BELLA HOME

403 N. RYAN TERRACE, Porterville CA 93257

Facility 547206855 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Aug 10, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
MARIA EVA FELIX
Administrator
FELIX, MARIA EVA
Contact
FELIX, MARIA EVA
License first date
Aug 1, 2014
License effective date
Aug 1, 2014
District office
FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
Regional office
24
Clients served
935 - ELDERLY

Summary

The available records show 1 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Aug 10, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Aug 10, 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 35 Tulare County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 8 reports for this facility: 6 inspections, 2 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 1 Type A and 4 Type B deficiencies.

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

Official inspections
6

Fewer than the typical 7

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
5

Fewer than the typical 6

5 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
1

Fewer than the typical 4

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
4

More than the typical 3

4 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Fewer than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
0

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.

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.

Inspection
Medication handling and storageType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(c)(3)
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: (3) A record of each dose is maintained in the resident's record. The record shall include the date and time the PRN medication was taken, the dosage taken, and the resident's response. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 5 out of 5 medicationsAtrovastatin 20 mg tab. Take 1 tablet by mouth daily, Alprazolam .5 mg tab ever day, max daily 1 tablet, Amlodipine Besylate 10 mg tablet. Take 1 tablet by mouth daily Meloxicam 7.5 mg tablet. Take 1 by mouth daily, Melatonin 10 mg, take 1 tablet by mouth every night *All medications were not initialed for multiple dates which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/11/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees for staff to complete medication training and submit completion certificates to CCLD by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Records and plan of operationType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87506(b)(16)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) Each resident's record shall contain at least the following information: (16) Records of resident's cash resources as specified in Section 87217, Safeguards for Resident Cash, Personal Property, and Valuables. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 5 residents did not contain the Safeguard for Property Values form in resident's file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/24/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to submit the Safeguard for Property Values forms to CCLD by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87463(a)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) The pre-admission appraisal, as specified in Section 87457, Pre-Admission Appraisal, shall be updated, in writing as frequently as necessary or once every 12 months, whichever occurs first, to note significant changes in condition, as defined in Section 87101, Definitions, and to keep the appraisal accurate. For the purposes of this section, the updated pre-admission appraisal shall be referred to as the reappraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 5 residents did not contain the Appraisal Needs and Services form in resident file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/24/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to submit the Appraisal Needs and Services forms to CCLD by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Resident rightsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
1569.39(b)
Regulation authority
HSC

What the official deficiency says

(b) A residential care facility for the elderly that accepts or retains residents with restricted health conditions, as defined by the department, shall ensure that residents receive medical care as prescribed by the resident’s physician and contained in the resident’s service plan by appropriately skilled professionals acting within their scope of practice. An appropriately skilled professional may not be required when the resident is providing self-care, as defined by the department, and there is documentation in the resident’s service plan that the resident is capable of providing self-care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 5 residents did not contain the LIC-602/TB test in resident's file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/24/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to submit the LIC-602 forms to CCLD by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Health conditions and treatmentsType B
Official classification
Type B
Official code
87633(b)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) A current and complete hospice care plan shall be maintained in the facility for each hospice resident and include the following: (1) The name, office address, business telephone number, and 24-hour emergency telephone number of the hospice agency and the resident's physician. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 5 residents did not contain the LIC-601 in resident's file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/24/2026 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to submit the LIC-601 forms to CCLD by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 3 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded

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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