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LA COSTA HEIGHTS ASSISTED LIVING

3111 LEVANTE ST, Carlsbad CA 92009

Facility 374602302 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Feb 24, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
LA COSTA HEIGHTS, INC.
Administrator
LINDU NAPITUPULU
Contact
LINDU NAPITUPULU
License first date
Nov 22, 2005
License effective date
Nov 22, 2005
District office
SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
Regional office
08
Clients served
985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 1 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Oct 30, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Feb 24, 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 444 San Diego County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 6 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

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

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

Official inspections
4

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
2

More than the typical 1

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
1

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
1

Most this size have none

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.

All report types
All report typesInspectionComplaintLicensing record
Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Not classified in the sourceType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87564(f)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87464(f) Basic services shall at a minimum include: (1) Care and supervision as defined in Section 87101(c)(3) and Health and Safety Code section 1569.2(c). This was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and records review, R1 was not repositioned every two hours and developed an open wound due to lack of care and supervision which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

The immediate threat was resolved: R1 was sent by emergency service to hospital and no longer residends at faciliy. LIcensee staff agreed to schedule basic services/ Care and Supervision training to all staff, by 3/25/2026 Training will be completed and submitted to LPA Rodgers with sign-in sheet and training topic clearly noted via email by 3/25/2026

Deadline recorded: Feb 25, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 25, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Hazardous items and storageType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87309(a)
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. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as a pair of scissors were observed unsecured and unattended on the dining room table. This posed a potential safety risk to 6 of 6 persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 11/28/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee agreed to retrain staff on safety protocols for dementia residents- all sharp objects must be locked in drawers when not using. Proof of training will be provided by in-service training sign-in sheet by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 6 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
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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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