ATRIA EL CAMINO GARDENS

2426 GARFIELD AVE, Carmichael CA 95608

Facility 347000389 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

325 bedsLatest official report Jul 30, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
WG EL CAMINO GARDENS SH LP; ATRIA MANAGEMENT CO
Administrator
STANSEL, DANA
Contact
STANSEL, DANA
License first date
Oct 31, 1995
License effective date
Oct 31, 1995
District office
SACRAMENTO NORTH ASC · (916) 263-4700
Regional office
59
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 3 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Nov 4, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Nov 4, 2025

2 later reports, from Jul 16, 2026 through Jul 30, 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 48 Sacramento County facilities licensed for 50 or more beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 58 reports for this facility: 26 inspections, 31 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.

Those records contain 3 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
26

More than the typical 12

2 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
9

More than the typical 8

3 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
3

Fewer than the typical 4

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
6

More than the typical 5

3 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
3

About the same as most this size

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
Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87468.1(a)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities (a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: (1)To be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents, and other persons. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted and records reviewed, the facility did not ensure resident (R1) was being treated with dignity when R1 had a change in cognition and facility did not consider change during eviction process, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Facility will submit a plan to ensure that residents' rights are not being violated when they have a change in cognition and provide to LPA by the POC due date of 11/18/25.

Deadline recorded: Nov 18, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Citation dismissed - not a correctionOn Nov 18, 2025

Deficiency Dismissed Type B 11/18/2025 Section Cited CCR 87468.1(a)(1)

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 18, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
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Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87468.1(a)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities (a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: (3) To be free from punishment, humiliation, intimidation..or other actions of a punitive nature... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on records reviewed, the facility provided a 30-day notice to pay or quit indicating that if resident (R1) does not pay by the date and time indicated that R1 is required to move or surrender possession of their apartment, or if payment is not made in full they are no longer allowed to remain in the community, and they must vacate and deliver possession of their apartment, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to the residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Facility will provide a draft of a 30-day eviction notice, that is not a notice to pay or quit, indicating the notice is due to non-payment and remove the intimidating verbiage. Sample notice will be used in future instances of eviction for non-payment. Facility will send a copy to LPA by the POC due date of 11/18/25.

Deadline recorded: Nov 18, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Citation dismissed - not a correctionOn Nov 18, 2025

Deficiency Dismissed Type B 11/18/2025 Section Cited CCR 87468.1(a)(3)

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 18, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
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Incident reportingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87211(a)(1)(D)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87211 Reporting Requirements (a) Each licensee shall furnish to the licensing agency such reports as the Department may require, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) A written report shall be submitted to the licensing agency and to the person responsible for the resident within seven days of the occurrence of any of the events specified in (A) through (D) below... (D) Any incident which threatens the welfare, safety or health of any resident, such as psychological abuse of a resident by staff or other residents, or unexplained absence of any resident. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on records reviewed and interviews conducted, the facility did not ensure that they notified CCLD of R1's being sent to the hospital on 9/19/25, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to the residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Executive Director indicated that they will ensure all reporting requirements are being followed. Facility will submit a statement of understanding by the POC due date of 11/18/25.

Deadline recorded: Nov 18, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 18, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Licensing and administrationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.657(a)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

§1569.657 Rate increase due to change in level of resident care; notice (a) For any rate increase due to a change in the level of care of the resident, the licensee shall provide the resident and the resident’s representative, if any, written notice of the rate increase within two business days after initially providing services at the new level of care. The notice shall include a detailed explanation of the additional services to be provided at the new level of care and an accompanying itemization of the charges. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on records reviewed, the facility did not ensure that R1 received a 2-day notice of new private duty personnel services implemented, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Facility will complete a statement of understanding regarding H & S Code 1569.657. Facility will submit statement of understanding to LPA by POC due date of 4/8/2023.

Deadline recorded: Apr 8, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 8, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
1569.698(f)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

§1569.698 Building standards; adoption; locked and secured perimeters in residential care facilities; persons with dementia (f) Any person who is not a conservatee and is entering a locked or secured perimeter facility pursuant to this section shall sign a statement of voluntary entry. The facility shall retain the original statement and shall send a copy of the statement to the department. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on documentation reviewed, the Licensee did not ensure that resident (R1) signed the " Secured Environment Addendum " dated 2/25/22. The document was signed by resident's POA instead which posed a potential personal rights violation to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

LIcensee/Administrator agree to conduct a review of all resident files in the Memory Care Unit to ensure that each resident has signed the Addendum and have agreed to live in the secured environment. Facility to provide copies of all signed Addendums to CCLD by 9/30/2022.

Deadline recorded: Aug 25, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 25, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87224(f)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87224 Eviction Procedures (f) A written report of any eviction shall be sent to the licensing agency within five (5) days. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on records reviewed and interview conducted, the facility did not ensure they submitted the 30-day written notice to terminate R1 to CCLD, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to the residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Facility shall submit a statement of understanding to LPA by the POC due date of 11/10/21.

Deadline recorded: Nov 10, 2021. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 10, 2021
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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