WATERMARK LAGUNA NIGUEL

27762 FORBES ROAD, Laguna Niguel CA 92677

Facility 306006360 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

135 bedsLatest official report Aug 12, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
US ALLIANCE HOLDEN OF FORBES TENANT LLC; WATERMARK
Administrator
JOHNNY ORTIZ
Contact
JOHNNY ORTIZ
License first date
Aug 17, 2023
License effective date
Aug 17, 2023
District office
ORANGE COUNTY RO · (714) 703-2840
Regional office
22
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Aug 12, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Aug 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 102 Orange County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 7 reports for this facility: 3 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 2 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
3

Fewer than the typical 8

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
3

Fewer than the typical 5

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 2

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
3

More than the typical 2

2 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
2

About the same as most this size

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.

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 4 out of 4 staff members whose training files were reviewed, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/26/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agrees to train care all staff on, four hours of which shall be specific to postural supports, restricted health conditions, and hospice care. Administrator to submit proof of correction to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87468.1(a)(16)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(16) To receive or reject medical care or other services. This requirement was not met as evidenced by on March 8, 2024, R1 missed receiving 4 routine medications on the morning medication pass at 9:00am. This poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agrees to train medication staff on CCR 87468.1 and on facility medication administration procedures. Facility to forward proof of training to LPA by POC due date.

Deadline recorded: Jan 9, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 9, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87507(g)(5)(E)(2)(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

A refund of at least 80 percent of the preadmission fee in excess of $500 shall be provided if the applicant does not enter the facility after a preadmission appraisal is conducted, or the resident leaves the facility for any reason during the first month of residency. This requirement was not met as evidenced by. According to a document review and witness interviews a refund was not issued to Resident 1 for their reservation fee. This poses a potential harm to the resident.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agrees to issue a refund to Resident 1 in the amount of $2500.00 by 10/16/23. LIcensee to forward proof to LPA by POC due date.

Deadline recorded: Oct 16, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 16, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
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Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
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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