BRIGHTEN COTTAGES - PARKCREST

5818 E PARKCREST STREET, Long Beach CA 90808

Facility 198603198 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Oct 27, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
BRIGHTEN COTTAGES, LLC
Administrator
ROMAN, ELSA
Contact
ROMAN, ELSA
License first date
Nov 8, 2019
License effective date
Nov 8, 2019
District office
EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
Regional office
11
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Oct 27, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Oct 27, 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 5 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 6 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
7

Well above the typical 1

4 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
6

Most this size have none

4 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
2

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
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87458(c)(1)(A)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(c) The medical assessment shall include, but not be limited to: (1) A physical examination of the resident indicating the licensed medical professional's diagnosis or diagnoses and results of an examination for all of the following: (A) Communicable tuberculosis. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 1 out of 6 resident which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 11/10/2025 Plan of Correction The administrator submit proof of TB Test Results for Resident #4 by the plan of correction due date and email proof to LPA Brown at Zina.Brown@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Health conditions and treatmentsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87608(a)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87608 Postural Supports: (a) Based on the individual's preadmission appraisal, and subsequent changes to that appraisal, the facility shall provide assistance and care for the resident in those activities of daily living which the resident is unable to do for himself/herself. Postural supports may be used under the following conditions. (3) A written order from a physician indicating the need for the postural support shall be maintained in the resident’s record. The licensing agency shall be authorized to require other additional documentation if needed to verify the order. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 3 out of 6 residents which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 11/10/2025 Plan of Correction The admininstrator will submit proof of physician order for the use of half-bed rails for Resident 2, Resident 3 and Resident 6 by the plan of correction due date and email proof to LPA Brown at Zina.Brown@dss.ca.gov

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(a)(4)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Incidental Medical and Dental Care A plan for incidental medical and dental care shall be developed by each facility. The plan shall encourage routine medical and dental care and provide for assistance in obtaining such care, by compliance with the following: The licensee shall assist residents with self-administered medications as needed. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the administrator did not comply with the section cited above as the medication administration record (MAR) indicating that medication(s) were given to Resident 3 & Resident 6 as prescribed, however the medication given was not signed for as being administer which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 11/10/2025 Plan of Correction The administrator will ensure toconduct an in-service medication training for all staff and must be documented. The completion of medication training must be submitted to the department by plan of correction and must email proof at Zina.Brown@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87411(f)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

All personnel, including the licensee and administrator, shall be in good health, and physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks. Good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a chest x-ray or an intradermal test, performed by a physician not more than six (6) months prior to or seven (7) days after employment or licensure. A report shall be made of each screening, signed by the examining physician. The report shall indicate whether the person is physically qualified to perform the duties to be assigned. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on records review, the admininstrator did not comply with have a health screening on file for Staff 4 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 11/10/2025 Plan of Correction The administrator will ensure Staff 4 will complete LIC 503 Health Screening and must submit proof by plan of correction due date to the department by email at Zina.Brown@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87202(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Fire Clearance 87202(a) All facilities shall maintain a fire clearance approved by the city, county, or city and county fire department, or district . . . This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interview, record review & observation bedridden resident #1 is currently in bedroom # 6 & is not bedroom #5 which is cleared for bedridden resident per the fire clearance assigned for bedridden resident. This poses as a immediately health & safety risk in care.

Official plan of correction

The administrator stated he will contact the families of residence who resided in bedroom #5 and bedroom #6 to get approve of switch the bedridden client in the clear room based on fire clearance. Administrator state he will send pictures within 24 hours of POC date.

Deadline recorded: Oct 10, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 10, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Medical and dental careType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(a)(6)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care A plan for incidental medical and dental care shall be developed by each facility. The plan shall encourage routine medical and dental care and provide for assistance in obtaining such care, by compliance with the following: When requested by the prescribing physician or the Department, a record of dosages of medications which are centrally stored shall be maintained by the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as during medication reviews, LPA observed documentation on the MAR indicating if residents refused or missed taking medication throughout the week which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/14/2024 Plan of Correction The administrator will ensure a in-service training regard medication documentation is completed by POC due date and provide proof of in-service training for all staff via email at zina.brown@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87458(b)(5)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

The medical assessment shall include, but not be limited to: The determination whether the person is ambulatory or nonambulatory as defined in Section 87101(a) or (n), or bedridden as defined in Section 87455(d). The assessment shall indicate whether nonambulatory status is based upon the resident’s physical condition, mental condition or both. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on records review, 1 of the resident records review, indicated on the physicians record, the residences are bedridden. Based on LPA observation and other records reviewed, resident does not appear to be bedridden. This poses as a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/30/2024 Plan of Correction The administrator shall clarify residence ambulatory status to determine if the residence are bedridden or non-ambulatory. The facility will submit proof of updated physician report by POC due date via email at zina.brown@dss.ca.gov

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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