Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportMERRILL GARDENS AT WEST COVINA
1400 WEST COVINA PKWY, West Covina CA 91790
150 bedsLatest official report Aug 4, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (626) 587-4318
- Licensee
- SHI-III MG DEV GP, LLC; MERRILL GARDENS, LLC
- Administrator
- FISCHER, SHERRY
- Contact
- FISCHER, SHERRY
- License first date
- Oct 1, 2020
- License effective date
- Oct 1, 2020
- District office
- MONTEREY PARK ASC · (323) 980-4934
- Regional office
- 28
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 1 Type B deficiency for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Aug 4, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Sep 18, 2023
9 later reports, from Oct 6, 2023 through Aug 4, 2026, 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 212 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 15 reports for this facility: 9 inspections, 6 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 0 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 9
- Recorded deficiencies
- 1
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 1
- Substantiated complaints
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 7
3 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 8
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 3
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 5
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 3
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.
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.269(a)(21)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
Enumerated rights; severability.Residents of residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following rights:To have prompt access to review all of their records and to purchase photocopies. Photocopied records shall be promptly provided, not to exceed two business days, at a cost not to exceed the community standard for photocopies.This requirement was not met evidenced by: Based on record review, the facility received a formal request on 09/06/ 2023 for records of R1 and failed to provide the records within 2 business days, as required per regulation; which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
Business Office Director agreed to submit a written plan of correction addressing resident records, enumerated rights; severability, and facility procedures regarding resident records request. Submit by POC due date.
Deadline recorded: Sep 25, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Sep 25, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportSource 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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