Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
EL DESCANSO RETIREMENT HOME
21020 E. CIENEGA AVENUE, Covina CA 91724
15 bedsLatest official report Mar 27, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (626) 967-2868
- Licensee
- EL DESCANSO RETIREMENT HOME, INC.
- Administrator
- BOUSHERI, CLEMENCIA
- Contact
- BOUSHERI, CLEMENCIA
- License first date
- Apr 22, 1999
- License effective date
- Apr 22, 1999
- District office
- MONTEREY PARK ASC · (323) 980-4934
- Regional office
- 28
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 1 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Mar 27, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Apr 8, 2025
2 later reports, from Mar 23, 2026 through Mar 27, 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 27 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 7 to 15 beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 10 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 4 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 6
- Recorded deficiencies
- 2
- Type A deficiencies
- 1
- Type B deficiencies
- 1
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 0
Fewer than the typical 7
1 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 7
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 2
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 4
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 2
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
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 observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in water temperature tested in bathrooms #2-5 between 115.5 - 127.5 which is not within the required 105-120 degrees F., which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 04/09/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator will certify in writing that will ensure that water temperature is between 105-120 degrees F. and will submit a water temperature log tracking dailiy water temperature for 7 days submit by 4/16/25.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Maintenance and Operation. The facility shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Stove top burners in the kitchen are not working properly. Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/05/2022 Plan of Correction Administrator stated she planned and agreed to replace the old stove with a new stove. Administrator will ensure all stove tops will be working. Plan of Correction (POC) must be corrected by POC due date.
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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