Medication handling and storage
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
BECAUSE WE CARE ASSISTED LIVING
4401 BUENA VISTA ROAD, Bakersfield CA 93311
6 bedsLatest official report Jul 15, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (661) 410-1010
- Licensee
- HOFFMANN HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY, INC.
- Administrator
- DOBSON, LAURA
- Contact
- DOBSON, LAURA
- License first date
- Sep 9, 2022
- License effective date
- Sep 9, 2022
- District office
- FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
- Regional office
- 24
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 3 Type A deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jul 15, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Jul 15, 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 125 Kern County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 6 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 3 Type A and 0 Type B deficiencies.
2 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 3
- Type B deficiencies
- 0
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
Fewer than the typical 5
1 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
1 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 2
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.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(h)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87465(h)(2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place... not accessible to persons other than employees... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when LPA and S1 observed multiple medications unlock in R1’s bedroom accessible to the residents in care, which poses an immediate health and safety risk to person in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/16/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator removed medications into locked area. POC cleared during visit.
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Jul 15, 2026
Plan of correction recorded
Inspection
Food serviceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87555(b)(8)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87555(b)(8) All food shall be of good quality. Commercial foods shall be approved by appropriate federal, state, and local authorities. Good in damaged containers shall not be accepted, used, or retained. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, multiple expired canned food was observed in the walk in pantry, poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/20/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator immediately disregarded expired canned food. POC cleared during visit.
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Aug 19, 2025
Plan of correction recorded
Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(c)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87465 (c)(2) Once ordered by the physician the medication is given according to the physician's directions. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interviews conducted, records review, and observation, staff did not administer R1 and R2’s medications as directed by physician, which poses an immediate health and safety risk for the person in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/24/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee shall submit documents of steps the facility will take to ensure facility meets the regulation to Fresno CCL office by POC due date 08/24/24. Licensee shall have staff be retrained on administering medications. Licensee will submit documentation of training topics including date, training instructor, and staff attendance rooster to the Fresno CCL office by 09/05/24.
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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