Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
DIVINE MERCY GUEST HOME IV
704 HEWLETT STREET, Bakersfield CA 93309
6 bedsLatest official report Apr 17, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (661) 321-0144
- Licensee
- DIVINE MERCY HOME CARE LLC
- Administrator
- BAAL, SUSAN H.
- Contact
- BAAL, SUSAN H.
- License first date
- May 22, 2013
- License effective date
- May 22, 2013
- District office
- FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
- Regional office
- 24
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 1 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Apr 17, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- May 18, 2023
3 later reports, from May 24, 2024 through Apr 17, 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 125 Kern County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 5 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 5
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 1
- Type B deficiencies
- 2
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 0
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
0 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
0 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
0 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.
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
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Food serviceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87555(b)(21)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) The following food service requirements shall apply:(21)...refrigerators of adequate size shall maintain a maximum temperature of 40 degrees F (4 degrees C)... This requirement was not met evident by: Based on LPA Williams observation, the refrigerator temperature could not reach a temperature lower than 53 degrees F. which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
Administrator reported she will consult a technician on 5/18/2023 to check/fix the refrigerator. Administrator reported if refrigerator can not be fixed they will purchase a new one by Monday 5/22/2023.
Deadline recorded: May 26, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 26, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(a)
- 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. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Hall bathroom shower faucet observed with water leaking and sliding door observed not able to be opened or closed with ease, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/31/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit proof of hall bathroom shower faucet replaced and proof of sliding door replaced or repaired to be able to be opened with ease to CCL by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87705(f)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87705 Care of Persons with Dementia (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 observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed padlock for cabinet under kitchen sink was hooked into latch, but was not locked and was accessible to the two cans of Comet cleaner inside the cabinet, which poses an immediate safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/17/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee immediately locked padlock, securing the inaccessibility of the two cans of Comet cleaner. POC cleared during inspection.
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated May 17, 2022
Plan of correction recorded
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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