Avista Sun City West Memory Care

Last inspection

April 30, 2026

Inspections

7, 13 deficiencies cited

Complaint inspections

6, 4 with deficiencies cited

Enforcement cases

2, $3,250 in civil penalties

• No deficiencies cited at the last inspection (April 2026)
• License active since 2017

Enforcement cases

• February 14, 2024: Civil Penalty $2,750 (complete) case closed (complete)
• February 8, 2024: Civil Penalty $500 (complete) case closed (complete)

August 26, 2025: compliance (annual) inspection, 2 deficiencies

• Personnel R9-10-806.A.8.a-b
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that a manager, a caregiver, and an assistant caregiver, or an employee or a volunteer who has or is expected to have more than eight hours per week of direct interaction with residents, provided evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (TB) on or before the date the individual began providing services at or on behalf of the assisted living facility, and as specified in R9-10-113, for one of five personnel sampled.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: August 27, 2025
• Medical Records R9-10-811.B.1-2
  Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure if an assisted living facility maintained residents’ medical records electronically, that safeguards exist to prevent unauthorized access.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: August 27, 2025

July 16, 2024: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 1 deficiency

• R9-10-818.E.3 R9-10-818.E.3
  Based on documentation review and interview, the manager failed to ensure a fire inspection was conducted by the local fire department or the State Fire Marshal according to the time-frame established by the local fire department or the State Fire Marshal. The deficient practice posed a risk to the physical health and safety of residents.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: September 15, 2024

January 17, 2024: complaint inspection, 4 deficiencies

• Administration R9-10-803.A.9
  Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the governing authority failed to ensure compliance with A.R.S. § 36-411, for two of four employees reviewed, which required an employee to have a valid fingerprint card or submitted an application for a fingerprint card no more than 20 working days after the date of hire. The deficient practice posed a risk if the employee was a danger to a vulnerable population.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 31, 2024
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.10
  Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver provided current documentation of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, before providing assisted living services, for two of four caregivers reviewed. The deficient practice posed a risk if an employee was unable to meet a resident's needs during an emergency and the Department was provided false and misleading information.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 29, 2024
• R9-10-818.D.1 R9-10-818.D.1
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure when a resident had an incident that resulted in the resident needing medical services, a caregiver immediately notified the resident's emergency contact and primary care provider, for one of two residents reviewed who had an incident that resulted in the resident needing medical services. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 29, 2024
• R9-10-818.D.2.f R9-10-818.D.2.f
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure when a resident had an incident that resulted in the resident needing medical services, a caregiver documented any action taken to prevent the incident from occurring in the future, for one of two residents reviewed who had an incident that resulted in the resident needing medical services. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 29, 2024

December 26, 2023: complaint inspection, 2 deficiencies

• Personnel R9-10-806.A.10
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver provided current documentation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training before providing assisted living services. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk if the employee did not know how to properly perform CPR.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 29, 2024
• R9-10-818.D.2.f R9-10-818.D.2.f
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure when a resident had an incident that resulted in the resident needing medical services, a caregiver documented any action taken to prevent the incident from occurring in the future, for one of two residents reviewed who had an incident that resulted in the resident needing medical services. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 31, 2024

Inspections with no deficiencies listed

• April 30, 2026: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaints 00167749 and 00167673 was conducted on April 30, 2026, and no deficiencies were found.
• January 9, 2025: complaint inspection. An on-site investigation of complaints AZ00221537, AZ00213785, and AZ00214820 was conducted on January 09, 2025, and no deficiencies were cited :

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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 60 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.