Facility condition and maintenance
Cited in 3 reports, with 5 deficiencies in total.
TARA HILLS CARE HOME
908 TARA HILLS DRIVE, Pinole CA 94564
6 bedsLatest official report Nov 19, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (510) 910-6165
- Licensee
- DMC HOMES, INC.
- Administrator
- ENRIQUEZ, MIA
- Contact
- ENRIQUEZ, MIA
- License first date
- Dec 6, 2006
- License effective date
- Dec 6, 2006
- District office
- OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
- Regional office
- 15
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 4 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Nov 19, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Nov 19, 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 4 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 4 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
2 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 9
- Type A deficiencies
- 4
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
Fewer than the typical 5
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 3
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 by having the cabinet unlocked located in the kitchen which contained knives, scissors and dishwashing pods which poses an immediate health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/20/2025 Plan of Correction Lead Caregiver locked cabinet during visit. DEFICIENCY CLEARED DURING VISIT
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Nov 19, 2025
Plan of correction recorded
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 by having the medication closet opened and unlocked medication in the refrigerator which poses an immediate health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/20/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to conduct in-service training with all staff, purchase a medication lock box. Submit a copy of the sign in sheet and photos of the lockbox to the Department by the 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 by having the sliding glass door located in the kitchen off track which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/03/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to repair the glass sliding door and submit a video of door sliding to the department by the POC date.
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 a lighter located in an unlocked kitchen drawer which poses a potential health and, safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/09/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to keep all lighters locked at all times. DEFICIENCY CLEARED DURING VISIT
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Oct 8, 2024
Plan of correction recorded
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(c)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
All window screens shall be clean and maintained in good repair. LPA's observed room #1 no sliding glass door screen, #2 no sliding glass door screen , #3 no sliding door screen. kitchen sliding door no sliding glass door screen. 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 not having screen on the sliding doors which poses a potential health and safety or risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/22/2024 Plan of Correction ,Administrator agreed to replace all screen on the sliding glass doors.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Records and plan of operationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87208(A)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Building(s) to be occupied, including a floor plan that describes the capacities of the buildings for the uses intended...7)Sketches, showing dimensions, of the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation staff is using the staff room for living quarters which poses a potential health and, safety or personal risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/22/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed not to allow staff to sleep in the garage. Facility will submit a written addendum to their operating plan describing how the garage will be utilized as intended to CCLD by POC date. civil penalty assessed
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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 by having the water temperature at 123.8 which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/07/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to adjust water heater, measure water temperature and provide CCLD a photo of reading no later than 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)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
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. (1) Floor surfaces in bath, laundry and kitchen areas shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary, and odorless 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 by having items such as commode, mattresses, bed rails, soil, plant, broom in 2 chairs in the back yard which poses an immediate health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/20/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to have items listed removed from the back and side yard no later than the POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(a)(B)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Living accommodations and grounds shall be related to the facility's function. The facility shall be large enough to provide comfortable living accommodations and privacy for the residents, staff, and others who may reside in the facility. The following provisions shall apply: (B) No room commonly used for other purposes shall be used as a sleeping room for any resident. This includes any hall, stairway, unfinished attic, garage storage area, shed or similar detached building. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by using a room in the garage for staff sleeping which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/20/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to remove beds, clothing and shoes and use for breakroom/storage which room has been fire cleared for. Administrator will provide photos of room once cleared. Civil penalty of $500 is being assessed for fire clearance violation.
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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