Staffing, personnel, and training
Cited in 2 reports, with 4 deficiencies in total.
VARENITA OF WESTLAKE
95 DUSENBERG DRIVE, Westlake CA 91362
115 bedsLatest official report Feb 11, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (805) 413-3300
- Licensee
- WESTLAKE SENIOR LIVING CENTER LLC; SUNRISE SR LVNG
- Administrator
- HOWELL,ZACHARY
- Contact
- HOWELL,ZACHARY
- License first date
- Sep 15, 2022
- License effective date
- Sep 15, 2022
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS N.ASC · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 29
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA, 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE
Summary
The available records show 8 Type A and 7 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Feb 11, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Dec 9, 2025
1 later report, on Feb 11, 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 30 Ventura County facilities licensed for 50 or more 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 20 reports for this facility: 8 inspections, 10 complaint investigations, and 2 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 8 Type A and 7 Type B deficiencies.
1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 8
- Recorded deficiencies
- 15
- Type A deficiencies
- 8
- Type B deficiencies
- 7
- Substantiated complaints
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 3
About the same as most this size
3 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 10
2 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 6
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 6
1 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
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.
Background checks
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
Resident rights
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Complaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Resident rightsType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87468.2(a)(8)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
Additional Personal Rights of Residents in Privately Operated Facilities(a) In addition to the rights listed in Section 87468.1...residents...shall have all of the following personal rights: (8) To be free from...financial exploitation... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as S1 financially exploited R1 which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to R1.
Official plan of correction
S1 was terminated on 12/02/2025. R1's responsible party was offered reimbursement. ED stated that the facility will conduct an in-service with all staff to review the theft and loss policy and resident rights. ED will submit proof to CCLD by the due date.
Deadline recorded: Dec 10, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Dec 10, 2025
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 1 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 4 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Facility condition and maintenanceType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87303(i)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87303 Maintenance and Operation (i) Facilities shall have signal systems which shall meet the following criteria: (1) All facilities licensed for 16 or more...shall have a signal system which shall: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply as R1 was without a pendant for a period of time which posed a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to person(s) in care.
Official plan of correction
During the time of the visit, R1 was observed with a pendant. POC is cleared.
Deadline recorded: Jan 2, 2025. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Official record says corrected or clearedOn or before Dec 26, 2024
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 2, 2025
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 2 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations1 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded · 1 cited
Resident rightsType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87468.1
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities.(a) Residents in all RCFE..shall have all of the following personal rights (11)To have their visitors, including ombudspersons and... permitted to visit privately during reasonable hours and without prior notice...This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as one visitors were prevented from visiting R1, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC: Facility Administration staff will review regulation pertaining to visitors, and email the LPA Self-Ceritification by 01/05/2024.
Deadline recorded: Jan 5, 2024. A deadline is not proof that correction was completed.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction deadline recordedDeadline Jan 5, 2024
Correction not verified in available records
Complaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 5 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 3 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportComplaint
Allegations0 substantiated · 1 unsubstantiated · 0 unfounded
No deficiencies recorded in this reportSource 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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