Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
ESCONDIDO RETIREMENT GARDEN
819 N. ROSE STREET, Escondido CA 92027
6 bedsLatest official report Feb 25, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (760) 975-3158
- Licensee
- WILLIAMS, MERCELITA
- Administrator
- WILLIAMS, MERCELITA
- Contact
- WILLIAMS, MERCELITA
- License first date
- Feb 16, 2023
- License effective date
- Feb 16, 2023
- District office
- RIVERSIDE ASC · (951) 248-2222
- Regional office
- 18
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Feb 25, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Feb 23, 2024
2 later reports, from Feb 19, 2025 through Feb 25, 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 444 San Diego County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 3 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.
Those records contain 0 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 3
- Recorded deficiencies
- 3
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 3
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 0
Fewer than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
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
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Medication handling and storageType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87465(h)(5)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (5) Each resident's medication shall be stored in its originally received container. No medications shall be transferred between containers. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interviews, the facility stored medication in a pill container and not in its' original container. Facility did not comply with the section cited above in [2] out of [4] persons which posed a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/11/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator will dispense the medication from the original container. Administrator will provide additional training to staff and will review the regulation of the above citation. Administrator will provide the Department with written proof of their understanding of the regulations and provide a log of completed training by the POC date of 3/11/24.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Records and plan of operationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87506(b)(15)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(b) Each resident's record shall contain at least the following information: (15) The admission agreement and pre-admission appraisal, specified in Sections 87507, Admission Agreements and 87457, Pre-admission Appraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not not fill out the resident pre-appraisal and admission forms completely and did not comply with the section cited above in [2] out of [4] persons which posed a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/11/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator will ensure pre-appraisal and admission forms are filled out correctly and will provide the department with written proof of the completed forms by the POC date of 3/11/24. *This is an amended report from the original report provied on 2/23/2024.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Not classified in the sourceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 2-5800
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA observed video cameras in all of the residents bedrooms. Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [5] out of [5] persons which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care...
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/11/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator removed all video cameras at the time of the visit. Administrator will review regulation cited and will send the Department a written letter of understanding by the POC date of 3/11/24.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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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