complaint·February 10, 2025

Licensee stated that they purchased a portable stove the day after the outage and was not prepared for that emergency outage. Since their water supply is from their own private water well, it needs electricity for it to work. Based on observation, the facility has a 50 gallon water container reserve for washing and hygiene use. Licensee, provided warm food and sandwiches the day of the outage from outside source. They used the portable stove the next day to provide warm food for the residents and to warm the water for daily hygiene for the residents. No residents medication needs refrigeration. Licensee stated that their personal residence is three (3) miles away from the facility and can bring enough supply/items as needed. Upon review of the Emergency Disaster Plan, the allegation corroborates that the licensee did not follow the emergency disaster plan because they have a non-working generator which the licensee stated that they tried to turn on at the time of the power outage but no longer working. That made the facility unprepared for the emergency by not ensuring all the equipment is in working condition. LPA will issue a citation. #2 Staff do not have required medication training. Based on file review of the staff, LPA observed that the medication training was dated on 01/17/2025 for two (2) direct support professional (DSP) Staff #1 (S1) and Staff #2 (S2). The certificates were not readily available upon the inspection of the reporting party (RP) 01/14/2025 in which the two DSP were already administering medication without the proper training and certification. LPA will issue a citation. Based on LPA's observations and interviews which were conducted and record review(s), the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation(s) is found to be SUBSTANTIATED. California Code of Regulations, (Title 22, Division 6 Chapter 8), are being cited on the attached LIC 9099D. An exit interview was conducted where this report LIC9099, LIC9099C, LIC9099D, and Appeal Rights were discussed and provided to Licensee Meljorie Castelo. ****This is an amendment to the original LIC9099C****