Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
POWAY ELDER CARE
14846 ESPOLA RD, Poway CA 92064
6 bedsLatest official report Nov 13, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (419) 377-9822
- Licensee
- RATHI INVESTMENTS,INC.
- Administrator
- RATHI, GAURAV
- Contact
- RATHI, GAURAV
- License first date
- Dec 9, 2021
- License effective date
- Dec 9, 2021
- District office
- SAN DIEGO RO · (619) 767-2300
- Regional office
- 08
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 1 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Nov 13, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Mar 18, 2025
1 later report, on Nov 13, 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 11 reports for this facility: 7 inspections, 3 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 7
- Recorded deficiencies
- 4
- Type A deficiencies
- 1
- Type B deficiencies
- 3
- Substantiated complaints
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
0 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.
Inspection
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87411(d)(3)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87411 Personnel Requirements – General: “(d) All personnel shall…have...: (3) Skill and knowledge required to provide necessary care and supervision, including the ability to communicate with residents.” The requirement was not met, as evidenced by: Based on interviews and LPA observation, Licensee did not ensure that 1 of 5 active staff (S1) had the language skill, knowledge, and ability to communicate with 4 of 6 residents (Resident #1 through Resident #4). This posed a potential personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
As of the date of deficiency issuance, S1 is participating in an online educational course to help them learn English. By the POC due, Licensee agreed to E-mail to LPA an updated caregiver work schedule showing a replacement staff ready to take over S1’s shifts. [If S1 has acquired basic conversational English skills by that date, Licensee shall arrange for S1 to video call LPA for a one-on-one phone interview/examination.]
Deadline recorded: Apr 18, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Apr 18, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint
Allegations3 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 3 cited
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87202(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Fire Clearance - 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 … this requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on interviews and observations, staff did not maintain the facility’s fire clearance by having padocked doors in their hallway which posed a potential safety risk to 6 of 6 residents in care.
Official plan of correction
The door handles have been removed from both the interior doors of the hallway during today's visit on 08/29/2024. POC is deemed cleared.
Deadline recorded: Aug 29, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 29, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(6)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities (a)(6) to leave or depart the facility at any time and not to be locked into any room, building, or on the facility premises by day or night … this requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on observations, staff did not protect the personal rights of the residents and had the locking mechanism onto the outside part of R1's door. This posed a potential safety and personal rights risk to 1 of 6 residents in care.
Official plan of correction
The door handle for R1s room was replaced with one that does not lock during today's visit, 08/29/2024. This POC is deemed cleared.
Deadline recorded: Aug 29, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Aug 29, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Food serviceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87555(b)(21)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
General Food Service Requirements - Freezers of adequate size shall be maintained at a temperature of 0 degrees F (-17.7 degrees C), and refrigerators of adequate size shall maintain a maximum temperature of 40 degrees F (4 degrees C) … this requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on observations, staff did not ensure that the refrigerator was within the allotted temperature which posed a potential health risk to 6 of 6 residents in care.
Official plan of correction
The Administrator purchased a new gauge and increased the temperature for the refrigerator from 3 to 5 to get cooler. Once the gauge is received, Administrator agreed to submit a photo of the refrigerator's temperature with the new gauge temperature to LPA by POC due date, 09/12/2024. If gauge reads warm temperature, Licensee will obtain a new refrigerator.
Deadline recorded: Sep 12, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Sep 12, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
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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