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20601 MANSEL AVENUE, Torrance CA 90503

Facility 197607475 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Feb 6, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
MTC HEALTH CARE INCORPORATED
Administrator
MARGARITA N. DAYAO
Contact
MARGARITA N. DAYAO
License first date
Jan 29, 2009
License effective date
Jan 29, 2009
District office
EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
Regional office
11
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

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

Most recent inspection
Feb 6, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Feb 6, 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 7 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 0 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
6

More than the typical 4

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
3

More than the typical 1

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
3

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
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.

Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87303(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) 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 in: having black mold on the bathroom shower wall, sink, and toilet bowl; the lower kitchen cabinets had grease on them; the kitchen stove top had grease; there were loose knobs on the kitchen cabinets; there was a lot of dust on top of the refrigerator and on low hanging lights; the inside of the refrigerator was not clean; which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 02/25/2026 Plan of Correction The administrator has agreed to create a plan to always maintain facility in good repair and sanitary. The administrator will deep clean the facility and email photos of mold removed from the bathrooms, clean refrigerator, clean kitchen cabinets and stove top, dust removed from low hanging lights, and other items mentioned above. Email plan and photos to Socorro.Leandro@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
87463(i)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(i) When there is significant change in condition, as defined in Section 87101, Definitions, or once every 12 months, whichever occurs first, the licensee shall arrange an in-person or virtual meeting or conference call to share the reappraisal with the resident, the resident's representative, if applicable, and appropriate facility staff, as specified in Section 87467, Resident Participation in Decision Making. 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 in 2 out of 6 resident Appraisal & Needs Services Plans did not have resident signature nor resident representative signature which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 02/25/2026 Plan of Correction The administrator has agreed to create yearly meetings with Resident and Resident Representative and review/create Appraisal & Needs Services Plans (ANS) and request signatures from Resident and Resident Representative. The Administrator will email ANS for Resident 4 and Resident 5 with Resident and Resident Representative signatures. Email plan and ANS (LIC625) to Socorro.Leandro@dss.ca.gov

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87309(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. 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 having cleaning solutions accessible to residents in care (cleaning solutions were in both bathrooms in an unlocked storage area) which poses a potential health risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/28/2025 Plan of Correction Staff moved cleaning solutions to a locked storage cabinet. The Administrator has agreed to retrain staff on how to properly store cleaning solutions. Administrator will email trainings to Socorro.Leandro@dss.ca.gov.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 2 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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