Cupertino Healthcare & Wellness Center

Kitchen inspections

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health: LHCF - Cupertino Healthcare & Wellness Center

• Aug 11, 2026 (follow-up inspection): Green (pass). No violations listed.
• Aug 3, 2026 (routine inspection): Yellow (conditional pass).
  5 violations

  • Proper hot and cold holding temperatures (Major). Inspector’s note: In the kitchen area, in the walk-in refrigerator, measured potentially hazardous foods between 56F and 65F including processed American cheese, processed Swiss American cheese, shredded monterey jack cheese, shredded cheddar, shredded parmesan cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, milk, ...
  • Proper cooling methods (Major). Inspector’s note: In the walk-in refrigerator, measured pureed broccoli at 74F. Per operator, purred broccoli was prepared 4 hours prior. [CA] Potentially hazardous foods shall be RAPIDLY cooled from 135F to 70F within 2 hours, and then from 70F to 41F within 4 hours. Cooling shall be facilitated by one or more of ...
  • No rodents, insects, birds, or animals (Minor). Inspector’s note: In the kitchen, below the warewash machine, observed rodent droppings on the floor. [CA] Ensure facility is kept free of vermin. Clean and sanitize all areas with activity. Seal any cracks, crevices, gaps, and holes to prevent possible entrance for vermin. Contact pest control to provide service as ...
  • Adequate ventilation/lighting; designated areas, use (Minor). Inspector’s note: Measured ambient air temperature of the kitchen at 94F. [CA] All areas of a food facility shall have sufficient ventilation to facilitate proper food storage and to provide a reasonable condition of comfort for each employee, consistent with the job performed by the employee.
  • Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity (Minor). Inspector’s note: Measured ambient air temperature of walk-in refrigerator at 64F. [CA] Ensure refrigeration is properly functioning and able to maintain potentially hazardous foods at 41F and below.
• Feb 12, 2025 (follow-up inspection): Green (pass). No violations listed.
• Feb 10, 2025 (routine inspection): Yellow (conditional pass).
  5 violations

  • Proper hot and cold holding temperatures (Major). Inspector’s note: In the kitchen area, in the steam table, measured cooked broccoli at 130F, cooked vegetables at 125F, cooked rice at 125F, liquefied meat at 90F, liquefied bread at 90F, and refried beans at 90F. Per operator, cooked broccoli, cooked vegetables, and cooked rice stored for lunch service and are to ...
  • No rodents, insects, birds, or animals (Major). Inspector’s note: Observed multiple live cockroaches underneath the warewash machine and warewash area. Observed unsealed FRP panels and crevices behind cove base tiles. Observed holes in floor tiles and missing grout around floor tiles. [CA] Facility shall be kept free of cockroach activity. Seal all cracks and ...
  • Food storage: food storage containers identified (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed open bags of cereal, and flour stored in the dry storage room. [CA] Ensure open bags of dry food are transferred to food grade containers and covered with a fitted lid, or placed into containers and covered with a fitted lid.
  • Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed knives stored between edges of prep tables in the food prep area. [CA] Ensure utensils and equipment are properly stored to prevent possible contamination. [SA] Knives removed from between edges of prep tables and to be properly washed and sanitized.
  • Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: Underneath the warewash area, observed cracks and crevices between cove base tiles, and around edges of FRP panels. In the kitchen area, behind the steamer, observed FRP panel installed with crevices between edges. [CA] Ensure all wall panels are properly affixed to the wall and sealed. Seal all ...

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. G (Green): Pass. Y (Yellow): Conditional pass; major violations found, follow-up inspection required. R (Red): Closed; an imminent health hazard was found. Major violation: The county's critical (major) violation flag.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

El Camino Health, Mountain View. 3.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Sunny View Manor, Cupertino. 0.4 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Sutter Care At Home, Saratoga. 4.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy. 2.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 95014 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Shc Mountain View, Mountain View, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Shc Wb Mountain View, Mountain View, 4.5 miles away, straight line
Shc Stevens Creek, San Jose, 5.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)

Hospice

34 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95014.
Sutter Care At Home, office in Saratoga, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Pathways Home Health And Hospice, office in Sunnyvale, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Redwood Hospice, office in San Jose, 6.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, Mountain View. 3.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

What we checked

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.