Fairwinds - Desert Point
Oro Valley, AZ · Personal care
License #AL4698C · Assisted living center (a larger community caring for more than 10 residents)
State record
This is the home’s public record with the Arizona Department of Health Services — the same record we check before recommending any home. We show it to you either way.
About the grade: it reflects the last 12 months.
We grade each home on the state’s record from the past 12 months— the period that best shows how a home is being run today. Homes fix problems, and we don’t think a resolved issue from years ago should define a home forever. Anything still unresolved counts no matter when it started. The complete history, going back further, is listed below — nothing is hidden.
Every inspection and action below links to the home’s official report on Arizona’s AZ Care Check system, where you can read the specific findings and the plan of correction the home filed with the state.
- Complaint-based state inspectionMay 28, 2026Deficiencies cited
The following deficiencies were found during the on-site investigation of complaints 00169695, 00169654, and 00149859 conducted on May 28, 2026:
Read the state’s full inspection report → - State fine ($8,850)November 18, 2025Resolved
Civil Penalty (Inspection) case 00147395 Closed (Complete)
Read this action on the state’s official record → - Complaint-based state inspectionSeptember 10, 2025Deficiencies cited
This Statement of Deficiencies (SOD) supersedes the SOD sent October 9, 2025. The following deficiencies were found during the on-site compliance inspection and investigation of complaints 00142540, conducted on September 10, 2025:
Read the state’s full inspection report → - Complaint-based state inspectionNovember 18, 2024No deficiencies cited
An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00218770 was conducted on November 18, 2024, and the following deficiencies were cited :
Read the state’s full inspection report → - Complaint-based state inspectionAugust 23, 2024No deficiencies cited
An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00214061 was conducted on August 23, 2024, and the following deficiencies were cited :
Read the state’s full inspection report → - Complaint-based state inspectionJuly 16, 2024No deficiencies cited
An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00212528 was conducted on July 16, 2024, and the following deficiencies were cited :
Read the state’s full inspection report → - Complaint-based state inspectionMay 14, 2024Deficiencies cited
The following deficiencies were found during the on-site compliance inspection and investigation of complaint AZ00209403 conducted on May 14, 2023:
Read the state’s full inspection report → - Complaint-based state inspectionDecember 28, 2023No deficiencies cited
An on-site investigation of complaints AZ00204423, AZ00200749 was conducted on December 28, 2023, and no deficiencies were cited .
Read the state’s full inspection report → - Complaint-based state inspectionAugust 14, 2023No deficiencies cited
An on-site investigation of complaint AZ00197273 was conducted on August 14, 2023, and the following no deficiencies were cited .
Read the state’s full inspection report →
What this means
Arizona inspects every licensed assisted living home. A “deficiency” is something an inspector found that didn’t meet state rules — some are paperwork, some matter more. Enforcement actions like fines or citations are more serious, and an unresolved one means the issue was still open the last time the state updated its records. None of this automatically makes a home wrong for your family — but it’s exactly the kind of thing to ask about on a tour, and we’ll ask with you.
- State fine ($8,850) — Nov 2025
- Deficiencies cited at the most recent state inspection — see report
How we score state records
Arizona doesn’t give homes star ratings, so we built a simple, transparent score from the public record. Every home starts at 100 points, and the grade looks only at the last 12 months.
- Each state enforcement action in the last 12 months subtracts points — bigger actions (like a license suspension) subtract more than smaller ones (like a citation).
- A resolved issue older than 12 months doesn’t change the grade — the home fixed it and a year has passed. It still appears in the record above.
- An issue that’s still unresolvedcounts no matter how old it is — because it hasn’t been corrected — and an unresolved action subtracts extra.
- Deficiencies cited at the most recent inspection (within the last 12 months) subtract a few points each, up to a limit.
90 and up is an A, 75–89 a B, 60–74 a C, and below 60 a D. The score is our honest reading of the public record — it’s a starting point for questions, not a verdict.
Distance to nearby hospitals
- Oro Valley Hospital0.7 miles
- Northwest Medical Center5.5 miles
- Banner – University Medical Center Tucson11.0 miles
- Tucson Medical Center11.0 miles
- Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital12.3 miles
- Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital13.6 miles
- Santa Rita / Green Valley area hospitals37.8 miles
Tour this home with us — free
We'll set up the visit, come along, and ask the questions families don't always know to ask — including anything on the state record above. You'll never pay us a penny.
Our service is always free to families. When you choose a home we've introduced you to, that home pays us a referral fee. You never pay more because you worked with us, and we show you every home's state record either way.
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