Nursing homeFAID #13666
Driftwood Healthcare Center - Hayward
19700 HESPERIAN BOULEVARD, HAYWARD, CA, 94541
(510) 785-2880
88 licensed beds
★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections4/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare
Public record summary
What we can show you for free.
Bed capacity
88
CMS facility ID
555533
Care type
Nursing home
County
Alameda
Facility name
Driftwood Healthcare Center - Hayward
Street address
19700 HESPERIAN BOULEVARD
City / state / ZIP
Hayward, CA 94541
Phone
(510) 785-2880
About this facility — Driftwood Healthcare Center - Hayward
Driftwood Healthcare Center - Hayward is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Hayward, California. It is licensed for 88 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).
It is one of 60 senior care facilities in Hayward and 1,165 skilled nursing facilities across California. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.
Federal inspectors have cited Driftwood Healthcare Center - Hayward 80 times across 18 inspections in the last three years, including 5 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $8,822 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.
This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.
Facility background
What the public record shows.
Ownership & operator
Parent company
Mariner Health Care
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Registered owners & officers
Gc Operating Company Llc
Direct owner · Partner — 99% stake — since 2011
Capital Funding Llc
Security-interest holder — since 2015
Dhugga, Gurpreet
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Driftwood Haywood Holding Company Gp Llc
Partner — since 2014
Grancare Llc
Indirect owner — since 2010
Grunstein, Emily
Indirect owner — since 2019
Kram, Jerrold
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Mariner Health Care, Inc.
Indirect owner — since 2010
Martinez, Patricia
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Mhc Holding Company
Indirect owner — since 2010
Mhc West Holding Company
Indirect owner — since 2010
National Senior Care, Inc.
Indirect owner — since 2010
Sarcauga, Dennis
Governing body · Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Regulatory standing
Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1992-12-11
CMS overall rating
3 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
18 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$8,822 total
Last standard inspection
2024-08-09
Nurse staffing
4.9 hours per resident per day
Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)
Average billed charges
$742 per day (≈ $22,560/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
77% Medicaid · 10% Medicare · 13% private/other
Occupancy
85% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
44% above the CA median of $514/day — full state cost breakdown
Services & coverage
Licensed beds
88
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Inspection record
Every citation, dated and graded.
Kitchen & food safety
Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 5 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-06-16Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0695
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2026-07-07
F-0880
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2026-07-07
2026-05-01Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0921
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Corrected 2026-05-19
16 earlier / fire-safety inspections (77 citations)
2026-04-03Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0583
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Corrected 2026-05-06
2026-02-26Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0695
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2026-03-10
2026-02-06Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0697
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2026-02-24
2026-01-28Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0600
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2026-02-28
2026-01-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0600
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2026-01-29
2024-08-09Health inspection10 citations
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0692
D · No harm found
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0693
E · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0698
D · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0755
E · No harm found
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0801
D · No harm foundFood safety
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0802
E · No harm foundFood safety
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0803
E · No harm foundFood safety
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0812
E · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-09-23
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-09-23
2024-04-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0686
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2024-05-15
2024-03-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0686
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2024-03-14
F-0695
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2024-03-14
F-0880
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-03-14
2024-03-07Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0761
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2024-03-08
2022-09-02Health inspection13 citations
F-0638
E · No harm found
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0641
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0677
E · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0686
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0690
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0759
E · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0761
E · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0867
C · No harm found
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0880
F · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-10-30
F-0883
E · No harm found
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Corrected 2022-10-30
2019-08-29Health inspection5 citations
F-0550
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2019-09-29
F-0640
D · No harm found
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Corrected 2019-09-29
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2019-09-29
F-0761
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2019-09-29
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2019-09-29
2024-08-09Fire-safety inspection6 citations
E-0039
F · No harm found
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0324
D · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0345
C · No harm found
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0711
D · No harm found
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2024-08-20
2024-08-06Fire-safety inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
K-0919
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
Corrected 2024-08-06
2023-08-11Fire-safety inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
K-0511
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
Corrected 2023-08-11
K-0711
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
Corrected 2023-08-11
2022-09-02Fire-safety inspection20 citations
E-0023
D · No harm found
Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation.
Corrected 2022-10-26
E-0030
D · No harm found
List the names and contact information of those in the facility.
Corrected 2022-10-26
E-0032
D · No harm found
Provide primary/alternate means for communication.
Corrected 2022-10-26
E-0039
D · No harm found
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0161
D · No harm found
Use approved construction type or materials.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0222
E · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0293
E · No harm found
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0324
E · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0342
D · No harm found
Have a complete alarm system manually initiated and initiated by fire sprinkler system connection.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0346
D · No harm found
Follow proper procedures when the fire alarm was out of service for more than 4 hours.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0347
E · No harm found
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0353
E · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0354
D · No harm found
Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0355
E · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0363
F · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0541
E · No harm found
Install properly constructed and protected linen or trash chutes.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0712
F · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0919
E · No harm found
Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
Corrected 2022-10-26
K-0923
E · No harm found
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Corrected 2022-10-26
2019-08-29Fire-safety inspection10 citations
E-0041
D · No harm found
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0321
D · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0324
D · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0345
E · No harm found
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0347
E · No harm found
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0355
D · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0363
D · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0374
E · No harm found
Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0712
D · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2019-11-20
K-0920
D · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2019-11-20
Federal penalties
2023-08-28Fine$4,587
2023-08-21Fine$4,235
Total fines$8,822
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 555533.
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Last verified 2026-08-31
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