| What is the difference between a Type A and a Type B citation in California?Updated 2026-08-20 | A Type A citation means the state judged a violation an immediate risk to a resident's health, safety or personal rights. A Type B does not create immediate risk. Both are the state's determination, and both stay on the record. |
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| How do I check whether a California care home has been inspected or cited?Updated 2026-08-20 | Every licensed care home in California has a public inspection record: visit history, citations by severity, and the outcome of every complaint investigated. It is free to look up, and most families never do because it is buried. |
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| What does it mean when a care home is licensed for non-ambulatory or bedridden residents?Updated 2026-08-20 | A California care home may only accept residents its licence covers. Non-ambulatory, bedridden and hospice residents each require specific permission, and the limits are written into the state record facility by facility. |
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| What is a board and care home, and how is it different from assisted living?Updated 2026-08-20 | A board and care home is a licensed care home in an ordinary house, usually six beds or fewer. It holds the same California licence as a 140-bed community and is inspected the same way, but it is invisible on the big referral sites. |
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| How do I find out who really owns a care home?Updated 2026-08-20 | The name on the sign is often not the entity that holds the licence. California publishes the licensee and the administrator for every facility, and the two are frequently different from the brand a family is shown. |
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