JOSEPHINES GARDEN VILLA

521 N. ROWELL AVENUE, Manhattan Beach CA 90266

Facility 198203121 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Jun 18, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
FRANCES LEE REEDER
Administrator
FRANCES REEDER
Contact
FRANCES REEDER
License first date
May 2, 2001
License effective date
May 2, 2001
District office
EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
Regional office
11
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 8 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jun 18, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jun 18, 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 1,564 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 8 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
4

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
9

Well above the typical 1

3 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
8

Most this size have none

2 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
1

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
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: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 4 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: 07/09/2026 Plan of Correction The licensee will obtain a written order from a physician indicating the need for the postural support for the following Residents: R1, R3, R4, and R6 and submit proof to the department via email Zina.Brown@dss.ca.gov by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Not classified in the sourceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
80066(a)(1-11)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Licensee must maintain complete personnel records for the licensee, administrator, and all employees. Records shall include: employee name; driver’s license if transporting clients; date of hire; age statement; home address/phone; documentation of required education, training, and experience; past employment; job duties; termination date; health screening; and TB test results. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/02/2026 Plan of Correction The licensee will submit proof of Administrator file which should include the LIC 501, LIC 503, First Aid/CPR and submit proof to the department via email Zina.Brown@dss.ca.gov by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Criminal Record Clearance (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (2)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, Nelly Drugan is not associated to the facility as the time of unannounced annual inspection which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/19/2026 Plan of Correction The facility shall associate Nelly Drugan in Guardian and submit proof of update via email at zina.brown@dss.ca.gov by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87412(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) The licensee shall ensure that personnel records are maintained on the licensee, administrator and each employee. Each personnel record shall contain the following information: 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. LPA identified no file for staff #4. Licensing unable to audit personnel file for staff #4. This violation which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/23/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will ensure that all staff files are available for licesning to audit/review during inspection visit. Licensee will submit copies of required documents for staff #4 by due date at ernand.dabuet@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
87412(d)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(d) The licensee shall maintain documentation that an administrator has met the certification requirements specified in Section 87406, Administrator Certification Requirements or the recertification requirements in Section 87407, Administrator Recertification Requirements. 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. LPA identified administrator's certificate for Frances Reeder expired December 2024 and did not have proof of renewal documents as evidence. This violation which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/23/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will ensure that a current administrator's certificate is provided and posted at facility. Licensee will submit proof of renewal documents to ernand.dabuet@dss.ca.gov by due date.

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(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87608 Postural Supports (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 This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA identified Resident #1 who is not on hospice with full bedrails without physician’s order. This violation which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/23/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee shall review Title 22 Regulation 87608. The administrator shall obtain a written prescription for full bedrails. The administrator shall also send a written statement to CCL to the attention of LPA Dabuet that regulations have been reviewed and a physician’s order for full bed rails is obtained. Proof of correction is due by 06/23/25 sent to ernand.dabuet@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Not classified in the sourceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
80019(e)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not associating the staff at facility which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/07/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will ensure staff is associated in the roster before POC due date. A proof of correction will be submitted to LPA via email.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Licensing and administrationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.618(a)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(a) The administrator designated by the licensee pursuant to paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 1569.15 shall be present at the facility during normal working hours. A facility manager designated by the licensee with notice to the department, shall be responsible for the operation of the facility when the administrator is temporarily absent from the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in administrator or designee being available during regular hours which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/07/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator will ensure she/he is available during regular hours, in case administrator is not avaliable, a designee will be call. Administrator will create a back up plan when administrator can not be at facility. A proof of correction will be submitted to LPA before POC due date via email

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Records and plan of operationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87506(b)(16)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) Each resident's record shall contain at least the following information: (16) Records of resident's cash resources as specified in Section 87217, Safeguards for Resident Cash, Personal Property, and Valuables. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not having the SPV form completed for 2 residents which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/07/2023 Plan of Correction Administartor will ensure SPV forms are completed and file in residents files. A proof of correction must be submitted to LPA via email before POC due date

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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