Sandstone Spring Valley: AC Failure Left Residents in Heat - NV
The sequence started on approximately June 1, 2025, when a power surge damaged one indoor air unit. The contracted HVAC company came out the same day. While making repairs, a technician caused a communication error that knocked out air conditioning in one hallway on the first floor and one on the second floor. Staff reset the system the same day. It held for about ten days.
Then a wiring issue caused the system to shut down entirely.
Maintenance staff stayed on site and manually reset the unit each time it failed, which was roughly every two hours. That arrangement was not a fix. It was a stopgap that ran for days while the facility waited on its HVAC contractor to diagnose the actual problem.
By approximately June 10, the contractor identified a wiring issue affecting 12 rooms in 2300 Hall and seven rooms in 1300 Hall. The facility closed 2300 Hall to allow repairs. In rooms 1301 through 1305 in the adjacent hall, air conditioning continued to function, so those residents stayed put. The rest of 1300 Hall was closed.
The repairs were not finished. On July 12, the facility closed the remaining rooms in 1300 Hall as well. Both affected halls stayed closed through the time inspectors arrived in August.
The administrator told inspectors that around 17 residents in those two halls could have been exposed to hot room temperatures during the period when air conditioning was not working. The two halls together contained 24 private rooms running at 90 to 95 percent occupancy. Five residents, the administrator said, chose to stay in the unit rather than relocate when the problems began.
One resident, identified in the report as R181, was admitted to a room in 1300 Hall during the period when air conditioning in that hall was affected. The Director of Nursing confirmed the room was among those impacted.
The complaint that prompted the inspection alleged the facility had gone more than three days in June 2025 without functioning air conditioning.
Inspectors were on site from August 19 through August 22. By then, both halls had been closed for more than a month, and the facility had placed three portable air conditioning units on the first floor and two on the second. Room temperatures during the inspection ranged from 70.2 to 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit. No residents complained about heat during the visit. A certified nursing assistant told inspectors the temperatures were fine and that no residents had raised concerns. At a resident council meeting on August 21, no one brought up room temperatures.
The violation was cited at the lowest level of harm, meaning inspectors found minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with few residents affected.
What the record shows is a facility that lost climate control in two halls during a Las Vegas summer, jury-rigged a manual reset operation that required staff to intervene every two hours, and did not complete the underlying electrical repairs for more than six weeks. Seventeen residents may have been in rooms without reliable cooling during that window. Five of them stayed.
The inspection report does not say how hot those rooms got. It does not say whether any residents were treated for heat-related symptoms, or whether anyone documented the temperature in 1300 Hall or 2300 Hall on the days the system was cycling off every two hours. What it says is that by the time inspectors arrived, the broken halls were empty, the portable units were humming, and no one had any complaints.
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SANDSTONE SPRING VALLEY in LAS VEGAS, NV was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 22, 2025.
The sequence started on approximately June 1, 2025, when a power surge damaged one indoor air unit.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.