MELROSE 34

14534 GARDEN RD, Poway CA 92064

Facility 374604893 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Jul 20, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
MELROSE SENIOR CARE LLC
Administrator
MENDOZA, JUSTIN
Contact
MENDOZA, JUSTIN
License first date
Aug 6, 2025
License effective date
Aug 6, 2025
District office
SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
Regional office
08
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY, 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

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

Most recent inspection
Jul 20, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jul 20, 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: 2 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 3 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
2

Fewer than the typical 4

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
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
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87202(a)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) All facilities shall maintain a fire clearance approved by the city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services, or the State Fire Marshal. Prior to accepting or retaining any of the following types of persons, the applicant or licensee shall notify the licensing agency and obtain an appropriate fire clearance approved by the city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services, or the State Fire Marshal: (2) Bedridden persons 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 R4 was deemed bedridden per Medical Assessment and facility does not have fire clearance for bedridden. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to 1 in 4 residents in care

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/21/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator will submit a change of capacity form requesting for bed ridden fire clearance.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87468(b)(1)(A)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) At the time the admission agreement is signed, a resident and the resident's representative shall be personally advised of and given a copy of: (1) The personal rights of residents specified in Sections 87468.1, Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities and 87468.2, Additional Personal Rights of Residents in Privately Operated Facilities, as applicable to the facility. (A) The licensee shall have each resident and the resident's representative sign a copy of these rights, and the signed copy shall be included in the resident's record. 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 3 out of 4 residents did not have signed personal rights in their record which poses a potential personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/10/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to have residents sign the LIC613C form and submit to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
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
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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