MELROSE 36

14536 GARDEN RD, Poway CA 92064

Facility 374604894 · 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 2 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 8 reports for this facility: 2 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 4 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 2 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
3

More than the typical 1

3 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

More than the typical 1

2 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
2

Most this size have none

2 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.

Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Not classified in the sourceType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
80019(e)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Criminal Record Clearance (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1522 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (2) Obtain a California clearance...as required by the Department... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Per records reviewed and interviews, OS1 did not have criminal background clearance while working at the facility and residing on facility premise. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

OS1 no longer resides/works at the facility, therefore the POC is satisfied.

Deadline recorded: Jun 24, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 24, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Licensing and administrationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.655(a)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

Increase...rates for elderly...; 90 days’ written notice...reasons...(a) a licensee of a residential care facility for the elderly increases the rates of fees for residents or makes increases in any of its rate structures for services, the licensee shall provide no less than 90 days’ prior written notice to the residents or the residents’ representatives setting forth the amount of the increase and the reason or reasons for the increase... description... costs, except for...rate due to a change in the level of care... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on a review of Resident 1 [R1] notification letter of rate increase was less than a 90 day notice prior to the effective date.

Official plan of correction

Administrator will reissue a new 90-day notice of the monthly rate increase by the POC due date. Administrator provided proof of correction (copy of the resubmitted notice of rate increase) dated 4/23/2026.

Deadline recorded: Apr 23, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 23, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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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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