DURANDO HOME, INC.

1208 WEST H-15, Lancaster CA 93534

Facility 197603524 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

4 bedsLatest official report Aug 18, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
DURANDO HOME, INC.
Administrator
JAMES DURANDO
Contact
JAMES DURANDO
License first date
Aug 6, 2001
License effective date
Aug 6, 2001
District office
WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
Regional office
31
Clients served
910 - DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED (DD)

Summary

The available records show 2 Type A and 8 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Aug 18, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Aug 18, 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 7 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 2 Type A and 8 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
5

More than the typical 4

0 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
10

Well above the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
8

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
1

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
2

Last 36 months

No inspection in the last 12 months, so a zero above means no record rather than a clean visit.

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.

Complaint

Allegations3 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 4 cited · investigated over 2 visits

Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87411(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87411 (a) Personnel Requirements (a) Facility personnel shall at all times be sufficient in numbers, and competent to provide the services necessary to meet resident needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record reviews the Administrator failed to accompany or have staff accompany R1 to the hospital leaving R1 by themselves. This poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Administrator agrees to have designated staff to accompany residents to all medical appointments or any appointments that require the resident to leave the facility. A new LIC500 will be submitted to LPA by POC due date via email to reflect additional necessary staff.

Deadline recorded: May 22, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 22, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87463(c)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87463 (c) Reappraisals (c) The licensee shall arrange a meeting with the resident…when there is a significant change in the residents’ condition...whichever occurs first, as specified in Section 87467, Resident Participation in Decision Making. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews and record reviews the Administrator failed to meet with R1 at the hospital for a reappraisal. This poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Administrator agrees to submit a new reappraisal for all residents in care via email, to LPA, by POC due date.

Deadline recorded: May 22, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 22, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
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Medical and dental careType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(a)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 (a)(1) Incidental Medical and Dental Care (a)A plan for incidental medical...care shall be developed by each facility. (1)The licensee shall arrange...medical and...appropriate to the conditions and needs of residents. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews, record reviews and observations the Administrator failed to follow hospital release instructions for R1 based on hospital discharge paperwork. This poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Administrator agrees to provide in-service training for all staff regarding preparing a plan of care for residents when there is a change in care. Training log will be provided to LPA via email by POC due date.

Deadline recorded: May 22, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 22, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on May 15, 2024 · Control 31-AS-20240118100349

Incident reportingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87211(a)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87211(a)(1) Reporting Requirements (a) Each licensee shall furnish to the licensing agency …(1) A written report shall be submitted to the licensing...within seven days of the occurrence ...This report shall include… disposition of the case. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews with staff, witnesses and file reviews, the Administrator failed to report incidents that happened to resident in Durando Home Inc. to CCL within 7 days which poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

All staff will take state approved vendorised training on Reporting Requirements. Administrator will submit training material and staff sign in sheet to LPA via email by 02/02/2024.

Deadline recorded: Feb 2, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 2, 2024
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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