility. The deficient practice posed a risk if the facility was unaware of the general or specific whereabouts of a resident.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 17, 2024
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- R9-10-816.B.3.c R9-10-816.B.3.c
Based on observation, record review, and interview, for one of four residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a medication administered to a resident was documented in the resident's medical record. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk to a resident if a manager or caregiver did not document a medication was administered.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 17, 2024 - R9-10-816.F.3.a R9-10-816.F.3.a
Based on observation, documentation review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure policies and procedures were implemented for discarding medication, including expired medication. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk if medications were not disposed of, as required.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 17, 2024 - R9-10-816.F.3.d R9-10-816.F.3.d
Based on record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of four residents reviewed, who received a controlled substance, the manager failed to ensure policies and procedures were implemented for inventorying controlled substances. The deficient practice posed a risk if controlled substances were not inventoried and accounted for by the facility.
Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: November 17, 2024 - and 11 more in the report
Inspections with no deficiencies listed
- February 11, 2025: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00223260 was conducted on February 11, 2025, and no deficiencies were cited.
Read the full record on AZ Care Check →
ADHS writes a Statement of Deficiencies after each inspection that finds a rule was not met. The community then files a plan of correction, which ADHS accepts or rejects. ADHS investigates complaints on site. A complaint inspection that ends with “No deficiencies were found” did not find a rule violation; deficiencies cited on a complaint inspection are listed with that inspection. AZ Care Check does not list complaints that did not lead to an on-site inspection. Enforcement cases are actions ADHS takes after an inspection, such as a civil money penalty, a provisional license or a license revocation, with their status. This community is licensed for 10 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Arizona Department of Health Services, Licensing Services, AZ Care Check, data as of October 15, 2026, showing all records on AZ Care Check (back to September 5, 2023). Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Home-Directed
- License number
- AL5436H
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 10
- County
- Maricopa County
Source: Arizona state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Arizona, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Arizona
- Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS). Yes. Arizona's Medicaid long-term care program, ALTCS, is for people who need nursing facility level of care. Members do not have to live in a nursing home, and many live in an assisted living facility and get needed services there. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.1 mi, nursing home 0.3 mi, pharmacy 1.0 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, Scottsdale. 1.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Rehab at Scottsdale Village Square, Scottsdale. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mga Homecare, Scottsdale. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 85257 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 032648-Fmc Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Papago Dialysis Center, Phoenix, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Phoenix Home Dialysis Pd Only, Phoenix, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 71 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 85257.
Uplift Hospice, office in Scottsdale, 1.5 miles away, straight line
Sage Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Scottsdale, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Faith Hospice, office in Phoenix, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Austin Smith, MD, Mesa. 5.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very high, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in April 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked11 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Department of Health Services, Licensing Services inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does A Place in the Sun provide?
A Place in the Sun is licensed by the state of Arizona for assisted living in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its licensed capacity is 10 residents.
Does Lilisity rate A Place in the Sun?
No. We publish state licensing details for A Place in the Sun but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does A Place in the Sun cost?
Assisted Living in Maricopa County typically starts at $3,400 to $4,900 a month. Based on 65 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. A Place in the Sun does not publish its prices.
How do I contact A Place in the Sun?
Visit A Place in the Sun at 6879 East Vernon Avenue, Scottsdale, AZ 85257.
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