Facility condition and maintenance
Cited in 2 reports, with 3 deficiencies in total.
ST. JUDE'S ELDER CARE II
502 SOUTH DARWOOD AVENUE, San Dimas CA 91773
6 bedsLatest official report Nov 20, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (909) 263-3787
- Licensee
- ST JUDE'S ELDER CARE III, INC.
- Administrator
- RAGANO, SCOTT
- Contact
- RAGANO, SCOTT
- License first date
- Oct 13, 2020
- License effective date
- Oct 13, 2020
- District office
- MONTEREY PARK ASC · (323) 980-4934
- Regional office
- 28
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 3 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Nov 20, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Nov 20, 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: 6 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 3 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 6
- Recorded deficiencies
- 8
- Type A deficiencies
- 3
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
More than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
2 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
1 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
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.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(h)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, R1's refrigerated medication was kept in unlocked kitchen refrigerator; adjacent to perishable foods, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 6 out of 6 residents which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/21/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will centrally store medications requiring refrigeration in a safe and locked place per above regulation. Picture proof of complaince is required by 11/21/2025.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Medical and dental careType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(i)(1)(2)(3)(4)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(i) Prescription medications which are not taken with the resident upon termination of services, not returned to the issuing pharmacy, nor retained in the facility as ordered by the resident’s physician and documented in the resident’s record nor disposed of according to the hospice’s established procedures or which are otherwise to be disposed of shall be destroyed in the facility by the facility administrator and one other adult who is not a resident. Both shall sign a record, to be retained for at least three years, which lists the following:(1) Name of the resident.(2) The prescription number and the name of the pharmacy. (3) The drug name, strength and quantity destroyed.(4) The date of destruction. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review R7's terminated their services in 2024. R7's medication was observed in unlocked garage refrigerator during inspection. R2's medication was discontinued in 10/15/25. R2's medication was observed in unlocked garage refrigerator during inspection, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/21/2025 Plan of Correction Staff will document the disposal of R2 and R7's discontinued medication per above regulation. Proof of documented distruction record for R2 and R7 must be emailed to LPA Ramirez by 11/21/25.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87633(h)(5)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) For each terminally ill resident receiving hospice services in the facility, the licensee shall maintain the following in the resident's record: (5) A statement signed by the resident's roommate, if any, or any resident who will share a room with a person who is terminally ill to be accepted or retained as a resident, indicating his or her acknowledgment that the resident intends to receive hospice care in the facility for the remainder of the resident's life, and the roommate's voluntary agreement to grant access to the shared living space to hospice caregivers, and the resident's support network of family members, friends, clergy, and others. 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 1 out of 1 residents which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/27/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will obtain signed statement by R6 regarding shared space with hospice roommate per above regulation. Proof must be submitted via email by 11/27/25 to LPA Ramirez.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to clients shall be stored where inaccessible to clients. 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 one (1) out of two (2) bathrooms had comet cleaner unlocked under bathroom sink which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/14/2024 Plan of Correction Caregiver removed and locked comet cleaner up during inspection. Administrator will go over training and create log to email LPA.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- 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 observatio, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one (1)out of two bathrooms water temperature measured at 96.2 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/27/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator adjusted water heater and will create log to test water and email LPA water log.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87412(g)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(g) All personnel records shall be maintained at the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above Administrator did not keep personnel files at facility which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/27/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agrees to keep files at faclity and will submit an email to LPA stating this.
Citation dismissed - not a correction
Deficiency Dismissed Type B Section Cited CCR 87412(g)
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
The facility shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times. Maintenance shall include provision of maintenance services and procedures for the safety and well-being of residents, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The front wooden gate and ramp (nails sticking out) on side of home is in need of repair or replacement which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/20/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator will repair or replace door and ramp by POC date and send proof to LPA.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(d)(6)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(6) All outdoor and indoor passageways and stairways shall be kept free of obstruction. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. There are debris in the side of the home which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/20/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator will remove the debris from the side of the home and send proof to LPA by POC date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
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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