Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportAZALEA HOUSE
1952 MAIDEN LANE, Altadena CA 91001
6 bedsLatest official report Jun 7, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (626) 239-9051
- Licensee
- AZALEA HOUSE LLC
- Administrator
- HEWITT, AMBER
- Contact
- HEWITT, AMBER
- License first date
- May 13, 2025
- License effective date
- May 13, 2025
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 31
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 3 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jun 7, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Jun 7, 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 1,564 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 8 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 3 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.
2 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 5
- Type A deficiencies
- 3
- Type B deficiencies
- 2
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 0
About the same as most this size
4 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
5 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
2 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
Background checksType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87355(e)(3)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87355 Criminal Record Clearance. (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility: (3) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c). This requirement is not met as evidenced by staff #1 working in the facility since 11/10/25 and had no criminal record/ association to the facility. This poses an immediate hazard to the health and safety to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Administrator agreed that Staff #1 (S1) will not return until they have approved Criminal Background Clearance and Association to this facility. S1 immidiatelty left the facility and POA was cleared during today's visit.
Deadline recorded: Jun 8, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 8, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87458(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87458 Medical Assessment (a) Prior to a person's acceptance as a resident, the licensee shall obtain documentation of a medical assessment, signed by a licensed medical professional acting within the scope of their practice and made within the last year, to be kept in the resident's record. This requirement was not meet as evidenced by. R1’s physician report was not signed by the doctor. This poses potential risk to health, safety and personal rights to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Administrator agreed to obtain Medical Assessment signed by their physician and person prior to acceptance as a resident. R1 no longer resides in the faciltiy.
Deadline recorded: Jun 22, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 22, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
Licensing and administrationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87207
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87207 False Claims; No licensee, officer or employee of a licensee shall make or disseminate any false or misleading statement regarding the facility or any of the services provided by the facility. Based on interviews & records reviewed on 11/5/25, it was determined that Staff (S1) does not have an Administrator certificate to oversee daily operations. S1 stated they are an Administrator & no proof of Administrator certificate available in facility staff file. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Ms. Hewitt the Administrator of the facility clarified with S1 that she was not hired as an Administrator but a House Manager as indicated on S1's job application. LPA was present when S1 verbalized understanding. Plan of correction was corrected by due date.
Deadline recorded: Jan 12, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 12, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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) Incidental Medical and Dental Care (h)The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored (2)...shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the super vision of the centrally stored medication. Based on observation and interview there was no key in the facility to lock the medication cabinet at the time of my visit because Administrator took the key. This poses a potential risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
At the time of visit 11/5/25 upon arrival of Administrator LPA observed Administrator illustrate that medication cabinet had a key and locked it. Administrator confirmed that all staff will be re-instructed on secure storage of medication. POC was cleared on the day of visit
Deadline recorded: Nov 5, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Nov 7, 2025
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 5, 2025
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87309(a)Storage Space and Access (a) Except as specified in subsection (b) the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions... knives, sharp... which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage Based on observation and interview that toxic chemicals were stored in an unlocked kitchen sink cabinet and sharps were accessible in an unlocked drawer. This poses a potential risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
At the of the visit 11/5/25 staff S1 was to proper use of the locking mechanisms were sharps and toxic chemicals are kept. Administrator confirmed that all staff will be re-instructed on secure storage of sharps, and cleaning supplies. POC was cleared on the day of visit
Deadline recorded: Nov 5, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Nov 7, 2025
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 5, 2025
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
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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