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Driftwood Healthcare Center - Hayward

19700 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward, CA, 94541

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 555533

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall2 / 5
Health inspections2 / 5
Staffing4 / 5
Quality measures4 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Corporation · Chain: Mariner Health Care
Certified beds
88 · avg 80 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
27.7%lower than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
21.4%lower than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 39.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
0 departednear the California averageCalifornia avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
6 fines · $26,764 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
555533
Certified beds
88 beds · avg 80 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Driftwood Hayward Operating Company, Lp
Chain affiliation
Mariner Health Care

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitPartnershipHolding company in ownership

Chain affiliation

Part of the Mariner Health Care chain — 17 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.

Disclosed owners (13 on record)

  • Dennis Sarcauga

    Corporate Officer · since 2025

  • Jerrold a Kram

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2023

  • Gurpreet Dhugga

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2023

  • Patricia g Martinez

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2020

  • Emily Grunstein

    5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2019

  • Capital Funding Llc

    5% or Greater Security Interest · since 2015

+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

38 health citations on file10 from complaints6 federal fines totalling $27K

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 38)

  • D0583·Apr 3, 2026Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

  • D0695·Feb 26, 2026Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  • D0697·Feb 6, 2026Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

  • D0600·Jan 28, 2026Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

  • D0600·Jan 22, 2026Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

  • E0880·Aug 9, 2024

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • E0812·Aug 9, 2024

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  • E0803·Aug 9, 2024

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    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.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20236 fines · $27K

Most recent events

  • Aug 28, 2023Fine · $4,587
  • Aug 21, 2023Fine · $4,235
  • Aug 14, 2023Fine · $3,846
  • Aug 7, 2023Fine · $3,529
  • Jul 17, 2023Fine · $8,469
  • Jun 26, 2023Fine · $2,098

Largest single fine on record: $8,469.

Fire-safety citations

39 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Aug 9, 2024. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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