HOUSE OF GRACE FOR SENIOR CARE

971 RUTGERS AVE., Chula Vista CA 91913

Facility 374604432 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Oct 17, 2025Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
PENOLA, HELENITA B.
Administrator
PENOLA, HELENITA B.
Contact
PENOLA, HELENITA B.
License first date
Oct 22, 2021
License effective date
Oct 22, 2021
District office
SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
Regional office
08
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY, 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 2 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Oct 17, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Oct 17, 2025

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, 0 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 2 Type A and 2 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
4

More than the typical 1

2 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
2

Most this size have none

2 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

More 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)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87355(e): " All individuals subject to a criminal record review [...] shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (2) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department " This requirement is not met as evidenced by: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring all staff had eligible background clearance prior to working at the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to 6 out of 6 persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/24/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit proof of submitted request for a background check for Staff 1 (S1) and share with LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Licensing and administrationType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
1569.58(a)(2)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(a) The department may prohibit any person from being a licensee, owning a beneficial ownership interest of 10 percent or more in a licensed facility, or being an administrator, officer, director, member, or manager of a licensee or entity controlling a licensee, and may further prohibit any licensee from employing, or continuing the employment of, or allowing in a licensed facility, or allowing contact with clients of a licensed facility by, any employee, prospective employee, or person who is not a client and who has done any of the following: (2) Engaged in conduct that is inimical to the health, morals, welfare, or safety of either an individual in or receiving services from the facility, or the people of the State of California. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA file review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by employing a staff member (identified as S2) with a lifetime Exclusion Order, which poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to 6 out of 6 persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/18/2025 Plan of Correction LPA ensured that S2 was removed from the facility. Licensee will review applicable Title 22 regulation 87355 and California Health and Safety Code 1569.58 and submit proof of review and understanding and submit to LPA by 10/24/25.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Background checksType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87355(e)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

An applicant and any other person specified in subdivision (b) sgakk submit fingerprint images and related information to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, through the Department of Justice, for a state and federal level crimnal offender record information search, in addition to the search require by subdivision (a). If an applicant meets other conditions for licensure, except receipt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal history information for the applicant and persons listed in subdivision (b), the deparmtnet may issue a license if the applicant and each person described by subdivision (b) has signed and submitted a statement that he or she has never been convicted of a crime in the in the United States other than traffic infraction as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 42001 of the Vehicle Code. If, after licensure, the department determines that the licensee or person specified in subdivision (b) has a criminal record, the license may be revoked pursuant to Section 1569.50. The department may also suspend the license pending an administrative hearing pursuant to Sections 1569.50 and 1569.51 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 [three] out of [four ] staff which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/19/2022 Plan of Correction The Licensee will read this regulation section and send a certification to CCLD that she read and understands this section and acknowledges Staff 1 and Staff 2 be at the facility until the exemption is appropriately transferred by POC due date 10/19/22

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Background checksType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87355(e)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

An applicant and any other person specified in subdivision (b) shall submit fingerpint images and related information to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, through the Department of Justice, for a state and federal level criminal offender record information search, in addition to the search required by subdivision (a). If an applicant meets all other conditions for licensure, except receipt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal hisoty information for the applicant and persons listed in subdivision (b), the department may issue a license if the applicant and each person described by subdivision (b) has signed and submitted a statement that he or she has neer been convicted of a crime in the United States, other than a traffic infraction as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) Section 42001 of the Vehicle Code. If, after licensure, the department determines that the licensee or person specified in subdivision (b) has a criminal record, the license may be revoked pursuant to Section 1569.50. The department may also suspend the license pending an administrative hearing pursuant to Sections 1569.50 and 1569.50. All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing or vlounteering in a licensed facility: Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355 (c). 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 three out of four staff which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/19/2022 Plan of Correction The Licensee will read this regulation section and send a certification to CCLD that she read and understands this section and acknowledges Staff 3 will not be at the facility until the exemption is appropriately transferred by POC due date 10/19/22

Plan of correction recorded
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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