ATKINSON CARE HOME
17035 ATKINSON AVENUE, Torrance CA 90504
6 bedsLatest official report Nov 20, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (310) 819-8218
- Licensee
- TERESITA CASTANEDA & MUQEET D. DADABHOY
- Administrator
- MUQEET D. DADABHOY
- Contact
- MUQEET D. DADABHOY
- License first date
- Nov 19, 2003
- License effective date
- Nov 19, 2003
- District office
- EL SEGUNDO ASC · (424) 544-1075
- Regional office
- 11
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Nov 20, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Jun 13, 2022
4 later reports, from Nov 29, 2022 through Nov 20, 2025, recorded no deficiencies, though the records do not say whether they were follow-ups.
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 8 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, 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
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 3
- Substantiated complaints
- 2
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size 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.
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.
Not classified in the sourceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 8277(a)(D)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87211 Reporting Requirements (a) Each licensee shall furnish to the licensing agency such reports as the Department may require, including, but not limited to, the following:(D) Any incident which threatens the welfare, safety... This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on LPAs observation construction work was being done inside of the home and Licensee did not notify the proper departments. This is a potential health and safety risk to clients in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee will outline a plan on how he will ensure the health and safety of the residents in care while construction work is being done. He will also complete/notify CCLD, Ombudsman and the fire depart by POC due date.
Deadline recorded: Jun 23, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.651(b)(d)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
1569.651 Preadmission fee or deposit for elderly at residential care facilities; written statement describing costs and stating whether fee is refundable; conditions for refund; refund rate schedules (b) If a licensee charges a preadmission fee, the licensee shall provide the applicant or his or her representative with a written admission fee is refundable..(d) Any fee charged by a licensee of a residential care facility ...This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on observations and interviews conducted, Licensee charged R1 one 2 Pre-Admission fee instead of one and did not describe the associated fee or that it was refundable. This is a potential health and safety risk to clients in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee will develop a plan on how he is going to comply with regulation and not charging 2 pre-admissions fees and submit a new admissions agreement for the facility to LPA Brow by POC due date.
Deadline recorded: Jun 23, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87224(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87224 Eviction Procedures (a) The licensee may evict a resident for one or more of the reasons listed in Section 87224(a)(1) through (5). Thirty (30) days written notice to the resident is required except as otherwise specified in paragraph (5). This Requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on observations and interviews conducted, Licensee did not have R1 re-evaluated to determine if the facility was the appropriate place for resident to continue living in the home. This is a potential health and safety risk to clients in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee will review eviction procedures and will outline a plan on how he will adhere to eviction procedure and re-evaluate residents to reflect Title 22. Licensee will send copy by poc due to LPA M. Browns attention.
Deadline recorded: Jun 23, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
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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