Dementia care
Cited in 2 reports, with 3 deficiencies in total.
AVA BELLA CARE HOME
2483 BALMORAL STREET, Union City CA 94587
6 bedsLatest official report Jan 29, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (510) 324-0444
- Licensee
- AVABELLA CARE HOME LLC
- Administrator
- NICOLE MORALES
- Contact
- NICOLE MORALES
- License first date
- Jan 30, 2016
- License effective date
- Jan 30, 2016
- District office
- OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
- Regional office
- 15
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 5 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jan 29, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Jan 29, 2026
No later report is available, so the records do not show what happened afterward.
What Type A and Type B mean
- Type A
- Violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
- Type B
- Violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.
At a glance
Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 152 Alameda County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 9 reports for this facility: 8 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 5 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 8
- Recorded deficiencies
- 11
- Type A deficiencies
- 5
- Type B deficiencies
- 6
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
More than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 4
3 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
2 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 2
1 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
Last 36 months
Repeated topics
Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as multiple cleaning chemicals were left in unlocked cabinets in the kitchen as well as there being unlocked medicine in the kitchen fridge, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction On or before plan of correction due date, licensee will send to CCL photos of all chemicals moved into cabinets with locks and will send photo of a lockbox for any medications that need to be in the fridge.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. (1) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, and poisonous substances shall be stored in areas separate from food supplies as specified in Section 87555, General Food Service Requirements. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there were unlocked knives in the kitchen and unlocked scissors in a drawer in the living room, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction On or before plan of correction due date, licensee will send photos to CCL of all knives and scissors being moved to cabinets with locks.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Licensing and administrationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.618(c)(3)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(c)The facility shall employ, and the administrator shall schedule, a sufficient number of staff members to do all of the following: (3) Ensure that at least one staff member who has cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and first aid training is on duty and on the premises at all times. This paragraph shall not be construed to require staff to provide CPR. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as no staff has current CPR/First Aid certification, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 02/06/2026 Plan of Correction On or before plan of correction due date, licensee will send to CCL the CPR/1st Aid appointment information and then the cards after completion.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Dementia careType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87705(f)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(f) The following shall be stored inaccessible to residents with dementia: (1) Knives, matches, firearms, tools and other items that could constitute a danger to the resident(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having knife left unlocked on the kitchen counter which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/11/2024 Plan of Correction Staff locked knife during inspection. Defiency cleared
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87705(f)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(f) The following shall be stored inaccessible to residents with dementia: (2) Over-the-counter medication, nutritional supplements or vitamins, alcohol, cigarettes, and toxic substances such as certain plants, gardening supplies, cleaning supplies and disinfectants. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having •medicine unlocked inside the small cabinet on the table, and detergent left unlocked under shared resident bathroom and common bathroom which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/11/2024 Plan of Correction Staff locked medication during inspection. Defiency cleared
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(b)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having unused wheelchair, bags of recycling items, hospital bed, wood board, screen door ripped and fence leaning towards the street in the backyard which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 02/02/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator will get backyard cleaned and fence fixed and submit photo proof to CCL by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87705(f)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having 5 bottles of medication unlocked and acceissble to residents which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 01/27/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator locked all mediations during the visit. Deficiency is cleared.
Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Jan 27, 2024
Plan of correction recorded
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.696(a)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(a) All residential care facilities for the elderly shall provide training to direct care staff on postural supports, restricted conditions or health services, and hospice care as a component of the training requirements specified in Section 1569.625. The training shall include all of the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not having proof of staff training for R2 who has nephrostomy which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 02/09/2024 Plan of Correction By POc date, Administrator will get all staff trained by home health nurse and submit proof of training to CCL.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87616(b)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) Written requests shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Documentation of the resident's current health condition including updated medical reports, other documentation of the current health, prognosis, and expected duration of condition. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in admitting R2 who has nephrostomy but unable to manage which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 02/12/2024 Plan of Correction By POC date, Administrator will submit request for exception for R2.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87608(a)(5)(B)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87608 Postural Supports (a) Based on the individual's preadmission appraisal, and subsequent changes to that appraisal, the facility shall provide assistance and care for the resident in those activities of daily living which the resident is unable to do for himself/herself. Postural supports may be used under the following conditions. (5) Under no circumstances shall postural supports include tying, depriving, or limiting the use of a resident's hands or feet. (B) Bed rails that extend the entire length of the bed are prohibited except for residents who are currently receiving hospice care and have a hospice care plan that specifies the need for full bed rails. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having full bedrails which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 06/01/2022 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to remove bedrails, take photo and submit it to CCLD by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87303 Maintenance and Operation (a) The facility shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times. Maintenance shall include provision of maintenance services and procedures for the safety and well-being of residents, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in by having wood, cardboard boxes, exercise bicycle, and construction materials in the backyard and on right side of house poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 06/01/2022 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to have all items removed and submit photo to CCLD by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Source and limits
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. Public facility history is described by the source as a five-year window. Older records and previous-licensee history may require a regional-office request. Type 741 RCFE-CCRCs, nursing homes, and other care settings are excluded from this page.
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