CASA DE HARKNESS

74050 SCHOLAR LANE WEST, Palm Desert CA 92211

Facility 331800146 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Jul 8, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SUZANNE ARMSTRONG INVESTMENTS LLC
Administrator
ARMSTRONG, SUZANNE
Contact
ARMSTRONG, SUZANNE
License first date
Jun 21, 2017
License effective date
Jun 21, 2017
District office
RIVERSIDE ASC · (951) 248-2222
Regional office
18
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A deficiency for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jul 8, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jun 15, 2023

2 later reports, from Jun 13, 2024 through Jul 8, 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 486 Riverside County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 0 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
4

More than the typical 3

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
1

About the same as most this size

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

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
Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: 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 in allowing S2 to work at the facility for one (1) day without a criminal background clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/16/2023 Plan of Correction The administator assistant has agreed to read regulations 87355 entirely and send LPA a self-certify letter that the regulation was read and understood. The licensee has agreed to remove S2 from the facility and not allow S2 to work at the facility until S2 has a criminal background clearance. POC is due 06/16/2023

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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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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