ALTA VISTA GARDENS

829 NORTH ALTA VISTA BLVD., Los Angeles CA 90046

Facility 197608200 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

70 bedsLatest official report Apr 20, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
ALTA VISTA GARDENS, INC.
Administrator
STACI MARMERSHTEYN
Contact
STACI MARMERSHTEYN
License first date
Dec 1, 2015
License effective date
Dec 1, 2015
District office
WOODLAND HILLS S.RO · (818) 596-4334
Regional office
31
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 5 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Feb 14, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Apr 20, 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 212 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 18 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 13 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 5 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
5

Fewer than the typical 7

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
8

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
5

More than the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
3

Fewer than the typical 5

1 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
4

More than the typical 3

1 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.

Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

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

What the official deficiency says

87217(b) Safeguard of resident cash, personal property and valuables: Every facility shall take appropriate measures to safeguard residents' cash resources, person property and valuables...entrusted to the licensee...This requirement was not met as evidenced by. Based on overall investigation, the licensee mismanaged R1's fiances by failure to appropriately handle the EBT card while in facility's possession. This posses a potential health, safety and personal risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

The administrator shall provide written plan of action explaining the steps they are going to take to ensure that residents' finances and/or personal belongings are safeguarded and documented as required. Documents made by submitted by POC date

Deadline recorded: Apr 30, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 30, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Basic services and supervisionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87464(d)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87464 Basic Services-(d) A facility need not accept a particular resident for care. However, if a facility chooses to accept a particular resident for care, the facility shall be responsible for meeting the resident's needs as identified and providing...other basic servies...either directly or through outside resources. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Resident #1 (R1) had a change in condition and it was not documented and additional services were provided. This poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

The Licensee shall submit to Licesning in writing how they will ensure that the needs of all residents in care are met by close of business day on 5/29/24.

Deadline recorded: May 29, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 29, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 1 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations2 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 2 cited

Resident rightsType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87468.1(a)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities: (a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by Prior to R2 assaulting R1 on 11/26/19, R2 was also involved in another assault with R1 on or around 11/23/19. Licensee failed to notify DHS of R2’s behavior, which could have helped in taking steps to prevent another assault from happening.

Official plan of correction

As POC, the licensee will review this section of the regulation and self certify that they have read and understood the section. POC due to the licensing agency by 5/17/22.

Deadline recorded: May 10, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 10, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Medical and dental careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(a)(1)
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 arrange, or assist in arranging, for medical and dental care appropriate to the conditions and needs of residents. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: The licensee failed to make a follow up appointment with R1’s primary doctor who instructed them to do so after being treated for an edema. Cont.

Official plan of correction

Furthermore, licensee failed to take R1 to the emergency room as instructed when R1 was experiencing swelling and redness for six days. As POC, the licensee will review this section of the regulation and self certify that they have read and understood the section. POC due to the licensing agency by 5/17/22.

Deadline recorded: May 10, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 10, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Medical and dental careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(a)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (a) A plan for incidental medical and dental care shall be developed by each facility… provide for assistance in obtaining such care, by compliance with the following: (1) The licensee shall arrange, or assist in arranging, for medical …care appropriate to the conditions and needs of residents. This requirement is not met as evidenced by; The licensee did not develop an incidental medical care for C1. C1 was not receiving O2 treatment as prescribed. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee will contact R1 Medical Physician to obtain a plan of care to ensure that residents incidental medical needs are provided. Licensee will submit to LPA the written plan of care from the physician.

Deadline recorded: Dec 31, 2021. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Dec 31, 2021
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 4 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

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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