Nursing home
The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors
40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94941 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 58 certified beds
The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Mill Valley, California. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Jul 12, 2024 cited 16 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $133,365In CMS records: 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 4.51 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.65 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.64 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.7% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 16.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $133,365, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 40 Camino Alto
Mill Valley, CA 94941 - CMS certification #
- 555826
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 58
- Avg residents/day
- 42.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2005-04-04
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs HUD-assisted rental housing
- Website says Transportation, 3 meals a day, secured outdoor area
- Kitchen 3 inspections by Marin County Environmental Health Services since 2024; latest Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard (April 2026)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Kitchen inspections
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
Marin County Environmental Health Services: The Redwoods Retirement Community
- Apr 15, 2026 (routine): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- Hot and cold holding temperatures
- Mar 11, 2024 (follow-up): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- Hot and cold holding temperatures
- Mar 7, 2024 (routine): Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- Hot and cold holding temperatures
Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Green placard: Pass. Yellow placard: Conditional pass; follow-up required. Red placard: Closed.
Care and services
From the community’s website
What The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Residents are encouraged to utilize our transportation services.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Our Creekside Assisted Living Apartments include a supervising nurse on duty, weekly housekeeping with linens, three meals daily plus snacks (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. food service), as well as care services that are based on clinical evaluations.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
One of the unique characteristics of the center is that it offers an individual, secure outdoor space with each apartment.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, alcove.
offers private studio apartments with snack center alcoves (mini refrigerator).
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Application fee: charged.
The application fee for Assisted Living is $500 per individual.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Paying with Medicaid and other programs
Federal and state programs
- HUD-assisted rental housing. HUD programs: Section 8 project-based rental assistance. 60 of 148 units have HUD rental assistance. HUD client group: Elderly. HUD funds a service coordinator here. Last HUD physical inspection (REAC): score 98 on 2024-06-05. (HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted, as of Jul 6, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Marinhealth Medical Center, Greenbrae. 3.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- South Marin Health & Wellness Center, Greenbrae. 3.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Allegro Home Health, Inc, Larkspur. 3.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94941 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Shc Larkspur, Greenbrae, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita San Rafael Dialysis, San Rafael, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Shc San Francisco Geary, San Francisco, 8.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94941.
By The Bay Health, office in Larkspur, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in San Francisco, 8.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Holistic Palliative Care, Inc, office in Oakland, 20.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Sharon Chow, MD, San Francisco. 8.5 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 moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, 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.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Marin County Environmental Health Services kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | See above |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 16 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors have?
The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors is certified for 58 beds.