SIERRA SUNSHINE CARE

1355 HACIENDA DR., El Cajon CA 92020

Facility 374604696 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Sep 26, 2025Licensed

Additional info

Telephone: (657) 259-8146
Licensee: SIERRA SUNSHINE CARE
Administrator: CHAPARI, CINDY
Contact: CHAPARI, CINDY
License first date: Sep 21, 2023
License effective date: Sep 21, 2023
District office: SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
Regional office: 08
Clients served: 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 8 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection: Sep 26, 2025
Most recent deficiency: May 22, 2025

1 later report, on Sep 26, 2025, 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 444 San Diego County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 8 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 3 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.

Those records contain 0 Type A and 8 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections: 4
Recorded deficiencies: 8
Type A deficiencies: 0
Type B deficiencies: 8
Substantiated complaints: 2
Repeated topics: 2

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.

Facility condition and maintenance

Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.

May 22, 2025Feb 11, 2025

Medication handling and storage

Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.

Feb 11, 2025Feb 11, 2025

Official report history

All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.

Sep 26, 2025Inspection

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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May 22, 2025Inspection

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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May 22, 2025Complaint

Allegations4 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 4 cited

Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87412(c)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87412 Personnel Records: (c) Licensees shall maintain in the personnel records verification of required staff training and orientation... This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on records review and interviews, the licensee did not have training for staff caring for 4 of 4 residents in care which posed a potential personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator agreed to obtain training records for 4 of 4 current staff and submit them to LPA by POC due date, 6/23/25

Deadline recorded: Jun 23, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 23, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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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: (1) To be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents, and other persons. Based on interview and observations, the licensee did have auditory voice installed with their surveillance footage in the common areas for 4 of 4 residents in care which posed a potential personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

This was cleared during the visit as the auditory devices were uninstalled. This allegation is deemed cleared.

Deadline recorded: Jun 6, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 6, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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Resident rightsType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87468.1(a)(2)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in all Facilities: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment. Based on interview and observations, the licensee did not notify the Department of the camera(s) being installed for 4 of 4 residents in care which posed a potential personal rights risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

This was cleared during the visit as the camera devices were uninstalled. This allegation is deemed cleared.

Deadline recorded: Jun 6, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 6, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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Facility condition and maintenanceType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87305(b)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87305 Alterations to Existiing Building or New Facilities: (b) The licensing agency may require the facility to acquire a local building inspection where the agency determines that a suspected hazard to health and safety exists... this requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on interview, records review and observations, the licensee did not notify the Department of the alterations being constructed in the facility garage which posed a potential safety risk to 4 of 4 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator agreed to update their faciliity sketch to LPA and the RO by POC due date, 5/30/25.

Deadline recorded: May 30, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 30, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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May 22, 2025Complaint

Allegations2 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 2 cited · investigated over 2 visits

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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Feb 11, 2025Inspection

Medication handling and storageType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87465(h)(2)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (h)(2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on LPA observations and interviews, facility did not centrally store the residents medication in a safe and locked location. This posed a potential health risk to 1 of 4 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee and administrator removed the medications from the residents room during the visit. POC is deemed cleared.

Deadline recorded: Feb 11, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 11, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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Health conditions and treatmentsType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 80075(e)(2)(D)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

80075 Health Related Services (e)(2) (D) All electrical equipment is checked for defects that may cause sparks… This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on LPA observations and interviews, facility did not ensure that the electrical outlets had no defects. This posed a potential safety risk to 1 of 4 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agreed to ensure that the electrical outlets are checked and the defects are corrected and inform LPA by POC due date, 03/12/2025.

Deadline recorded: Mar 12, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Mar 12, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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Feb 11, 2025Complaint

Part of the complaint whose outcome is recorded on May 22, 2025 · Control 08-AS-20250211083051

Medication handling and storageType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87465(h)(5)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

Incidental Medical and Dental Care (h)(5) Each resident's medication shall be stored in its originally received container. No medications shall be transferred between containers...This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on LPA observations, facility did not store residents medication in its original container. This posed a potential health risk to 3 of 4 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will be placing the residents medications back to their original containers and removing the pill boxes and inform LPA by POC due date, 02/21/2025.

Deadline recorded: Feb 21, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 21, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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Facility condition and maintenanceType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87303(e)(2)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(2) Faucets used by residents for personal care such as shaving and grooming shall deliver hot water. Hot water temperature controls shall be maintained to automatically regulate the temperature of hot water used by residents to attain a temperature of not less than 105 degree F (41 degree C) and not more than 120 degree F (49 degree C). This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on LPA observations, facility did not ensure that hot water at taps were within the allotted measures. This posed a potential health risk to 3 of 4 residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Licensee will be lowering the hot water temperature and maintain a log for 2 weeks and submit the logs to LPA by POC due date, 02/26/2025.

Deadline recorded: Feb 26, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 26, 2025

Correction not verified in available records

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Sep 18, 2024Inspection

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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Sep 20, 2023Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility

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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