Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportVMB ULTIMATE CARE
344 E 27TH ST, National City CA 91950
6 bedsLatest official report Sep 18, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (619) 434-4565
- Licensee
- BUCATCAT, VIRGIL P.
- Administrator
- MARTCELA MARCELO
- Contact
- MARTCELA MARCELO
- License first date
- Jun 24, 2004
- License effective date
- Jun 24, 2004
- District office
- SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
- Regional office
- 08
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 2 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Sep 18, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Sep 18, 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 8 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 2 Type A and 6 Type B deficiencies.
2 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 6
- Recorded deficiencies
- 8
- Type A deficiencies
- 2
- Type B deficiencies
- 6
- Substantiated complaints
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size 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.
Complaint
Allegations2 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 2 cited
Basic services and supervisionType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87464(f)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87464(f)(1) - Elopement resulting in serious bodily injury. Basic Sercices 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). " Care and supervision " means the facility assumes responsibility for, or provides ...., ongoing assistance with activities of daily living without which the resident’s physical health, mental health, safety, or welfare would be endangered. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Interviews and record reviews showing staff left R1 unassisted on 7/23/21, resulting in elopement with serious bodily injury and hospitalization. This posed an immediate safety risk to one of six residents in care. Immediate CP of $500 assessed today
Official plan of correction
Licensee agreed to conduct training by an outside source on elopements/absent without leave (AWOL), supervision for residents in care. This training will be scheduled by 2/3/2023 and trainings will be completed by POC date of 2/21/2023.
Deadline recorded: Feb 21, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 21, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
Incident reportingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87211(a)(D)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87211(a)(D) Reporting Requirements - Each licensee shall furnish to the licensing agency such reports as the Department may require, including, but not limited to, the following: 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 was not met, as evidenced by: Interviews and records review showing licensee did not report the elopement of R1 to local licensing as required. This posed an potential safety risk to one of six residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee agreed to conduct training by an outside source on reporting requirements. This training will be scheduled by 2/3/2023 and trainings will be completed by POC date of 2/21/2023.
Deadline recorded: Feb 21, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 21, 2023
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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