Dementia care
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
ARLINGTON CARE HOME
2545 ARLINGTON BLVD, El Cerrito CA 94530
8 bedsLatest official report Dec 22, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (510) 316-6687
- Licensee
- LMLC LLC
- Administrator
- CINDY HONGYAN CHEN
- Contact
- CINDY HONGYAN CHEN
- License first date
- Dec 15, 2017
- License effective date
- Dec 15, 2017
- District office
- OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
- Regional office
- 15
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 2 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Dec 22, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Dec 22, 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 17 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 7 to 15 beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 2 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 5
- Type A deficiencies
- 2
- Type B deficiencies
- 3
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
Fewer than the typical 9
1 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 7
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
1 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 4
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 1
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
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87303(e)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) Water supplies and plumbing fixtures shall be maintained as follows: (2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degrees C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degrees C). 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 the hot water in the shared resident bathroom measured to 131.4 degrees Fahrenheit, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/23/2025 Plan of Correction On or before plan of correction due date, licensee will email video proof of a lower max temperature hot water.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87618(b)(3)(E)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(3) Ensuring that the use of oxygen equipment meets the following requirements: (E) Oxygen tanks that are not portable shall be secured in a stand or to the wall. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not storing R1's oxygen tank on a secured stand in room #1 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/04/2024 Plan of Correction Staff corrected deficiency during visit and to perform in-service training for all staff regarding the regulation by the POC date. Provide proof to CCLD.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- 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 and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not locking scissors and disinfectants which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/04/2024 Plan of Correction Staff corrected deficiency during visit and to perform in-service training for all staff regarding the regulation by the POC date. Provide proof to CCLD.
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 in having tools and medication accessible to residents which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/21/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator locked medication and tools in cabinet to make then inaccessible to residents during visit. Deficiency cleared during visit.
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Dec 20, 2023
Plan of correction recorded
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87463(c)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(c) The licensee shall arrange a meeting with the resident, the resident's representative, if any, appropriate facility staff, and a representative of the resident's home health agency, if any, when there is significant change in the resident's condition, or once every 12 months, whichever occurs first, as specified in Section 87467, Resident Participation in Decision Making. 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 having appraisal needs and service plans for each resident which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 01/05/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to create an appraisal needs and service plan for each resident and submit a self-certification to CCLD that it has been completed by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
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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