COMFORT CARE HOME IV

4917 AU CHOCOLAT DR, Bakersfield CA 93311

Facility 157206741 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Apr 13, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
AMY'S COMFORT CARE INC
Administrator
DHILLON, AMARDEEP (AMY)
Contact
DHILLON, AMARDEEP (AMY)
License first date
May 25, 2016
License effective date
May 25, 2016
District office
FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
Regional office
24
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Apr 13, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Apr 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 125 Kern County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 6 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
5

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
6

More than the typical 3

1 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

About the same as most this size

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
5

More than the typical 2

1 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
1

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
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87633(b)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87633(b) A current and complete hospice care plan shall be maintained in the facility for each hospice resident… This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when LPA reviewed R1’s file who is currently receiving hospice care with no current hospice care plan on file, which poses a potential health or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 04/17/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee will obtain R1’s current hospice care plan and submitted to Fresno CCL by POC due date 04/17/26.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87608(a)(5)(B)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87608(a)(5)(B) Bed rails that extend the entire length of the bed are prohibited except for residents who are currently receiving hospice care and have a hospice care plan that specifies the need for full bed rails. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, records reviewed, and interview conducted, R1 is not on hospice and using full rail hospital bed with no doctor’s orders, which poses/posed a potential health and safety and personal rights risk to the resident in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 04/22/2025 Plan of Correction Full bed rails are prohibited. Licensee shall remove full rail bed by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Medical and dental careType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(d)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465(d)(3) The date and time …medication was taken, the dosage taken, and the resident’s response shall be documented and maintained in the resident’s facility record. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observations, records reviewed, and interviews conduct, R1’s PRN medication was order on 11/07/23 and recorded centrally stored record and did not record in the resident’s MARs, which poses/ posed a potential health and safety risk for the person in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 04/25/2025 Plan of Correction All resident’s medications that are centrally stored shall be record in the facility. A copy of R1’s MAR recording PRN medication shall be submitted to CCL by POC due date 04/25/25.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Dementia careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87705(f)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

The following shall be stored inaccessible to residents with dementia: Knives, matches, firearms, tools and other items that could constitute a danger to the resident(s). Over-the-counter medication, nutritional supplements or vitamins, alcohol, cigarettes, and toxic substances such as certain plants, gardening supplies, cleaning supplies and disinfectants. 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 knives and medication cups fill with medications were stored in malfunction kitchen drawers this poses an immediately health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 05/23/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee immediately removed knives and medication cups into functioned locked kitchen shelf.

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(c)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

A record of each dose is maintained in the resident's record. The record shall include the date and time the PRN medication was taken, the dosage taken, and the resident's response. 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 Licensee reviewed all the residents’ MARs and observed all the residents MARs not completed correctly. The staff stated medications for 4/30/23 AM, 04/30/23 PM, and 05/01/23 AM was administered; however the staff did not sign nor initial medications was given for the residents in care this poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 05/08/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to submit a plan detailing steps the facility will take to ensure when medications are administered it is documented correctly to the Fresno CCL office. Licensee stated that staff will be re-trained on the requirements of Incidental Medical and Dental Care. Documentation of training topics which will include how medications are administered and how to document after medications are administered. Training topics and staff attendance will be submitted to the Fresno CCL office by 05/08/23.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Food serviceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87555
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87555 General Food Service Requirements: (b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (27) All kitchen areas shall be kept clean and free of litter, rodents, vermin and insects. 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 gnats were observed to be in the food pantry due to the foul odor of onions that had sprouted,which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 05/23/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee immediately removed the box of onions that attracted the gnats. Licensee agreed to train staff on the requirements of section 87555 General Food Service Requirlements and submit a copy of training topics and attendance to the Fresno CCL office by 05/23/2022.

Plan of correction recorded
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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