The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited May 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
THE SEQUOIAS
PORTOLA VALLEY, CA · Medicare-certified · 43 beds
In good standing
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
THE SEQUOIAS (PORTOLA VALLEY, CA) has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars in health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Reported nurse staffing is 4.91 hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months; recent inspection citations included food handling, admission planning, and professional standards.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.9053 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 7, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.9053.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.86
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.32
- Nurse aides
- 2.72
- Weekend nursing
- 4.58
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 10%
Registered nurse turnover: 17%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
2%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
1.3%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
0%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
0%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
7.9%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
15.3%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
2.9%Steady
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.5%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
20.9%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.4%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
87.7%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
89.7%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited December 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited December 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: E
The home failed to properly dispose of garbage and other waste. Cited December 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 814 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited December 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $12,703 in total fines.
- $12,703
Federal fine
Oct 30, 2023
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 31.8 residents on an average day (74% of 43 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 59 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.