Pricing ranges from
    $5,123 – 6,147/month

    Sweetwater Senior Care

    5741 Sweetwater Pl, Yorba Linda, CA, 92886
    4.0 · 4 reviews
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    3.0

    Caring staff, but hygiene neglected

    I appreciate the loving, caring staff and the clean, secure, lovely home - many caregivers are helpful, passionate, and attentive. My transition was hard: I encountered aggressive behavior and inconsistent care, with requests for dental care and a haircut ignored, residents not bathed, and poor hygiene (dirty underwear sticking to skin). I'm grateful for much of the staff but disappointed by these serious lapses.

    Pricing

    $5,123+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $6,147+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    4.00 · 4 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.0
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Caring, compassionate staff
    • Helpful and passionate employees
    • Excellent care (reported by some reviewers)
    • Very clean facility
    • Strong security
    • Warm, home-like atmosphere
    • Loving staff and lovely people

    Cons

    • Unresponsive staff to specific requests
    • Ignored requests for dental care and haircuts
    • Personal hygiene neglect (not bathed, dirty underwear)
    • Inconsistent or uneven care quality across residents/shifts
    • Reports of aggressive behavior
    • Difficult or hard transition for some residents

    Summary review

    The reviews present a mixed but strongly polarized picture of Sweetwater Senior Care. Several reviewers praise the staff and environment in emphatic terms — describing staff as amazing, caring, helpful, passionate, and loving. Multiple comments highlight that the facility itself is very clean, offers good security, and feels like a lovely, home-like setting. Some reviewers explicitly state that their loved ones receive excellent care and express gratitude, suggesting that for many residents the overall experience is positive and the staff perform well.

    Running alongside those positive impressions are serious and specific complaints about personal care and responsiveness. A number of reviewers report that staff were unresponsive to requests for services such as dental care and haircuts. More troubling are reports that some residents were not bathed and wore dirty underwear that was sticking to skin — a direct personal-hygiene concern that indicates lapses in basic caregiving for at least some individuals. These hygiene complaints contrast sharply with statements that the facility is "very clean," suggesting that cleanliness of the physical environment may be reliably maintained even when personal-care tasks are inconsistently performed.

    There is a pattern of inconsistency: while several accounts describe attentive, compassionate staff, others describe staff as unresponsive or neglectful of specific requests. This variability could reflect differences between shifts, specific caregivers, or isolated incidents rather than a uniform standard of care. One reviewer mentions "aggressive behavior," although the source (whether from a resident or staff) is not specified; nonetheless, it is a notable safety and behavioral-management concern. Another reviewer describes the move or adjustment as a "hard transition," indicating that some residents may struggle to adapt and may require extra attention and support during intake and early residency.

    Several themes about management and operations emerge indirectly. Praise for staff passion and helpfulness points to positive staffing culture in some areas, while ignored requests and hygiene lapses point to potential gaps in oversight, communication, or staffing levels. The combination of strong facility cleanliness and security with intermittent failures in personal care suggests that institutional protocols for environmental maintenance are functioning, but personal-care workflows (bathing, clothing changes, arranging outside appointments) may be less consistently managed.

    Certain topics are not addressed in the supplied reviews: there is no direct information about dining quality, specific clinical outcomes, medication management, or the variety of activities and programming. Likewise, the exact nature and frequency of aggressive incidents are not detailed. Overall, the reviews indicate that Sweetwater Senior Care has many strengths — notably compassionate staff, cleanliness, and security — but also some significant and specific concerns around responsiveness and personal hygiene for some residents. The pattern suggests variability in resident experience; prospective residents and families should weigh the strong positive testimonials against the hygiene and responsiveness issues and ask management how they address those specific concerns, consistency across shifts, and transition support for new residents.

    Location

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    About Sweetwater Senior Care

    Sweetwater Senior Care sits in Yorba Linda, California, and has a 6-bed Board & Care license as a Residential Care Home for the Elderly, so things feel pretty close-knit and personal here, where staff look after each resident's daily needs like bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and moving around, always with gentle help and respect, even offering incontinence care when needed, so no one feels left out. You'll find a warm, furnished setting with safety and handicap features, kitchens or kitchenettes in rooms, cable TV, emergency alert systems, and even washers and dryers close by, so residents can stay comfortable, secure, and independent as much as possible. The staff keep watch around the clock and help manage medications, help coordinate with doctors, and make sure everyone has three nutritious meals a day, with menus that match special diets like diabetes or allergies. Residents enjoy game rooms, activities rooms, and a range of daily programs, including movie nights, crafts, socials, and fitness, and you can take a walk through the landscaped gardens or relax in the community rooms, which gives the place a little more energy but still feels peaceful. They also offer assisted living services along with skilled nursing like wound care and rehab, which means residents don't have to move out if their needs change, plus they offer respite care for caregivers who need a break. You'll find useful perks like a fitness center, salon, transportation, guest parking, wifi, and housekeeping, so most daily tasks and comforts are covered. Move-in coordination, waiting list policies, and support for families and caregivers help bring a sense of order and support to the process. Staff pride themselves on privacy, dignity, and supporting each resident's preferences, while visiting hours run daily from 9 am to 6 pm, so loved ones can always drop by. The community stays small, only housing six people, creating a chance for folks to know each other well, which can give families a reassuring peace of mind.

    People often ask...

    State of California Inspection Reports

    11

    Inspections

    5

    Type A Citations

    4

    Type B Citations

    4

    Years of reports

    07 May 2025
    Found that a staff member worked from May 1 to May 7, 2025 without association to the site. A civil penalty was assessed.
    • § 9058
    • § 87355(c)
    21 Aug 2024
    Identified deficiencies and a civil penalty were assessed after a one-year annual visit, during which staff files, resident files, medications, and interviews were reviewed. A form was amended due to a technical issue, and technical assistance was issued in error.
    21 Aug 2024
    Cited deficiencies and a civil penalty were issued during the inspection visit.
    • § 87705(c)(5)
    • § 1569.695(c)
    • § 87412(f)
    • § 87202(a)(1)
    15 Aug 2024
    Found four ambulatory and two non-ambulatory residents in a single-story building with a fenced pool; observed clean bedrooms, adequate bedding and supplies, and sound infection control and safety measures, but deficiencies were cited.
    15 Aug 2024
    Identified deficiencies during the visit.
    • § 87303(a)
    • § 87303(e)(2)
    21 Oct 2022
    Found that the allegation that staff changed the oxygen concentrator from 2.5 to 4 liters could not be proven by a preponderance of evidence; the allegation is unsubstantiated.
    21 Oct 2022
    Confirmed that allegations of changing a resident's oxygen levels were unable to be proven, therefore the allegation remains unsubstantiated.
    16 Aug 2022
    Found one deficiency and five advisories after an unannounced, required annual inspection of a residential care home; no citation was issued.
    16 Aug 2022
    Inspection identified deficiencies in safety features and housekeeping practices, with recommendations for improvements in outdoor furniture and medication storage.
    • § 87465(h)(2)
    30 Aug 2021
    Found no residents on site and none since July 2021; no deficiencies observed; licensee will notify licensing agency when ready to admit residents.
    30 Aug 2021
    Inspection found no deficiencies in the facility.

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