Medical and dental care
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
ST. STEPHEN'S HOME
1309 OAKWOOD DRIVE, Modesto CA 95350
6 bedsLatest official report Aug 18, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (209) 488-4901
- 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
- Recorded deficiencies
- 11
- Type A deficiencies
- 4
- Type B deficiencies
- 7
- Substantiated complaints
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 1
About the same as most this size
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 2
7 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
3 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
4 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 A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(a)(4)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(4) The licensee shall assist residents with self-administered medications as needed. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on Record Review, where one resident(r1) was missing 3 routine medications from her MAR sheet, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 3 MAR sheets reviewed which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/19/2026 Plan of Correction LPA suggests, Licensee should self audit all the clients medications, if mars are missing medications they should be added, if there is cause to call a doctor and get a new medication to address a need that should be done, if there are missing medications that there is an order for, those medications should be ordered. A inventory of each residents medications should be sent to the LPA with pictures of containers for each medication, end of day 8/19 due
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Medication handling and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87465(c)(2)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(c) If the resident's physician has stated in writing that the resident is unable to determine his/her own need for nonprescription PRN medication, but can communicate his/her symptoms clearly, facility staff designated by the licensee shall be permitted to assist the resident with self-administration, provided all of the following requirements are met: (2) Once ordered by the physician the medication is given according to the physician's directions. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review where two residents were missing tylonal pain medication(r1 missing 325mg and r2 missing 500mg), and Interview with staff where one resident(r2 only) being given melatonin without a perscribed order. the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 3 medications/mars reviewed which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/19/2026 Plan of Correction LPA is suggesting, the licensee/administratior add herself to a training on medication administration mangement, conducted by a 3rd party.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Not classified in the sourceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87706(a)(1)(C)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) In addition to the requirements in Section 87705, Care of Persons with Dementia, licensees who advertise, promote, or otherwise hold themselves out as providing special care, programming, and/or environments for residents with dementia or related disorders shall meet the following requirements: (1) In addition to the requirements specified in Sections 87208, Plan of Operation, the licensee shall include in the plan of operation a brief narrative description addressing the following additional information: (C) Staff training describing the required training for direct care staff who provide dementia special care. At a minimum, the description shall include information on training to be provided, as specified in Health and Safety Code sections 1569.625 and 1569.626. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, 3 staff files did not meet the hours requirements in 2025 for 12 hours of standard annual training topics or 8 hours of dementia specific topics. licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 staff files reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/25/2026 Plan of Correction LPA suggest the Liceensee send a plan of future trainings, that discribes topics and timelines for the employees to meet thier annual training goals. due 8/25/26
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(a)(3)(B)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(B) Bedroom furniture, which shall include, for each resident, a chair, night stand, a lamp, or lights sufficient for reading, and a chest of drawers. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on Observation, the lpa did not observe a chair in 4 out of 5 clients rooms. the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/25/2026 Plan of Correction LPA suggest chairs be added to the rooms.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87307(d)(6)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(6) All outdoor and indoor passageways and stairways shall be kept free of obstruction. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation of the evacuation route gate path way there are 3 gates which drag into the ground and 1 resident in a wheelchair, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 evacuation route gates which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/25/2026 Plan of Correction LPa suggests either griding down the gates or rehanging them such that they swing freely and latch closed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Licensing and administrationType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.655(a)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(a) If a licensee of a residential care facility for the elderly increases the rates of fees for residents or makes increases in any of its rate structures for services, the licensee shall provide no less than 90 days’ prior written notice to the residents or the residents’ representatives setting forth the amount of the increase and the reason or reasons for the increase, including a description of the additional costs, except for an increase in the rate due to a change in the level of care of the resident. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review of 1 admission agreement, 2 related invoices, and 1 notification it appears two rases in rent occured for r3, one in 2/2024 from 2500 to 3000 without notification or outlying reason or reasons for the increase and a second in 6/2026 from 3000 to 3200, which did have a notification put was dated 2 days prior, also did not outlay the reason or reasons for the increase. the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 3 client records reviewed which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/25/2026 Plan of Correction LPA suggested Licensee should review t22 procedure for rate increases in an RCFE and send a signed copy of the regulation to the LPA by the POC date
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
Not classified in the sourceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87763(c)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
This requirement is not met as evidenced by:LPA Lund observed that resident R1 needs and services plan was dated 6/1/2021. Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 08/07/2023 Plan of Correction Licensee with provide a needs and services plan for R1 to LPA Lund
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this 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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