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MERIDIAN HOME CARE

20526 WOOD AVENUE, Torrance CA 90503

Facility 198602202 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Feb 12, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
MERIDIAN HOME CARE INC
Administrator
SAN AGUSTIN, JENNIFER G
Contact
SAN AGUSTIN, JENNIFER G
License first date
Dec 5, 2016
License effective date
Dec 5, 2016
District office
EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
Regional office
11
Clients served
945 - ADULTS / ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Dec 17, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Feb 12, 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 2 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
2

More than the typical 1

1 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Most this size also have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
2

Most this size have none

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.

All report types
All report typesInspectionComplaintLicensing record
Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Health conditions and treatmentsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87625(b)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87625 Managed Incontinence (b) In addition to Section 87611, General Requirements for Allowable Health Conditions, the licensee shall be responsible for the following: (2) Ensuring that incontinent residents are checked during those periods of time when they are known to be incontinent, including during the night. This has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring that R1’s incontinent care needs were met during nighttime which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risks to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

The Licensee has addressed the issue of providing incontinence care needs during nighttime. The House Manager has agreed to re-train all staff on Incontinence Care Needs for night/nocturnal shift and email training log to Socorro.Leandro@dss.ca.gov.

Deadline recorded: Feb 27, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 27, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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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 and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA Montoya observed the kitchen is cluttered and kitchen cabinets are greasy. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/23/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee agreed to organize and clean the kitchen. Licensee shall submit the POC to CCLD via email to lourdes.montoya@dss.ca.gov by the POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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1 complaint has no published investigation report

The official record holds these complaints, but no investigation report was published for them. Their outcome is shown as the source recorded it.

  • Jan 13, 2022 · Control 11-AS-20211231103929

    Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 2 cited

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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