GOLDEN AGE

3521 EFFINGHAM LANE, Modesto CA 95357

Facility 507001187 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report May 12, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
PLACINTAR, MARINELA
Administrator
ELENA TRITEAN
Contact
ELENA TRITEAN
License first date
Aug 23, 1999
License effective date
Aug 23, 1999
District office
SACRAMENTO SOUTH ASC · (916) 263-4700
Regional office
27
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jul 15, 2025
Most recent deficiency
Aug 16, 2023

3 later reports, from Aug 16, 2024 through May 12, 2026, recorded no deficiencies, though the records do not say whether they were follow-ups.

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 9 reports for this facility: 7 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 1 licensing or administrative record.

Those records contain 0 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
7

More than the typical 5

0 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
3

More than the typical 2

0 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
3

More than the typical 1

0 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

No inspection in the last 12 months, so a zero above means no record rather than a clean visit.

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.

Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.696(a)(1)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(a) All residential care facilities for the elderly shall provide training to direct care staff on postural supports, restricted conditions or health services, and hospice care as a component of the training requirements specified in Section 1569.625. The training shall include all of the following: (1) Four hours of training on the care, supervision, and special needs of those residents, prior to providing direct care to residents. The facility may utilize various methods of instruction, including, but not limited to, preceptorship, mentoring, and other forms of observation and demonstration. The orientation time shall be exclusive of any administrative instruction. 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 when the LPA observed that 2 out of 4 staff files reviewed were missing the annual training poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/31/2023 Plan of Correction The Licensee shall submit to kimberly.viarella@dss.ca.gov a schedule of annual training activities to be conducted by an outside vendor by 08/31/2023.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Administrator qualificationsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87405(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87405 Administrator - Qualifications and Duties (a) All facilities shall have a qualified and currently certified administrator. The licensee and the administrator may be one and the same person. The administrator shall have sufficient freedom from other responsibilities and shall be on the premises a sufficient number of hours to permit adequate attention to the management and administration of the facility as specified in this section. When the administrator is not in the facility, there shall be coverage by a designated substitute who shall have qualifications adequate to be responsible and accountable for management and administration of the facility as specified in this section. The Department may require that the administrator devote additional hours in the facility to fulfill his/her responsibilities when the need for such additional hours is substantiated by written documentation. 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 as based on records reviewed the Administraors certification expires 06/22/2022 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/25/2022 Plan of Correction Administrator Marinela Placintar will send proof of current Administrators Certification to LPA by POC date 07/25/2022.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Licensing and administrationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87755(c)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

The licensing agency shall have the authority to inspect, audit, and copy resident or facility records upon demand during normal business hours. Records may be removed if necessary for copying. Removal of records shall be subject to the requirements in Sections 87412(f), 87506(d), and 87508(b). This requirement is not met as evidenced by:Based on the auditor not getting the requested paperwork. This posed a potential health and safety risk to residents in care.

Official plan of correction

The Licesnee will email, LPA, LPM & Auditor the requested paperwork by 2/4/2022.

Deadline recorded: Feb 4, 2022. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Feb 4, 2022
Correction not verified in available records
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Licensing recordNot an inspection of the operating facility
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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