Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
CHERISH HOUSE RETREAT, INC.
1405 BERWICK DRIVE, Cambria CA 93428
8 bedsLatest official report Mar 5, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (805) 924-1462
- Licensee
- CHERISH HOUSE RETREAT, INC
- Administrator
- VIKKI HANSEN
- Contact
- VIKKI HANSEN
- License first date
- Mar 28, 2011
- License effective date
- Mar 28, 2011
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS N.ASC · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 29
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 4 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Mar 5, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Mar 12, 2025
2 later reports, from Jul 24, 2025 through Mar 5, 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 9 San Luis Obispo County facilities licensed for 7 to 15 beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 6 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 0 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 5
- Recorded deficiencies
- 4
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 4
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 0
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 2
0 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
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.
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 1 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportInspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(e)(1)(A)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) The licensee shall supervise residents as needed and as determined by the resident's appraisal pursuant to Section 87457, Pre-Admission Appraisal or Section 87463, Reappraisals, when residents are in proximity to or when there is use of the following items: (1) Ranges, ovens, heaters, fireplaces, wood stoves, inserts, and other heating devices. (A) Heating devices shall have protective mechanisms or other measures to prevent access to the device, or to make it inoperable when not in use, in order to reduce the risk of burns or fire. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in resident's room 5 when a wall heater within reach of residents was hot to the touch which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/19/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to have maintenance come out and install a guard/cover to protect residents from burns. Administrator will email LPA photos of cover.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Hazardous items and storageType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87309(a)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the licensee shall ensure that disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisonous substances, knives, matches, tools, sharp objects, and other similar items which could pose a danger to residents are in locked storage and are not left unattended if outside the locked storage. (1) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, and poisonous substances shall be stored in areas separate from food supplies as specified in Section 87555, General Food Service Requirements. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation chemicals and medications were left unlocked for residents at risk to gain accessto, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in resident room 5 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/19/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator removed items immediatly and agreed to purchase and install new locking devices for cabinets to contain these items. Administrator will email LPA photos of new locking devices.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87303(a) The facility shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times. Maintenance shall include provision of maintenance services and procedures for the safety and well-being of residents, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on facility tour the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when LPA noted smoke detectors not working, exit door alarms not working, loose stair and ramp rails, ramp wood in disrepair, yard equipment and gasoline within access to residents, and room 6 water not meeting regulation (below 105*F) which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/19/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to have maintenance and plumber out to fix water temperature, door alarms, rails and ramp. Smoke detector batteries were replace immediatly and functioning before LPAs left. Yard equipment and gasoline were moved to the shed and locked out of resident reach before LPAs left.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(a)(2)(C)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Living accommodations and grounds shall be related to the facility's function. The facility shall be large enough to provide comfortable living accommodations and privacy for the residents, staff, and others who may reside in the facility. The following provisions shall apply: (2) Resident bedrooms shall be provided which meet, at a minimum, the following requirements: (C) No bedroom of a resident shall be used as a passageway to another room, bath or toilet. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when a resident walked through another residents room to use the " Jack and Jill " bathroom which poses a personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/19/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator will email LPA a letter of understanding and documentation of staff training on Section 87307.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
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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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