Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportPURISIMA HILLS
237 ALDEBARAN AVENUE, Lompoc CA 93436
6 bedsLatest official report Jul 3, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (805) 733-4395
- Licensee
- MARSH, SUSAN
- Administrator
- SUSAN MARSH
- Contact
- SUSAN MARSH
- License first date
- Feb 11, 1991
- License effective date
- Feb 11, 1993
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS N.ASC · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 29
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 6 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jan 8, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Jan 8, 2026
2 later reports, from May 21, 2026 through Jul 3, 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 70 Santa Barbara County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 13 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 7 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 6 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 6
- Recorded deficiencies
- 11
- Type A deficiencies
- 6
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 5
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
1 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
1 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
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.
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 7 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87507(5)(E)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87507(5) Refund conditions. (E)Pre- admission fees shall be refunded according to the following conditions:1. A 100 percent refund of a preadmission fee shall be provided to an applicant or the applicant’s representative if: a.The applicant decides not to enter the facility prior to the facility completing a preadmission appraisal as defined in Section 87457. b. The licensee fails to provide full written disclosure of preadmission fee charges and refund conditions. This regulation was not met by lack of evidence of 100% refund. Which poses a danger to Residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Administrator will refund 100% of the deposit to W1 on or before 06/02/2025.Administrator will contact LPA by cell phone, email or fax when depot check has cleared their bank account.
Deadline recorded: Jun 2, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jun 2, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations4 substantiated · 5 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Resident rightsType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87468.2(a)(4)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Addt'l Personal Rights Residents...(a)…residents in privately operated residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: (4) To care, supervision, services that meet individual needs…delivered by staff sufficient in numbers, qualifications, competency… This requirement is not met based on records review, licensee did not comply with the section cited above when Resident #1 eloped from facility without staff knowledge, and was not provided medical attention by facility which posed an immediate health and safety risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee will provide all Staff with a training on Resident Personal Rights and incidents/situations requiring Staff to assist residents with medical attention. Evidence of this training will be provided to LPA by 09/24/2024.
Deadline recorded: Sep 24, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Sep 24, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(11)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Personal Rights All Residents...(a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have following personal rights: (11) To have visitors…permitted to visit privately during reasonable hours and without prior notice, provided that the rights of other residents are not infringed upon. This requirement is not met based on interviews/records review, licensee did not comply when a visitor to the facility was informed by Staff that they had the right to deny visitation to family members, which posed a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee will provide all Staff with a refresher training on the facility visitiation policy as documented on facility resident admission agreement. Evidence will be provided to LPA by 10/21/2024.
Deadline recorded: Oct 21, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Citation dismissed - not a correctionOn Oct 21, 2024
Deficiency Dismissed Type B 10/21/2024 Section Cited CCR 87468.1(a)(11)
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 21, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Resident rightsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87468.1(a)(8)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Personal Rights...(a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: (8) To have their representatives regularly informed by the licensee of activities related to care or services, including ongoing evaluations, as appropriate to their needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and records review, licensee did not comply with section cited above by failing to report an incident and change of condition to a resident’s responsible party, which posed a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Licensee will provide all Staff with Personal Rights training regarding residents in care at the facility. Training will include personal rights training for all deficiencies cited, including the informing of responsible parties when a resident has a change in condition.
Deadline recorded: Oct 21, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Citation dismissed - not a correctionOn Oct 21, 2024
Deficiency Dismissed Type B 10/21/2024 Section Cited CCR 87468.1(a)(8)
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Oct 21, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 4 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportSource 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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