Sunflower Hills Assisted Living

ADHS now lists this community as SUNFLOWER HILLS ASSISTED LIVING under license ALH20095 (licensed August 16, 2025). A new license is issued when a community changes owners or operators, so this record may describe a different operator.

Last inspection

September 16, 2026

Inspections

4, 15 deficiencies cited

Complaint inspections

3, 3 with deficiencies cited

Enforcement cases

2, $1,250 in civil penalties

Enforcement cases

• July 17, 2026: Civil Penalty $500 (complete); Notice of Enforcement Action (complete) case closed (complete)
• June 30, 2026: Civil Penalty $750 (complete) case closed (complete)

September 16, 2026: complaint, compliance (annual) inspection, 7 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 manager failed to administer a training program for all staff regarding fall prevention and fall recovery that included initial training and continued competency training in fall prevention and fall recovery, for one of three personnel sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if personnel received no organized instruction or information related to fall prevention and fall recovery.
  Approved
• Emergency responders; patient information; hospitals; discharge planning; patient screenings; discharge document A.R.S. § 36-420.04.D
  Based on record review and interview, the assisted living center failed to maintain a copy of the document provided to the emergency responder and documentation of the actions required by subsection B of this section for a period of two years after the date of the emergency, for one of two residents sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if the facility was not prepared in case of an emergency.
  Approved
• Tuberculosis Screening R9-10-113.A.2.a-f
  Based on documentation review, record review, interview, and observation, the health care institution’s chief administrative officer failed to implement tuberculosis (TB) infection control activities that included obtaining documentation of the individual's freedom from infectious, annually providing training and education related to recognizing the signs and symptoms of infectious TB, and annually assessing the health care institution’s risk of exposure to infectious tuberculosis, for two of three personnel sampled. The deficient practice posed a potential TB exposure risk to residents.
  Approved
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.10
  Based on observation, record review, documentation review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure that before providing assisted living services to a resident, a caregiver provided current documentation of first aid training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that included a demonstration of the individual’s ability to perform CPR, for one of three personnel sampled. The deficient practice posed a risk if an employee was unable to meet a resident's needs during an emergency.
  Approved
• Medication Services R9-10-817.F.1
  Based on observation and interview, the manager failed to ensure that medication stored by an assisted living facility was stored in a separate locked room, closet, cabinet, or self-contained unit used only for medication storage. The deficient practice posed a risk to residents who were unable to self-administer medications.
  Approved
• Emergency and Safety Standards R9-10-819.A.7.a
  Based on documentation review and an interview, the manager failed to ensure an elopement drill was conducted at least every six months on each shift. The deficient practice posed a risk if employees were unable to implement the elopement plan.
  Approved
• Emergency and Safety Standards R9-10-819.D.2.a-f
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure that when a resident had an accident, emergency, or injury that resulted in the resident needing medical services, a caregiver or assistant caregiver documented any action taken to prevent the accident, emergency, or injury from occurring in the future. The deficient practice posed a potential risk of re-injury if a resident did not receive adequate follow-up care.
  Approved

March 19, 2026: complaint inspection, 3 deficiencies

• Administration R9-10-803.K.3
  Based on documentation review and interview, the manager failed to provide written notification to the Department of a resident’s elopement within 24 hours of the elopement being discovered. The deficient practice posed a risk as the Department was unable to assess if there was an immediate health and safety concern for a resident residing in the assisted living facility.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: May 21, 2026
• Residency and Residency Agreements R9-10-807.D.2.a-c
  Based on record review and interview, the manager failed to ensure there was a documented residency agreement with the assisted living facility that included terms of occupancy, including the date of occupancy or expected date of occupancy, for one of one sampled resident. The deficient practice posed a risk as required information could not be verified.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: July 31, 2026
• Directed Care Services R9-10-815.F.2.a-c
  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 that provided access to an outside area from which a resident may have exited to a location at least 30 feet away from the facility that was secure. The deficient practice posed a risk as the facility was unaware of the egress of a resident from the facility.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: July 31, 2026

October 23, 2025: complaint, initial monitoring inspection, 5 deficiencies

• Health care institutions; fall prevention and fall recovery; training programs; definition A.R.S. § 36-420.01.A
  Based on documentation review, observation, record review, and interview, the governing authority failed to administer a training program for all staff regarding fall prevention and fall recovery. The deficient practice posed a risk if a staff member was not properly trained to assist a resident who had fallen and was unable to recover independently.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: July 30, 2026
• 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 Statutes (A.R.S.) § 36-420.04(A)(1-9). The deficient practice posed a risk if the emergency responder was not aware of critical health information for a resident.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: July 31, 2026
• 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 home failed to maintain a copy of the document provided to the emergency responder (EMS) which included the items listed in Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 36-420.04(A)(1-9).
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: August 31, 2026
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.4.a-b
  Based on documentation review, record review, observation, and interview, the manager failed to ensure the manager provided current documentation of first aid training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training certification specific to adults before providing assisted living services to a resident, for two of two sampled caregivers. The deficient practice posed a risk if a caregiver was unable to meet a resident's needs during an emergency.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: July 31, 2026
• Personnel R9-10-806.A.10
  Based on documentation review, record review, observation, and interview, the manager failed to ensure a caregiver’s skills and knowledge were verified and documented before the caregiver provided physical health services, for two of two sampled caregivers. The deficient practice posed a risk if a caregiver did not have the skills and knowledge necessary to meet a resident's needs.
  Plan of correction accepted; correction date given by the community: July 31, 2026

Other inspection reports

• July 9, 2025: compliance (initial) inspection. On July 9, 2025, an on-site initial inspection was completed. Read the Statement of Deficiencies on AZ Care Check.

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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.