Facility condition and maintenance
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
BUCK SERENITY HOMES
691 BUCK AVENUE, Vacaville CA 95688
6 bedsLatest official report Mar 5, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (707) 449-8394
- Licensee
- GIDEON B. CASTRO
- Administrator
- CASTRO, GIDEON
- Contact
- CASTRO, GIDEON
- License first date
- Apr 11, 2008
- License effective date
- Apr 11, 2008
- District office
- SANTA ROSA RO · (707) 588-5026
- Regional office
- 21
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 6 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Mar 5, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Mar 5, 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 147 Solano County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer 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 6 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
- 10
- Type A deficiencies
- 6
- Type B deficiencies
- 4
- Substantiated complaints
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 1
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
5 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
3 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
2 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
1 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.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Complaint
Allegations2 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 2 cited
Resident rightsType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 1569.269(a)(6)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
§1569.269Enumerated rights(a) Residents of residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following rights: (6) To care, supervision, and services that meet their individual needs...delivered by staff that are sufficient in numbers, qualifications, and competency to meet their needs. This requirement has not been met as evidence by: Based on records review, observations and interviews conducted Licensee did not ensure to services needs were provided necessary to meet individual care needs which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of residents in care.
Official plan of correction
Facility to submit plan to register all staff to participate/attend the ombudsman training for personal rights. Facility to submit plan to contact the local ombudsman to facilitate personal rights training for all staff by plan of correction due date. Facility to get the date of the next personal rights training and provide the date to CCL by no later than 2/04/25. Once attendance/ participation is completed facility to submit training certificate or record showing all staff in attendance, hours of attendance, date of attendance, and instructor name. Training to be completed by 3/01/2026.
Deadline recorded: Jan 29, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 29, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
Basic services and supervisionType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87464(f)(4)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
Basic Services 87464(f)(4) Personal assistance and care...as indicated in the pre admission appraisal, with those activities of daily living such as...bathing... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interviews Staff refused to give R1 showers due to R1’s large size and facility was not able to provide documentation of shower logs.
Official plan of correction
Licensee to submit self certification that staff will be trained on documenting all bathing needs and refusals for all residents as indicated in their admissions agreement .In addition licensee to submit weekly bathing logs for the following 3 weeks to CCLD Licensee to submit self certification to CCL by Plan of Correction due date of 1/30/2026
Deadline recorded: Jan 29, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 29, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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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