KEENE KARE III

4629 ROYAL FOREST COURT, San Jose CA 95136

Facility 435294315 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Jan 15, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
BANAGO, CRISTINA
Administrator
GAMBOA, ABIGAIL
Contact
GAMBOA, ABIGAIL
License first date
Mar 10, 2009
License effective date
Mar 10, 2009
District office
SAN JOSE RO · (408) 324-2112
Regional office
26
Clients served
985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

The available records show 10 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jan 15, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jan 15, 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 185 Santa Clara County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 0 Type A and 10 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
4

Fewer than the typical 5

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
10

Well above the typical 3

7 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
10

Well above the typical 2

7 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Most this size also have none

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
87412(f)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(f) All personnel records shall be available to the licensing agency to inspect, audit, and copy upon demand during normal business hours. Records may be removed if necessary for copying. Removal of records shall be subject to the following requirements: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee stated she did not have staff files available for LPA to review. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee / ADM stated she will send a letter of understanding regarding the regulation. ADM stated she will send to LPA by POC due date, January 22, 2026

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Background checksType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87355(e)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (3) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c) or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Facility Administrator is not associated with the facility. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee / Administrator will associate the Administrator to the facility. Licensee/ Administrator will send letter of understanding regarding the regulation.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87456(a)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) Prior to accepting a resident for care and in order to evaluate his/her suitability, the facility shall, as specified in this article 8: (2) Perform a pre-admission appraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee stated she did not preform a pre admission appraisal for R3. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction ADM stated she will send a letter of understanding regarding the regulation. ADM stated she will send to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87463(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) The pre-admission appraisal, as specified in Section 87457, Pre-Admission Appraisal, shall be updated, in writing as frequently as necessary or once every 12 months, whichever occurs first, to note significant changes in condition, as defined in Section 87101, Definitions, and to keep the appraisal accurate. For the purposes of this section, the updated pre-admission appraisal shall be referred to as the reappraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Resident R2's Needs and services plan is dated August 10, 2024, is blank. Resident R3's Needs and Services Plan is blank. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction ADM / Licensee stated she will send LPA a copy of R2 and R3's updated Needs and services plan by POC due date. ADM / Licensee stated she will send a letter of understanding regarding the regulation.

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(c)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(c) A facility shall conduct a drill at least quarterly for each shift. The type of emergency covered in a drill shall vary from quarter to quarter, taking into account different emergency scenarios. An actual evacuation of residents is not required during a drill. While a facility may provide an opportunity for residents to participate in a drill, it shall not require any resident participation. Documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee stated she and the Administrator have not conducted quarterly drills. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction ADM stated she will conduct a disaster drill and will ensure the Documentation of the drill shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. ADM stated she will send documentation a drill has taken place to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Health conditions and treatmentsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87618(b)(3)(B)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(3) Ensuring that the use of oxygen equipment meets the following requirements: (B) “No Smoking-Oxygen in Use” signs shall be posted in the appropriate areas. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. located between 2 residents bedroom, LPA noted, oxygen was being used. ADM confirmed the resident that was residing in that bedroom does use oxygen. LPA noted that the door to the bedroom does not have a, " oxygen in use, no smoking. " This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction ADM stated she will send a letter of understanding regarding the regulation. ADM stated she will put a " oxygen in use, no smoking " sign in the room that is using oxygen and send photo documentation showing the sign is in place. ADM stated she will send to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Medication handling and storageType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87465(h)(6)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (h) (6) The licensee shall be responsible for assuring that a record of centrally stored prescription medications for each resident is maintained for at least one year and includes: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Resident R1's centrally stored medication record did not have 5 of R1's medications listed. Resident R4 did not have 2 medications that were not listed in his/her centrally stored medication record. Resident R3 did not have his/her medications listed on his/her centrally stored medication record. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 01/22/2026 Plan of Correction ADM stated she will send an updated Centrally stored medication record for residents R1, R3 and R4. ADM stated she will send to LPA by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87303(h)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(h) Emergency lighting shall be maintained. At a minimum this shall include flashlights, or other battery powered lighting, readily available in appropriate areas accessible to residents and staff. Open-flame lights shall not be used. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there was no flash lights in the facility during the inspection which poses/posed a potential safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 03/12/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator stated to submit a plan of correction by the POC due date to have flash lights in the facility.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Hazardous items and storageType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87309(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to clients shall be stored where inaccessible to clients. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that cabinet of knives and dish watching chemical was observed unlocked which poses/posed a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 03/12/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator stated to submit a plan of correction by the POC due date. Administrator locked the cabinet of knives and dish washing chemical immediately after LPA's inspection.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Licensing and administrationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.618(c)(3)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(c)The facility shall employ, and the administrator shall schedule, a sufficient number of staff members to do all of the following: (3) Ensure that at least one staff member who has cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and first aid training is on duty and on the premises at all times. This paragraph shall not be construed to require staff to provide CPR. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that one caregiver did not have a valid first aid certificate during LPA's file review which poses/posed a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 03/12/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator stated to submit a plan of correction by the POC due date to have the staff to receive the first aid training and to obtain the certificate.

Plan of correction recorded
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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