Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportMERRILL GARDENS AT LAFAYETTE
1010 2ND ST, Lafayette CA 94549
100 bedsLatest official report May 1, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (925) 299-6912
- Licensee
- SHI-III MG GP, SHI-III LAFAYETTE; MERRILL GARDENS
- Administrator
- NACHAND, KRISTINE
- Contact
- NACHAND, KRISTINE
- License first date
- May 25, 2017
- License effective date
- May 25, 2017
- District office
- OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
- Regional office
- 15
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 1 Type B deficiency for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- May 1, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Sep 30, 2021
9 later reports, from May 17, 2022 through May 1, 2026, recorded no deficiencies, though the records do not say whether they were follow-ups.
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 35 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 50 or more 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 10 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 4 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 0 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 6
- Recorded deficiencies
- 1
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 1
- Substantiated complaints
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
Fewer than the typical 9
1 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 7
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 4
0 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
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.
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.
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 1 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities (a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment. Based on interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section above. Management was informed of R1 smoking in the facility multiple times over three years and did not issue a formal warning letter to R1 or R1's authorized representatives which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risks to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
By POC date Administrator agrees to send formal letter to R1, R1's authorized representative and CCLD outlining care plan for R1's smoking and warning for smoking in facility.
Deadline recorded: Oct 4, 2021. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 4, 2021
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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