CASA ELITE

1785 CITRUS LANE, El Centro CA 92243

Facility 134602495 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

8 bedsLatest official report Apr 10, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
CASA ELITE, L.L.C.
Administrator
IRMA PINEDA
Contact
IRMA PINEDA
License first date
Oct 23, 2007
License effective date
Oct 23, 2007
District office
SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
Regional office
08
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Apr 10, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Mar 26, 2026

1 later report, on Apr 10, 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 4 Imperial 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 10 reports for this facility: 9 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
9

More than the typical 3

3 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
5

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
4

Most this size have none

1 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

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
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87307(a)(2)(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: (2) Resident bedrooms shall be provided which meet, at a minimum, the following requirements: (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 LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 8 persons which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 04/02/2026 Plan of Correction The Licensee agreed to have the resident moved into a room on or before the POC date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87411(c)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87411 Personnel Requirments- General (c) All RCFE staff who assist residents with personal activities of daily living shall receive intial and annual training.... (1) Staff providing care shall receive appropriate in first aid from persons qualified. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on records reviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of six caregivers which poses safety to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 12/06/2023 Plan of Correction Adminstrator agrees to provide proof of training by due date.

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

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (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 was not mer as evidenced by: Based on interviews and observation, the Licensee did not ensure centrally stored medication was locked in a place no accesible to residents in care, which posed a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to 6 of 6 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator agreed to provide centrally store medication training to all staff and submit proof of training, by 11/17/23.

Deadline recorded: Oct 26, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 26, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
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Not classified in the sourceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87475(h)(4)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (4) All centrally stored medications shall be labeled and maintained in compliance with state and federal laws. No persons other than the dispensing pharmacist shall alter a prescription label. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and observations, the Licensee did not ensure centrally stored medication was labeled and maintained in complaince, which posed a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to 6 of 6 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator agreed to provide centrally store medication training to all staff and submit proof of training, by 11/17/23.

Deadline recorded: Oct 26, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 26, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 4 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

Medical and dental careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(a)(5)(A)
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. The plan shall encourage routine medical and dental care and provide for assistance in obtaining such care, by compliance with the following: (5) Facility staff, except those authorized by law, shall not administer injections, but staff designated by the licensee may assist persons with self-administration as needed. Assistance with self-administered medications shall be limited to the following: (A) Medications usually prescribed for self-administration which have been authorized by the person's physician. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and observations, the Licensee did not ensure staff only assisted residents with medication prescribed by a resident's physician, which posed an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to 3 of 6 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator agreed to provide in service training to all staff regarding asisstance with self administered medication. Administrator will provide a training date to the LPA by 9/8/23. Once training is complete, administrator will send the LPA proof. Administrator will work with physicians to obtain orders for all different uses of prescribed cannabis.

Deadline recorded: Sep 7, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Citation dismissed - not a correctionOn Sep 7, 2023

Deficiency Dismissed Type A 09/07/2023 Section Cited CCR 87465(a)(5)(A)

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Sep 7, 2023
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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