Serenity of North Scottsdale

Last inspection

May 15, 2025

Inspections

1, 7 deficiencies cited

Complaint inspections

1, 1 with deficiencies cited

Enforcement cases

0

• License active since 2022

May 15, 2025: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 7 deficiencies

• Service Plans R9-10-808.A.5.a
  Based on record review and interview, for one of two residents reviewed, the manager failed to ensure a written service plan included the signature and date from the resident or the resident's representative. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk if the resident or the resident's representative did not acknowledge the services that were to be provided.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 28, 2025
• Directed Care Services R9-10-815.B.1
  Based on interview and record review, for one of two residents reviewed, who was confined to a bed or chair and unable to ambulate even with assistance, the manager failed to ensure the facility did not retain a resident unless the facility obtained a signed and dated determination from a primary care provider (PCP) or medical practitioner (MP), every six months, that stated resident’s needs could be met by the assisted living facility within the assisted living facility’s scope of services.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 28, 2025
• Directed Care Services R9-10-815.C.6.a-b
  Based on record review and interview, for two of two residents receiving directed care services, the manager failed to ensure the residents' service plan included the residents' weight. The deficient practice posed a risk to residents if the service plan did not indicate a resident's weight for a resident who was unable to direct their own care.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 28, 2025
• Medication Services R9-10-816.B.3.c
  Based on observation, record review, and interview, for one of two 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 that a medication was administered.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 28, 2025
• Medication Services R9-10-816.F.3.a
  Based on observation, documentation review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure that policies and procedures were implemented for discarding medication. The deficient practice posed a health and safety risk if medications, including narcotics, were not disposed of, as required.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 28, 2025
• Medication Services R9-10-816.F.3.d
  Based on observation, record review, documentation review, and interview, for one of two residents reviewed, who received a controlled substance, the manager failed to ensure that 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: May 28, 2025
• Emergency responders; patient information; hospitals; discharge planning; patient screenings; discharge document A.R.S. § 36-420.04.C
  Based on record review, and interview, for two of two residents reviewed, the facility failed to maintain a standardized form for each resident that included the information prescribed in A.R.S. 36-420.04. The deficient practice posed a risk as required patient information was not prepared in case of an emergency.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 28, 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.