Facility Evaluation Report

Licensing Program Analyst(LPA) Christine Yee conducted an unannounced required Annual Inspection using the complete CARE Inspection Tool. LPA Yee was given entry into the home by Joel Senga, Staff. Byanca Flores, another staff arrived around 9:41 am. Mariana Romano, Administrator was contacted by Staff via telephone and she arrived at 9:56am to conduct the visit.

The facility is a single storey family home consisting of a living room, dining room, kitchen, sun room, 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and a attached garage that was converted in 2018-2019 without notification to the Department. Per Licensee, she obtained permits from the city. Located in the backyard is a swimming pool enclosed with a 5 feet fence.

The following were observed on today's visit.

upon arrival at the facility, LPA Yee was let into the facility by a Joel Senga. Per information provided by Joe, it was his first day at the facility and per the Administrator, he is an applicant for a caregiver position. However, there were no other staff present at the facility other than then Joel. Per Joel, the regular staff, Byanca Flores had stepped out and she was observed returning at 9:41am

per information obtained on today's visit, the facility had converted the attached garage to a studio without notifying the Department and has not been fire cleared for use by residents. The city also assigned a new address to the conversion - 4558 Cartwright Avenue. The Administrator was advised that the resident needs to be moved back into the facility until the conversion is fire cleared by the fire department. Per the Administrator, the resident would be relocated to Bedroom #1 as of tonight. A copy of the permit for the conversion will be provided by the Licensee by 8/24/23.

Food was reviewed and there was sufficient perishable foods for 2 days and insufficient non-perishable foods for 7 days observed on the premises.