Facility Evaluation Report
Licensing Program Analyst(s)(LPA) Mary Flores and Nune Margaryan conducted an unannounced annual visit at the facility using the CARE tool. LPAs met with Caren Tamalega staff and explained the reason for the visit. Admininstrator arrived 30 minutes later.
Facilty is licensed to served 28 adults between the ages of 18-59 years old. Facility has multiple single story detached buildings. It is located in a residential area consisting of 14 client rooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 staff bathroom, kitchen, dining room, laundry room, med-tech room, rear backyard, and a courtyard in the center of the property.
LPAs conducted a tour of the facility with Caren Tamalega staff and observed the following: Room
Four (4) Client rooms were observed, each room has the required furniture/bedding, and sufficient lighting. Room #14 a chest drawer was observed with the last drawer broken. Four (4) bathrooms were observed in working condition, each had spider webs and spiders in the corners of the ceiling. Water temperature was tested in each bathroom and tested between 116.2-150.9 degrees F., which is not within the required 105-120 degrees F. Kitchen was observed clean, cleaning supplies were locked in a cabinet, knives were locked in a drawer. Refrigerator was observed to have an unlock drawer with medication that needs to be refrigerated. Storage room had additional refrigerators and freezers, thermometers were not observed in any of the refrigerators or freezers. Roaches were observed crawling out of the refrigerator located in the storage. Sufficient food supplies were observed for at least 2 days of perishables and 7 days of non-perishables. Dining room was observed clean. Activity/TV room was observed dusty, with boxes against the wall, furniture in between furniture, crates set up as a table, and bug spray inside an unlock furniture cabinet. Outdoor area was observed with sufficient shading sitting area. A chair outside room #14 was observed ripped, and vomit or food waste was observed in the grass in front of the office area.
Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing. Methodology · Report a correction