Idylwood Care Center, Sunnyvale, CA: Nursing home

Overall5★★★★★

Inspections4★★★★☆

Staffing5★★★★★

Quality3★★★☆☆

Federal finesNoneon record

Inspection citations

13’21

3’23

1’24

12’25

1’26

Year

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Date	Severity	What inspectors found	Visit
Jul 1, 2026	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.	Complaint
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	E · potential	Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	E · potential	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.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	D · potential	Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	E · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Apr 11, 2025	F · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Complaint
Jul 26, 2024	D · potential	Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.	Complaint
Dec 13, 2023	E · potential	Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.	Routine
Dec 13, 2023	D · potential	Provide appropriate foot care.	Routine
Dec 13, 2023	D · potential	Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.	Routine
May 7, 2021	E · potential	Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.	Routine
May 7, 2021	E · potential	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.	Routine
May 7, 2021	E · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.	Routine
May 7, 2021	F · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
May 7, 2021	D · potential	Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.	Routine

Medicare's severity letters: A–C minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–L actual harm or immediate danger. Source: CMS health deficiencies file, processed October 1, 2026.

Questions to ask on a visit

Idylwood Care Center
1002 W. Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 · (408) 739-2383

Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________

How many nurses and aides work each shift, including nights and weekends?
How do you handle the most recent citations on your record?
Do you accept Medi-Cal if private funds run out?
Who will be the main contact for the family?
How do you prevent falls, pressure sores and infections?

Record on file

Certification: Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
Medicare number (CCN): 055211
Certified beds: 185
Legal owner: Helios Healthcare, LLC

Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.

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