CASTLE CREST HOME I

113 CREST AVENUE, Alamo CA 94507

Facility 079201216 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Jul 30, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
VELASCO, JUDE B.
Administrator
SANTOS, BENJAMIN
Contact
SANTOS, BENJAMIN
License first date
Sep 22, 2022
License effective date
Sep 22, 2022
District office
OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
Regional office
15
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY, 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA, 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

The available records show 2 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jul 30, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Jul 30, 2025

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 391 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 3 reports for this facility: 2 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.

Those records contain 2 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies.

0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.

Official inspections
2

Fewer than the typical 5

0 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
8

Well above the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

More than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
6

More than the typical 2

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
0

Last 36 months

No inspection in the last 12 months, so a zero above means no record rather than a clean visit.

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.

No topic repeats in the last 36 months

No deficiency topic appears in more than one report during that window. This does not establish that nothing repeated earlier in the five-year record, and it is not a statement about current conditions.

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 in havingdangerous items accesible which poses an immediate safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/30/2025 Plan of Correction Dangerous items locked away POC clear

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Medication handling and storageType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(h)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. 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 unlocked medications which poses an immediate safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/30/2025 Plan of Correction Medications locked away POC clear

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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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 in 4 out of 4 staff not having CPR or First Aid which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/16/2025 Plan of Correction By POC facility agrees to get updated training for CPR/ First aid for all staff and notify CCLD

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87412(c)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(c) Licensees shall maintain in the personnel records verification of required staff training and orientation. 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 in 3 out of4 staff not having any updated training which poses a potential personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/16/2025 Plan of Correction By POC facility agrees to get enroll all staff in required training and notify CCLD

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Medical and dental careType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(d)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(d) If the resident is unable to determine his/her own need for a prescription or nonprescription PRN medication, and is unable to communicate his/her symptoms clearly, facility staff designated by the licensee, shall be permitted to assist the resident with self-administration, provided all of the following requirements are met: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review the facility did not comply with the section above by having an inaccurate MAR which poses a potential health and safety violation for residents in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/16/2025 Plan of Correction By POC Facility agrees to update and maintain the MAR as well as provide additional training to staff and notify CCLD.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Records and plan of operationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87506(b)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) Each resident's record shall contain at least the following information: 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 in 6 out of 6 residents having incomplete or missing files which poses a potential personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/16/2025 Plan of Correction By POC Facility agrees to update residents files and notify CCLD.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.695(c)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(c) A facility shall conduct a drill at least quarterly for each shift. The type of emergency covered in a drill shall vary from quarter to quarter, taking into account different emergency scenarios. An actual evacuation of residents is not required during a drill. While a facility may provide an opportunity for residents to participate in a drill, it shall not require any resident participation. Documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. 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 in not conducting quarterly emergency drills which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/16/2025 Plan of Correction By POC facility agrees to conduct drills and notify CCLD

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Administrator qualificationsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87405(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

a)All facilities shall have a qualified and currently certified administrator...to fulfill his/her responsibilities when the need for such additional hours is substantiated by written documentation. 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 a qualified Administrator which poses a personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/16/2025 Plan of Correction By POC Licensee agrees to designate a new Administrator and notify CCLD

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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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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