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Brookdale Auburn

11550 Education St., Auburn, CA 95602 · Placer County · (530) 888-8847

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 110 residents · Licensed since 2014

32state visits on file
6Type A citations
5Type B citations
9 of 49complaint allegations substantiated
110licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 317005468 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 32 visits to Brookdale Auburn on file since April 2022: 5 inspections, 23 complaint visits and 4 other visits. The most recent was on September 23, 2026.

Those visits led to 6 Type A citations and 5 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 11 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 15 complaints covering 49 allegations: 9 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 12 unsubstantiated and 28 unfounded.

State visits and citations

Each column is one visit by California's Community Care Licensing Division, oldest on the left. The file does not say which visit produced which citation, so the citations are listed below as the file gives them.

InspectionComplaint visitOther visit
Kind of visitVisitsType A citationsType B citations
Inspections500
Complaint visits2354
Other visits411
All visits3265

A Type A deficiency is a violation of the regulations or the Health and Safety Code that, if not corrected, poses a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of people in care.cdss.ca.gov

A Type B deficiency is a violation that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety or personal rights of people in care, or a recordkeeping violation that would affect their care or the protection of their resources.cdss.ca.gov

The licensee must be told in writing of every licensing deficiency, and each one can cite the section of law or Title 22 regulation it is based on.cdss.ca.gov

Regulation sections cited11 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 18, 2023
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 18, 2023
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 10, 2022
  4. §
    Title 22 section 874681(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 16, 2022
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87411(d)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 18, 2022
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87469(c)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 20, 2023
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 31, 2023
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87507(f)
    Plan of correction date in the file: June 3, 2023
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(19)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 14, 2022
  10. §
    Title 22 section 87456(a)(2)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 11, 2022
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(D)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 15, 2022

Title 22 is California's licensing regulations for these homes; 1569 sections are the state's Health and Safety Code. The state's own facility search shows each visit report in full: CDSS Care Facility Search (facility number 317005468).

Complaint investigations

Each row is one complaint the state investigated, with what it found for each allegation in it.

Date in the fileSubstantiatedInconclusiveUnsubstantiatedUnfoundedType AType B
June 16, 2026000100
November 7, 2025000300
October 24, 2023000800
May 31, 2023200211
May 31, 2023102610
May 19, 2023100001
April 11, 2023004000
April 11, 2023002300
January 26, 2023100210
December 21, 2022100001
September 14, 2022100010
August 30, 2022100101
May 10, 2022001000
April 26, 2022000100
April 26, 2022103110

Community Care Licensing decides complaints on a preponderance of the evidence standard: the evidence must show it is more likely than not (more than 50%) that the allegation is true.cdss.ca.gov

A complaint allegation is substantiated when the preponderance of the evidence standard is met.cdss.ca.gov

An allegation is unsubstantiated when the investigation shows there is not enough evidence to prove a violation occurred.cdss.ca.gov

An allegation is unfounded when the evidence shows it could not have happened, is false, or has no reasonable basis.cdss.ca.gov

Memory care

California does not issue a separate memory care licence, and the state's roster does not mark which homes care for residents with dementia. Ask the home how it cares for residents with dementia, and check the citations above.

California's updated dementia care rules for RCFEs took effect January 1, 2025. They aim to support person-centered care and let residents age in place in the least restrictive setting they know as home.cdss.ca.gov

The dementia care standards, once kept in one regulation section, are now spread across several sections so they support care for all residents.cdss.ca.gov

The rules now address resident behaviors whatever the diagnosis, focusing on individual needs, and whether a resident may have items such as cleaning solutions or sharp objects depends on their own needs and appraisal.cdss.ca.gov

Costs

California does not publish what assisted living homes charge, and Brookdale Auburn has no rate on file with us. Ask the home for its full rate sheet, including care level fees and any one-time community fee, before you sign.

An RCFE must give residents or their representatives at least 90 days' written notice of a rate increase, with the amount and the reasons, including a description of the added costs. Increases due to a change in the resident's level of care are an exception.ahum.assembly.ca.gov

When the rate goes up because a resident's level of care changes, the RCFE must give written notice within two business days after it starts providing the new level of care.ahum.assembly.ca.gov

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If you have a concern

NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints. California's Community Care Licensing Division investigates complaints about licensed homes, and the long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents.

California's long-term care ombudsman programs advocate for residents of skilled nursing facilities and of 8,105 residential care facilities for the elderly.aging.ca.gov

California long-term care facilities must post the local ombudsman's number and the statewide hotline, 1-800-231-4024, which takes calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ombudsman services are free and complaints are confidential.aging.ca.gov

Common questions

Is Brookdale Auburn licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 317005468, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since July 31, 2014 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Brookdale Auburn care for?
Its licence is for 110 residents.
Has Brookdale Auburn been cited by the state?
The state file lists 6 Type As and 5 Type Bs citation counts across 32 visits on file.

Sources

  • Licence, capacity, visits, citations and complaint findings: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE), Download Data, downloaded October 8, 2026.
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