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.
Inspection
Medical and dental careType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87465(6)(h)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: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 This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on [LPA and admin record review and observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Centrally Stored Medication Log was not complete for S2 requiring medication administration which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/06/2026 Plan of Correction Facility to submit to CCL plan to complete centrally stored medication logs(CSML) for resident by plan of correction due date 3/06/2026. Completed CSML to be submitted to CCL no later than 3/09/2026
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- 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. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA and admin observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Toxins found in two resident bathrooms unlocked under bathroom sink including chemicals found unsecured in bathrooms accessible for residents which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/06/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee to submit LIC9099 self certifying that all toxins have been removed with pictures OR add lock to facility sinks with pictures to CCL by plan of correction due date 3/06/2026
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(i)(1)(A)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(i) Facilities shall have signal systems which shall meet the following criteria: (1) All facilities licensed for 16 or more and all residential facilities having separate floors or buildings shall have a signal system which shall: (A) Operate from each resident's living unit. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on [LPA and admin observation licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 5 out of 5 resident room did not have door signal system on which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 03/12/2026 Plan of Correction LIcensee to submit plan of how facility will ensure that all signal system alarms for all resident bedrooms are on at all times to CCL by plan of correction due date 3/12/2026
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(h)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA and Admin observation , the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Thickener stored under stairs made accessible to residents. Medication fridge unlocked, making medication accessible to residents. Fridge had suppositories(bisacodyl 10mg),and Insulin pen without a label inside ziplock bag in also in fridge.which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 04/30/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee to submiit LIC9098 self certifying that they will lock refridgerated medications by POC due date 4/29/25. Licensee immedietly threw out thickener in trash, no plan of correction needed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(h)(5)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (5) Each resident's medication shall be stored in its originally received container. No medications shall be transferred between containers. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA and Admin observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Medications found to be prepoured in small plastic containers and not in its originally received container which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 04/30/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee to submit LIC9098 self certifying that they cannot pre-pour medication by POC due date 4/30/25
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
(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 LPA and admin observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Tiles on vanity in bathroom next to room #4 and around left hand side of kitchen sink observed to have dark black substance present in grout as well as broken tile. Deck ramp on wrap around deck has two sections of plywood. Section of plywood in the middle of ramp bows heavily under pressure, cracking sound when stepped on which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 05/30/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee to submit pictures showing that deck ramp wood replaced and areas around sink clean with tile repaired by POC due date 5/30/25
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87411(c)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87411 Personnel Requirements - General (c)All RCFE staff who assist residents with personal activities of daily living shall receive initial and annual training as specified in Health and Safety Code sections 1569.625 and 1569.69(1)staff providing care shall receive appropriate training in first aid from persons qualified by such agencies as the American Red Cross. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA and Admin record review and observation , the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in three out of three: S1,S2, S3 did not have current First AId Certification which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 04/30/2025 Plan of Correction Facility to submit plan to have S1,S2,S3 complete first aid certification by POC due date. Proof of certification to be submitted to CCL by no later than 5/20/25
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Health conditions and treatmentsType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87615(a)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87615 (a) Persons who require health services for or have a health condition including, but not limited to, those specified below shall not be admitted or retained in a residential care facility for the elderly. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Facility retained R1 who had an unstaged wound. Although the injury is not yet staged, it appears to be more than stage 2. Which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 02/11/2022 Plan of Correction Licensee to ensure all residents are appropriate for licensed level of care; Licensee to review regulation 87615; Licensee to update R1’s needs and service plan; Licensee to obtain physician’s report in which wound is stage. If Licensee wishes to retain, R1, they will need an exemption.
Plan of correction recorded
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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