Facility Evaluation Report

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Jose Villalobos conducted the required unannounced annual inspection. LPA met with staff Alex Fuentes and informed the reason for the visit today. This facility is licensed as an Adult Residential Facility for Persons with Special Healthcare Needs (ARFPSHN) and is vendored by East Los Angeles Regional Center.

LPA utilized the Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement (CARE) tools for the visit today. The following domains were completed:

Infection Control: Staff are using appropriate hand hygiene and wearing gloves when deemed necessary. Facility has an Infection Control Plan in place.

Operational Requirements: The fire clearance is approved for up to (4) bedridden clients. Facility has waivers in place for use of bed rails when clients are not on hospice as well as providing clients PRN medications without needing to contact clients physicians. Staff are adhering to operational requirements. Health and Safety Code Statutes adhered to as well. Emergency drills are being conducted as required. Last drill conducted on 6/8/24.

Physical Plant & Environment Safety: The facility is a single-story home that contains four (4) bedrooms fully equipped with mechanical lifts, three (3) bathrooms of which two (2) are equipped with a mechanical lift, a living room, family room, kitchen, dining room, laundry room, backyard shaded patio area, and attached garage. There are no pools or bodies of water on the premises. Knives, cleaning solutions, and disinfectants are locked and inaccessible to clients. There are no firearms or weapons stored at the facility. Water temperature measured within Title 22 regulations of 105-120 degrees.