WESTSIDE ELDERLY CARE I

1243 SANTA MARIA, Los Banos CA 93635

Facility 247208803 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Oct 17, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
MARIA H TOSTADO
Administrator
TOSTADO, MARIA H
Contact
TOSTADO, MARIA H
License first date
Oct 23, 2017
License effective date
Oct 23, 2017
District office
FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
Regional office
24
Clients served
985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

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

Most recent inspection
Oct 17, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Oct 17, 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 19 Merced County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 7 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 2 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
5

Fewer than the typical 10

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
4

Fewer than the typical 19

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 8

2 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 10

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
1

Fewer than the typical 5

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
Hazardous items and storageType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87309(a)(1)
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. (1) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, and poisonous substances shall be stored in areas separate from food supplies as specified in Section 87555, General Food Service Requirements. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, & record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed R1’s physical it states the resident’s safety would be at risk if they had access to disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items. LPA observed laundry detergent & bleach above the washer to be accessible, a knife in an unlocked kitchen drawer, cleaning products in and unlocked cabinet under the sink, various tools in an unlocked drawer in the kitchen, scissors in kitchen drawer, antifungal cream in an unlocked drawer & toilet bowl cleaner under the sink in the hallway bathroom.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/20/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator will provide pictures that items have been removed and relocated in a locked and secure area.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Food serviceType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87555(b)(8)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87555 General Food Service Requirements (b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (8) All food shall be of good quality. Commercial foods shall be approved by appropriate federal, state and local authorities. Food in damaged containers shall not be accepted, used or retained. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed strawberries & zucchini to have mold. LPA observed bacon and sausage stored in plastic baggy with label or date. LPA observe expired macaroni salad in refrigerator.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/20/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator will provide verification/pictures items have been removed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
View official report
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87303(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87303 Maintenance and Operation (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 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed a few cabinets, kitchen faucet, and dishwasher needing to be cleaned. Toilets need to be cleaned from stains.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 11/06/2023 Plan of Correction Pictures will be provided to LPA verifying areas have been cleaned.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
View official 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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