complaint·October 12, 2022

Allegation 1 – Facility is not addressing ants issue. Interviews with Building Engineer, S#3, and S#5, communicated that a resident family member reported that they had seen ants on their table and were crawling on their plate of food. S#3 checked and did not see any ants on the plate or table. Building engineer and S#5 communicate they did see ants near the window in the dining room area, near the A/C drain. S#3 completed a work order on 10/04/22 and Building engineer called Orkin pest control on 10/05/22, they came on the same day and treated the ants. The facility no longer has ants. Residents #1 - R#7, communicate that none of them have seen ants in the dining room or their rooms. Executive Director, S#4, and S#6, communicated they had not seen or received any complaint of ants. LPA toured the dining room area near the A/C drain and saw dead ants on the window seal. LPA did not observe any live ants in the dining room area. LPA reviewed the work order dated 10/04/22, ant issue was reported and Orkin statement for 10/05/22, company did come out to treat the ants. The interviews and records reviewed did not concur with the above allegation. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is unsubstantiated An exit interview was conducted with Miki lamm, Executive Director, and a hard copy of report was provided. Allegation 1 - Facility parking lot lights are not working. Interviews with S#3 - S#6 communicated that they have not noticed that the front parking lot light are not working. They have sufficient light when they exit the facility and head to their cars. Haven't really paid any attention to the parking lot lights. Executive Director communicated that no resident or staff has reported that the lights are not working. Building engineer communicated that they take it upon themselves to check monthly on the parking lot lights and the last time they checked them they were all working properly. Building engineer does not keep a formal log on the inspection he conducts on a monthly basis. R#1 - R#6, communicated that they don't really go out at night, so they do not know anything about the parking lot lights working or not. LPA toured the parking lot and observed 8 out of 12 light poles had the lights out and the one light outside the main entrance is out too. The facility called electrician and will have parking lots lights fixed. LPA observations did concur with the above allegation. A ccording to the California Code of Regulations (Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 8), LPA observed the following deficiency and issued a citation. An exit interview was conducted with Miki Lamm, Executive Director and a hard copy of report was provided along Appeal Rights.