Desert Sierra Assisted Living

Last inspection

May 28, 2026

Inspections

5, 18 deficiencies cited

Complaint inspections

4, 2 with deficiencies cited

Enforcement cases

1, $1,000 in civil penalties

• No deficiencies cited at the last 2 inspections (December 2025 to May 2026)
• License active since 2021

Enforcement cases

• December 23, 2025: Civil Penalty $1,000 (complete); Notice of Enforcement Action (complete) case closed (complete)

December 10, 2025: complaint inspection, 3 deficiencies

• Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.A.1-2
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure a resident provided documentation of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (TB) as specified in R9-10-113, for one of three residents reviewed. The deficient practice posed a TB exposure risk to residents.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 2, 2026
• Food Services R9-10-818.A.1.a-e
  Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure a food menu included any substitution no later than the morning of the day of the meal service with a food substitution.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 2, 2026
• Food Services R9-10-818.C.1
  Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure food was free from spoilage, filth, or other contamination and was safe for human consumption.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: January 12, 2026

August 21, 2025: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 2 deficiencies

• Administration R9-10-803.A.9
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that each employee had a valid fingerprint clearance card.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: August 22, 2025
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.10
  Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure before providing assisted living services to a resident, a manager or caregiver provides current documentation of first aid training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training certification specific to adults.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: August 22, 2025

May 28, 2024: compliance (annual) inspection, 13 deficiencies

• Personnel R9-10-806.B.1.b
  Based on interview, record review, and observation, for one individual, the manager failed to ensure evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (TB) was maintained for an individual residing in the assisted living home who was not a resident, a manager, a caregiver, or an assistant caregiver.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 29, 2024
• Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.D.2.a
  Based on record review and interview, for two of two residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure before or at the time of acceptance there was a documented residency agreement with the assisted living facility which included the date of occupancy or expected date of occupancy.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 5, 2024
• Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.D.10
  Based on record review, and interview, for one of two residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a documented residency agreement included the manager's signature and date signed.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 5, 2024
• Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.E.1-4
  Based on record review and interview, for one of two residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a documented residency agreement included the signature of the resident, the resident's representative, the resident's legal guardian, or another individual designated to make health care decisions, and date signed.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 5, 2024
• Service Plans R9-10-808.A.3.b
  Based on record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of two residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a resident had a written service plan to include the level of service the resident was expected to receive. The deficient practice posed a risk as the service plan did not reinforce and clarify services to be provided to a resident.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 15, 2024

Inspections with no deficiencies listed

• May 28, 2026: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaint 00171119 conducted on May 28, 2026.
• December 23, 2025: complaint inspection. No deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaints 00153571 and 00153371 conducted on December 23, 2025.

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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 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.