North Scottsdale Gardens Assisted Living Home

Last inspection

April 10, 2025

Inspections

3, 12 deficiencies cited

Complaint inspections

2, 2 with deficiencies cited

Enforcement cases

2, $2,750 in civil penalties

• License active since 2005

Enforcement cases

• May 15, 2025: Civil Penalty $1,000 (complete) case closed (complete)
• April 12, 2024: Civil Penalty $1,750 (complete) case closed (complete)

April 10, 2025: compliance (annual) inspection, 2 deficiencies

• Administration R9-10-803.C.3
  Based on documentation review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that policies and procedures were reviewed at least once every three years and updated as needed. The deficient practice posed a risk as policies and procedures reinforce and clarify standards expected of employees.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 17, 2025
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.4.a-b
  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure that a caregiver's skills and knowledge were verified and documented before the caregiver provided health services for two of three personnel sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if a personnel member was unable to meet a resident's needs.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 17, 2025

March 26, 2024: complaint inspection, 4 deficiencies

• Emergency responders; patient information; hospitals; discharge planning; patient screenings; discharge document A.R.S. § 36-420.04.C
  Based on interview and documentation review, the manager of an assisted living home failed to maintain a standardized form for each resident that included the information prescribed in Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S) § 36-420.04(A)(1) through (9).
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 7, 2024
• Emergency responders; patient information; hospitals; discharge planning; patient screenings; discharge document A.R.S. § 36-420.04.D
  Based on interview and documentation review, the manager of an assisted living center failed to maintain a copy of the document provided to the emergency responder which included the items listed in Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 36-420.04(A)(1) through (9), for two of two applicable residents sampled.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 15, 2024
• R9-10-818.D.1 R9-10-818.D.1
  Based on interview and documentation review, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver or an assistant caregiver immediately notified the resident's primary care provider when a resident had an accident, emergency, or injury that resulted in the resident needing medical services, for one of two applicable residents sampled. The deficient practice posed a potential risk of re-injury if a resident did not receive adequate follow-up care.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 7, 2024
• R9-10-818.D.2.a-f R9-10-818.D.2.a-f
  Based on interview and documentation review, the manager failed to ensure when a resident had an accident, emergency, or injury that resulted in the resident needing medical services, a caregiver or an assistant caregiver documented all items required by this rule, for two of two applicable residents sampled. The deficient practice posed a potential risk of re-injury.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: June 7, 2024

February 9, 2024: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 6 deficiencies

• Administration R9-10-803.A.9
  Based on documentation review, record review, and interview, the governing authority failed to ensure compliance with Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 36-411(A), for one of four personnel members sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if a personnel member was a danger to a vulnerable population.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: February 26, 2024
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.1.b.i
  Based on record review, documentation review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver provided documentation of completion of a caregiver training program approved by the Department or the Board of Examiners for Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers (NCIA Board), for one of three caregivers sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if an employee was unqualified to provide caregiving services.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: February 20, 2024
• Directed Care Services R9-10-815.F.2.a.i-ii
  Based on documentation review, observation, and interview, the manager failed to ensure a means of exiting the facility for a resident who did not have a key, special knowledge for egress, or the ability to expend increased physical effort 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 egress of a resident from the facility.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: February 11, 2024
• R9-10-816.B.3.b R9-10-816.B.3.b
  Based on documentation review, record review, observation, and interview, the manager failed to ensure medication administered to a resident was administered in compliance with a medication order, for one of two residents sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if a resident experienced a change in condition due to improper administration of medication.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: March 1, 2024
• R9-10-817.A.2 R9-10-817.A.2
  Based on observation, documentation review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure meals and snacks provided by the assisted living facility were served according to posted menus. The deficient practice posed a risk if the source of a potential food borne illness could not be identified.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: February 11, 2024
• R9-10-819.A.11 R9-10-819.A.11
  Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure poisonous or toxic materials stored by the assisted living facility were maintained in a locked area and inaccessible to residents. The deficient practice posed a risk to residents with access to the poisonous or toxic materials.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: February 11, 2024

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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.