Senior Care Records.

Facility Evaluation Report

Antelope Valley Care Home, Lancaster10/08/2025Licence 191222665

Capacity6
Census2
Date signed10/08/2025 02:28:12 PM
Name of licensing program analystLorena Casillas
Name of licensing program managerNichelle Gillyard
The inspector’s account

On 10/08/25 at 10:00 am Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Lorena Casillas arrived at facility and met with Administrator Marie Lara Bru for an unannounced one (1) year Required visit for this facility. Reason for visit explained and entrance interview conducted.

A tour of the physical plant was conducted with Administrator at 11:00 am. The facility has four (4) bedrooms and two (2) bathrooms currently occupying two (2) clients. One (1) bathroom and bedroom are designated for staff use only and the facility has awake staff at night. The facility is Fire Cleared for six (6) ambulatory, two (2) clients in each room.

Infection control: LPA reviewed infection control plan (approved on 10/17/2022) to make sure licensee was following current infection control recommendations.

Kitchen: LPA conducted a tour of the kitchen around 11:10 pm and observed there to be sufficient stock of two-day perishable and seven-day non-perishable foods. Frozen foods are properly wrapped and stored. Food storage and preparation areas are clean and inaccessible to pests.

Common Areas: LPA observed the living room to be neat and clean along with the dining room. The facility maintains a comfortable temperature at 71°F. The smoke detectors were tested and observed to be operational at 11:30 am. There are three (3) fire extinguishers, one (1) is located in the kitchen and two (2) are located in the hallway on each side of the house. The Fire extinguishers were observed to be fully charged and last serviced on 04/18/25.

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing. Methodology · Report a correction