ST. STEPHEN'S HOME

1309 OAKWOOD DRIVE, Modesto CA 95350

Facility 502700261 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Aug 18, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
RICHIE & MARIA ALMENDRALA
Administrator
ALMENDRALA, MARIA
Contact
ALMENDRALA, MARIA
License first date
Aug 9, 2018
License effective date
Aug 9, 2018
District office
SACRAMENTO SOUTH ASC · (916) 263-4700
Regional office
27
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 4 Type A and 7 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Aug 18, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Aug 18, 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 70 Stanislaus County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 8 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 3 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 4 Type A and 7 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
5

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
11

Well above the typical 2

7 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
4

More than the typical 1

3 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
7

Well above the typical 1

4 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
3

Most this size have none

1 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
1

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

Allegations1 substantiated · 4 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Medical and dental careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87465 Incidental Medical and Dental Care (a) A plan for incidental medical and dental care shall be developed by each facility. The plan shall encourage routine medical and dental care and provide for assistance in obtaining such care, by compliance with the following: (1) The licensee shall arrange, or assist in arranging, for medical and dental care appropriate to the conditions and needs of residents. (2) The licensee shall provide assistance in meeting necessary medical and dental needs. This includes transportation which may be limited to the nearest available medical or dental facility which will meet the resident's need. In providing transportation the licensee shall do so directly or make arrangements for this service. This requirement was not followed as evidenced by: In record review, The morphine is a controlled substance and is not being recorded properly on a controlled substances log. In interview, perscribed order(1 per 12 hours) conflicts with the administrators statement (PRN). its distribution as a MAR record is questionable, per interview with S1. This requirement not being followed poses a risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of clients in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Suggestion is do a staff training on how to document MAR records, PRNs, medication Refusals, and controlled substances, Medication distruction record. Training should be with a vendor/hospice/homehealth nurse and not the administrator. 8/10/26

Deadline recorded: Jul 10, 2026. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jul 10, 2026
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited

Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87468.2(a)(19)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

22 CCR Section 87468.2(a)(19) – Additional Personal Rights of Residents in Privately Operated Facilities: “To have prompt access to review all of their records and to purchase photocopies of their records. Photocopied records shall be provided within two (2) business days and at a cost that does not exceed the community standard for photocopies.” This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not provide R1, represented by R1's RP, represented by the complainant, with R1's resident records within two days of receiving a written records request, which poses a potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk.

Official plan of correction

Licensee agrees to review 22 CCR Sections 87506(c)(1) and 87468.2(a)(19) and write a signed statement acknowledging having done so and asserting that these sections will be complied with in the future. Licensee agrees to send LPA Moleski a copy of this signed statement by the POC due date. Failure to correct this deficiency by the POC due date will result in civil penalties. vincent.moleski@dss.ca.gov

Deadline recorded: Nov 22, 2023. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Nov 22, 2023
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations2 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 2 cited

Resident rightsType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87468.1(a)(2)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities. Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: The facility failed to proper report the incident on the UIR and didn't an proper fall risk plan. which poses an immediate risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator Maria Almendrala will look over the regulation and email LPA Lund understanding of the regultion.

Deadline recorded: May 6, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 6, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87224(d)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

The licensee shall set forth in the notice to quit the reasons relied upon for the eviction with specific facts to permit determination of the date, place, witnesses, and circumstances concerning those reasons. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: The facility failed to give proper 30-day notice to R1. This poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

Administrator Maria Almendrala will look over the regulation and email LPA Lund understanding of the regultion.

Deadline recorded: May 19, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline May 19, 2022
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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