SEQUOIA GROVE ASSISTED LIVING, INC

787 E. MINARETS AVE, Fresno CA 93720

Facility 107209323 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Aug 13, 2026Licensed

Additional info

Telephone: (559) 449-1249
Licensee: SEQUOIA GROVE ASSISTED LIVING, INC
Administrator: KEGHOUHY HANDIAN
Contact: KEGHOUHY HANDIAN
License first date: Jan 2, 2024
License effective date: Jan 2, 2024
District office: FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
Regional office: 24
Clients served: 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

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

Most recent inspection: Aug 13, 2026
Most recent deficiency: Aug 13, 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 260 Fresno County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 8 reports for this facility: 3 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 3 licensing or administrative records.

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: 3
Recorded deficiencies: 8
Type A deficiencies: 2
Type B deficiencies: 6
Substantiated complaints: 2
Repeated topics: 0

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.

Aug 13, 2026Inspection

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: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to Medical room unlocked and accessible to residents in care, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will conduct Training with Staff and place sign as reminder to staff. A statement will be provided to the Dept by POC due date explaining action to be taken to correct deficiency.

Deadline recorded: Aug 14, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 14, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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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: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPAs observed cleaning supplies, gardening tools, unlocked and accessible to facility residents, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will conduct in-service training with staff. A statement will be provided to the Dept by POC due date explaining action to be taken to correct deficiency.

Deadline recorded: Aug 14, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 14, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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Aug 7, 2026Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility

Administrator qualificationsType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87405(d)(2)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87405 Administrator - Qualifications and Duties (d) The administrator shall have (2)Knowledge of and ability to conform to the applicable laws, rules and regulations… This requirement was not met as evidenced by, Based on observation, record reviews, and interviews, the Licensee did not comply with section 87405 when the licensee was informed of concerns regarding the facility operations and did not implement corrective measures which is a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agrees to review section 87405 and submit a written statement detialing the steps the facility will take to ensure the requirements for this section is met, to include a target date of when the corrections will be implemented and a list of training topics, to the Fresno CCL office by the POC

Deadline recorded: Aug 25, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 25, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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Licensing and administrationType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87755(c)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87755 Inspection Authority of the Licensing Agency (c) The licensing agency shall have the authority to inspect, audit, and copy resident or facility records upon demand during normal business hours… This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, the Licensee did not comply with section 87755 when the Licensee did not provide resident or staff records when requested by the department, which is a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agrees to submit write a statement detailing the steps the facility will take to ensure the requirements of 87755 are met to the Fresno CCL office. Licensee also agrees to provide the requested document to the LPA by the POC

Deadline recorded: Aug 25, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 25, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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Feb 14, 2026Complaint

Allegations3 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 3 cited

Resident rightsType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87468.1(a)(3)
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: (3) To be free from punishment, humiliation, intimidation, abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, such as withholding residents’ money or interfering with daily living functions such as eating, sleeping, or elimination. This requirement was not met as evidence by: interviews conducted. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that staff failed to maintain respectful interactions with R1 and forcing them to consume food with medication inside without R1’s approval. This poses a potential health safety and or personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee stated they will provide a plan of correction in writing to CCL no later than 2/17/26. Plan of correction will be completed and documentation will be sent to CCL by POC date as proof of correction.

Deadline recorded: Feb 27, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 27, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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Medical and dental careType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87465(a)(5)(D)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (a) A plan for incidental medical and dental care shall be developed by each facility…(5)...Assistance with self-administered medications shall be limited to the following: (D) Assistance with self-administration does not include forcing a resident to take medication, hiding or camouflaging medications in other substances without the resident's knowledge and consent, or otherwise infringing upon a resident's right to refuse to take a medication. This requirement was not met as evidence by: records reviewed and interviews conducted. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that R1 did not have a prescription on file to place medications inside their food. Interviews disclosed R1 was forced to take medications without their consent. This poses a potential health safety and or personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Deadline recorded: Feb 27, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 27, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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Health conditions and treatmentsType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87633(a)(3)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87633 Hospice Care of Terminally Ill Residents (a) The licensee shall be permitted to accept or retain residents who have been diagnosed as terminally ill…when all of the following conditions are met: (3) Hospice agency services are contracted for by each terminally ill resident…not by the licensee on behalf of a resident or prospective resident. These hospice agency services must be provided by a hospice agency both licensed by the state and certified by the federal Medicare program. This requirement was not met as evidence by: records reviewed and interviews conducted. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that 2 of 2 residents receiving hospice care were changed from their original agency selection to the licensee’s " preferred agency " . This poses a potential health safety and or personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Deadline recorded: Feb 27, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 27, 2026

Correction not verified in available records

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Jan 6, 2026Inspection

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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Jan 21, 2025Inspection

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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Apr 2, 2024Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Admission, assessment, and evictionType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 1569.652
Regulation authority: HSC

What the official deficiency says

1569.652 Termination of admission agreement upon death of resident; removal of resident’s property; refund of fees paid; notice of contract termination and refunds. This requirement was not met as evidenced by LPA. Facility failed to provide refund upon resident's death with in 15 days. Responsible party was charged additional $1,324.82 for whole month of January stay when resident passed away in December. This is poses a potential health and safety or personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will review and update Admission agreement and submit a copy to licensing for review. Staff will complete training on regulations and provide copy to LPA by email by POC due date.

Deadline recorded: Apr 15, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 15, 2024

Correction not verified in available records

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Oct 3, 2023Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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Jun 2, 2023Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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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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