SOLVANG FRIENDSHIP HOUSE

880 FRIENDSHIP LANE, Solvang CA 93463

Facility 421703158 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

40 bedsLatest official report Jul 9, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SOLVANG FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
Administrator
TAMMY WESTWOOD
Contact
TAMMY WESTWOOD
License first date
Jul 1, 1993
License effective date
Jul 1, 1993
District office
WOODLAND HILLS N.ASC · (818) 596-4334
Regional office
29
Clients served
983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA

Summary

The available records show 2 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jul 9, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jun 22, 2023

3 later reports, from Jul 15, 2024 through Jul 9, 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 6 Santa Barbara County facilities licensed for 16 to 49 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 7 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 0 Type A and 2 Type B deficiencies.

0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.

Official inspections
6

Fewer than the typical 7

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
2

Fewer than the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
2

About the same as most this size

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Fewer than the typical 3

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
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.625(c)(8)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(c) The training shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (8) The special needs of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, including nonpharmacologic, person-centered approaches to dementia care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of five staff files reviewed indicate that staff did not receive full Initial Training which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/29/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will ensure that staff receive full Initial Training and send documentation showing this was completed by 6/29/23.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.695(a)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(a) In addition to any other requirement of this chapter, a residential care facility for the elderly shall have an emergency and disaster plan that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/29/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee will complete the emergency disaster plan and send to CCL by 6/29/23.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
View official 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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