Fire safety and emergency preparedness
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
LAS PALMAS HOME CARE
116 W. LAS PALMAS DR., Fullerton CA 92835
6 bedsLatest official report Jul 6, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (714) 773-0055
- Licensee
- SERNA, MARTHA
- Administrator
- MARTHA SERNA
- Contact
- MARTHA SERNA
- License first date
- Jul 7, 2003
- License effective date
- Jul 7, 2003
- District office
- ORANGE COUNTY RO · (714) 703-2840
- Regional office
- 22
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 2 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jul 6, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Jul 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 984 Orange County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 5 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 2 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 7
- Type A deficiencies
- 2
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 2
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
2 in the last 12 months
Most this size also 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.
Staffing, personnel, and training
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(h)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the medication cabinet lock was not functioning leaving medications accessible, which poses an immediate health risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/07/2026 Plan of Correction During the inspection, the licensee secured the medications and LPA confirmed. Licensee stated they will conduct staff training on securing hazardous items and submit proof to LPA by POC due date.
Corrective action observedRecorded in report dated Jul 6, 2026
Plan of correction recorded
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87458(c)(1)(A)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(c) The medical assessment shall include, but not be limited to: (1) A physical examination of the resident indicating the licensed medical professional's diagnosis or diagnoses and results of an examination for all of the following: (A) Communicable tuberculosis. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on documents, R2's physician's report does not document a TB test and there is no other documentation of a TB test in R2's file, which poses a potential health risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/03/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee stated they will have R2 complete a TB test and submit the results to LPA by POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.695(c)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(c) A facility shall conduct a drill at least quarterly for each shift. The type of emergency covered in a drill shall vary from quarter to quarter, taking into account different emergency scenarios. An actual evacuation of residents is not required during a drill. While a facility may provide an opportunity for residents to participate in a drill, it shall not require any resident participation. Documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on documents, the facility's emergency disaster drill logs show drills conducted every 6 months and not quarterly as required, which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care. CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSED.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/03/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee stated they will create, and submit to LPA by POC due date, a schedule for drills to ensure emergency disaster drills are conducted quarterly moving forward.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87303(e)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) Water supplies and plumbing fixtures shall be maintained as follows: (2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degrees C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degrees C). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Resident shared bathroom measured at126.5 degrees F and resident room #5 private bathroom measured at 128.8 degrees, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/12/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee fixed the water temperature for shared bathroom to be at 116.9 degrees F and the resident room #5 measured at 118.0 Degrees F. POC deficiency cleared during the visit.
Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Jul 11, 2025
Plan of correction recorded
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.695(c)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(c) A facility shall conduct a drill at least quarterly for each shift. The type of emergency covered in a drill shall vary from quarter to quarter, taking into account different emergency scenarios. An actual evacuation of residents is not required during a drill. While a facility may provide an opportunity for residents to participate in a drill, it shall not require any resident participation. Documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observe there were no emergency/fire safety drill logs at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/25/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee states they will perform a emergency drill this month and quarterly. Licensee will send proof of completed emergency drill this month and plan to CCLD via email to edward.kim@dss.ca.gov by POC due date July 25, 2025.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87411(f)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(f) All personnel, including the licensee and administrator, shall be in good health, and physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks. Good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a chest x-ray or an intradermal test, performed by a physician not more than six (6) months prior to or seven (7) days after employment or licensure… This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of four staff members. S1 did not have a completed LIC503, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/25/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee states they will have S1 complete LIC503 and send S1's completed LIC503 to CCLD via email to edward.kim@dss.ca,gov by POC due date July 25, 2025.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.625(b)(2)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(2) In addition to paragraph (1), training requirements shall also include an additional 20 hours annually, eight hours of which shall be dementia care training, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 1569.626, and four hours of which shall be specific to postural supports, restricted health conditions, and hospice care, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 1569.696. This training shall be administered on the job, or in a classroom setting, or both, and may include online training. 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 1 out of 2 staff members, staff 1 did not have 20 hours of annual training which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 07/19/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to have staff member 1 complete the 20 hours of annual training and to submit proof to the LPA by the POC due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 5 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
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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