Golden Sonora Care Center
Public record summary
About this facility — Golden Sonora Care Center
Golden Sonora Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Sonora, California. It is licensed for 210 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).
It is one of 5 senior care facilities in Sonora 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 Golden Sonora Care Center 122 times across 31 inspections in the last three years, including 9 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $56,843 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
Ownership & operator
Registered owners & officers
Regulatory standing
Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)
Services & coverage
Inspection record
Kitchen & food safety
28 earlier / fire-safety inspections (119 citations)
Federal penalties
Visitor reviews
★Linda Fox · 2025-10-24 · via Google“There is nothing that I can possibly say that would change my mind or my family‘s mind about the way this place operates. My mother treatment was horrendous! Although her caregivers were generally nice their policies just suck. Very little recuperating therapy. No call buttons if you need help you have to walk to the nurse desk and ask for it. After five days in mother had a bump and a bruise on h…”
★Kristy Duncan · 2026-03-03 · via Google“This place is not where you want your loved one at. One they do not communicate their rules and everything with you. 2 they try to treat your loved one like a prisoner. If your told they are a veteran with PTSD then you don't trigger someone with it. I felt the social services and nurses( all of them, LVN, RNs, and therapists) are all unprofessional. You do not touch it take property that is not y…”
★Kitty Tales · 2026-03-07 · via Google“Wheelchairs are unsafe. I broke my arm while getting into one. They also lost partial and never replaced them as they promised they would. Some CNA’s are in need of refresher training. When I have to tell a CNA how to safely do their job, they are in wrong business. As for the meals, most I couldn’t eat. One night when I removed the cover there was a grey slimy stuff in the lid that had been on to…”
