Facility Evaluation Report
Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Cynthia Chan conducted the required annual inspection. LPA arrived unannounced and met with the house manager, Alicia Federspiel. The reason for the visit was explained. The facility is licensed for (5) adults, ages 18 - 59, of which 1 may be non-ambulatory.
LPA inspected the facility using the Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement (CARE) tools.
The facility consist of 5 client bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, an open living room, dining room, and kitchen. There is a laundry room and a garage. Each client has their own bedroom with appropriate furniture and storage space. There are extra linens and hygiene supplies. Facility has interconnected smoke detector in each room and a carbon monoxide detector located in the hallway. Knives, cleaning solutions, and disinfectants are locked. The hot water temperature was measured between the required range of 105-120 degrees F.
Staff are providing care and supervision to meet the clients' needs and assisting in activities of daily living. Staff are continuing to follow their infection control plan and procedures while handling clients. There are sufficient food supplies of 2 day perishable and a week of non-perishable items.
Per the house manager, there is sufficient staffing to assist the clients. They have one overnight staff awake to supervise clients. Staff are all fingerprint cleared and associated to the facility. LPA reviewed records for 4 staff and 5 Clients. Administrator's (Michael Torres) certificate expires on 1/8/27. Facility staff have current CPR & First Aid certificates. Staff do not use any manual restraints on clients. There is one client with a restricted health plan. Medications are centrally locked and inaccessible to clients. LPA reviewed medications for all 5 clients and are being administered as prescribed. The facility has the updated emergency and disaster plan and conducting disaster drills monthly.
No deficiencies were observed today. An exit interview was held and a copy of this report was given to the house manager.
Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing. Methodology · Report a correction