SERENITY SENIORS HOME III

212 S. ESSEY AVE, Compton CA 90221

Facility 198602281 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

4 bedsLatest official report Sep 25, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SERENITY SENIORS HOME, INC.
Administrator
ASTIER, MAYA
Contact
ASTIER, MAYA
License first date
Oct 13, 2016
License effective date
Oct 13, 2016
District office
EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
Regional office
11
Clients served
910 - DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED (DD)

Summary

The available records show 3 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Sep 25, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Sep 25, 2025

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 6 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 3 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
5

More than the typical 4

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
5

More than the typical 1

1 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
3

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

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
Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87217(g)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Each licensee shall maintain adequate safeguards and accurate records of cash resources and valuables entrusted to his care, including, but not limited to the following: Records of residents' cash resources maintained as a drawing account shall include a ledger accounting (columns for income, disbursements and balance) for each resident, and supporting receipts filed in chronological order. Each accounting shall be kept current. Deficient Practice Statement Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA was unable to review P & I ledgers for clients #1-4 at the time of annual inspection which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/09/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee to ensure that P & I ledgers are avaialbale for review at all times, P & I ledgers to be currect and have receipts attached. A copy of P & I ledgers, receipts, and accound balances to be be sent to LPA by POC due date to Lizeth.villegas@dss.ca.gov Licensee can contact Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Janae Hammond for any questions/concerns.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87307(d)(2)(4)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87307 Personal Accommodations and Services (d)The following space and safety provisions shall apply to all facilities:(2) The premises shall be maintained in a state of good repair and shall provide a safe and healthful environment. (4)Stairways, inclines, ramps and open porches and areas of potential hazard to residents with poor balance or eyesight shall be made inaccessible to residents unless equipped with sturdy hand railings and unless well-lighted. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA observed about a four foot cement area (accesssible to clients) in the backyard with uneven broken cement, which poses a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/18/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agrees to contact contractors to assess damage and obtain building permit as required in order to fully repair. Administrator agrees to develop a work plan to ensure construction has minimal impacts to clients in care. Administrator agrees to temporariliy block area so clients cannot access. Administrator will submit plan and proof of correction to: Hollie.Enriquez@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint
Health conditions and treatmentsType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87615(a)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Prohibited Health Conditions (a) Persons who require health services for or have a health condition including, but not limited to, those specified below shall not be admitted or retained in a residential care facility for the elderly: (1) Stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries. This deficiency was evidenced by the following: R1 was noted to have redness or a pressure injury around April or May 2019. Staff admitted the wound was worsening in August 2019. Treatment did not start until 8/22/19 when pressure injury was noted as a Stage IV.

Official plan of correction

Licensee will certify regulations regarding prohibited health conditions will be followed. Staff will be trained on reporting prohibited health conditions to appropriate parties.

Deadline recorded: Apr 19, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 19, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Staffing, personnel, and trainingType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87411(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Personnel Requirements - General (a) Facility personnel shall at all times be sufficient in numbers, and competent to provide the services necessary to meet resident needs. This deficiency was evidenced by the following: Staff indicated they were unaware of the condition of the wound due to home health agencies not providing documentation. However, it’s the facility staff’s responsibility to obtain the required documentation to confirm their resident is provided adequate care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee will certify that staff will communicate with home health agencies regarding residents' conditions.

Deadline recorded: Apr 19, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 19, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87303(e)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(e) Water supplies and plumbing fixtures shall be maintained as follows: (2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degrees C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degrees C). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation and interviews conducted, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above trhe hot watwer temperature measured between 124.1 and 126.0 degrees F which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/15/2021 Plan of Correction The administrator agreed to review Title 22 Regulation 87303(e)(2) Maintenance and Operation with staff and create a plan of correction to ensure that hot water temperature is within compliance. Proof of correction will be submitted to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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1 complaint has no published investigation report

The official record holds these complaints, but no investigation report was published for them. Their outcome is shown as the source recorded it.

  • Sep 15, 2023 · Control 11-AS-20230830091055

    Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 1 unfounded

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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