The Terraces of Los Gatos (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)

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 - the Terraces of Los Gatos

• Dec 30, 2025 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
  9 violations

  • Proper hot and cold holding temperatures (Major). Inspector’s note: Observed the cottage cheese, salmon, chicken, and potato salad at 58, 59, 60, and 58 degrees F. [CA] The PHF must be kept at 41 degrees F and below. If TPHC will be used then provide written procedures and time marking for PHFs utilizing time as a public health control (TPHC). [CA] PHFs held for ...
  • Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed clean utensils stored in plastic bins that are soiled with small debris and food particles. [CA] Wash and sanitize the containers and utensils and keep the clean utensils in clean containers.
  • Hot and cold water available (Minor). Inspector’s note: A kitchen hand sink hot water did not read above 89 degrees F hot water. [CA] The hot water must be able to reach 100 degrees F. This is the hand sink that leaks and puddles in front of the sink. Use the properly working hand washing sinks until this one can be repaired.
  • Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity (Minor). Inspector’s note: The table under the beverage machines is soiled. [CA] clean and sanitize the tables.
  • Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices (Minor). Inspector’s note: The dish washing sink is leaking. [CA] Repair the leaking plumbing at the hand sink.
  • Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible (Minor). Inspector’s note: The hand sink was blocked with a garbage bin. [CA] Keep the hand sink unblocked and easily accessible. [COS] The garbage was placed somewhere else
  • No rodents, insects, birds, or animals (Minor). Inspector’s note: In the beverage service area there are insect glue boards under the beverage equipment that are smashed and full of insects. [CA] Discard the glue boards that are full of insects and clean and sanitize the area.
  • Thermometers provided, accurate (Minor). Inspector’s note: Th pull out drawers on the far right end at the cook line does not have a thermometer. [CA] Provide a thermometer in the unit.
  • Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: The small utensil and equipment storage room floor is soiled and has accumulated debris. [CA] Clean the storage room floor.

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.

County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health: LHCF - the Terraces of Los Gatos

• Dec 30, 2025 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
  1 violation

  • Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed debris on the floors under equipment. [CA] Thoroughly clean the floors.
• Nov 14, 2024 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
  2 violations

  • Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed the floor under the dish sink to have accumulation of grime. [CA] thoroughly clean the floors. Observed the tile floor in the dish washing area to be missing the grout. [CA] Replace the grout where missing. Observed the flooring in the dry food storage area to be deteriorating. [CA] Repair ...
  • Thermometers provided, accurate (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed the refrigerated pull out drawers to not have thermometers. [CA] Provide thermometers in the units.

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.

Care and services

From the community’s website

What The Terraces of Los Gatos (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

• Nurse on site: 24 hours a day. It supports long-term care and post-acute recovery and is staffed around the clock by licensed nurses and experienced professionals. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
• Provides transportation. Transportation Services (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Vasona Creek Healthcare Center, Los Gatos. 0.7 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Envigorati, LLC, Campbell. 3.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 95032 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Fresenius Medical Care Los Gatos, Los Gatos, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Los Gatos Dialysis, Los Gatos, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Shc Blossom Valley, San Jose, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)

Hospice

31 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95032.
Sutter Care At Home, office in Saratoga, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Redwood Hospice, office in San Jose, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Northern C, office in San Jose, 6.5 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, San Jose. 1.3 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)

Wildfire risk to homes

In Los Gatos, CA, risk to homes is greater than 68% of communities in California and 93% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very 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.