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Brookdale Garden Grove

10200 Chapman Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92840 · Orange County · (714) 636-6453

Residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) · licensed for 140 residents · Licensed since 1998 · Licensee: Summerville at Cobbco Inc; Emeritus Corporation

38state visits on file
4Type A citations
12Type B citations
15 of 41complaint allegations substantiated
140licensed capacity

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division data as of October 8, 2026 · Facility 306000831 · See the state record

The record in brief

California's licensing agency has 38 visits to Brookdale Garden Grove on file since October 2021: 5 inspections, 23 complaint visits and 10 other visits. The most recent was on September 2, 2026.

Those visits led to 4 Type A citations and 12 Type B citations (the state's two levels of deficiency), 16 cited regulation sections in all.

The state looked into 22 complaints covering 41 allegations: 15 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 22 unsubstantiated and 4 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 visits2339
Other visits1013
All visits38412

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 cited16 citations
  1. §
    Title 22 section 87465(a)(4)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 17, 2026
  2. §
    Title 22 section 87468.1(a)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: December 31, 2025
  3. §
    Title 22 section 87207
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 14, 2025
  4. §
    Title 22 section 87303(e)(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: August 10, 2024
  5. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(19)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 4, 2026
  6. §
    Title 22 section 87466
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 22, 2026
  7. §
    Title 22 section 87464(f)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: May 22, 2026
  8. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(D)
    Plan of correction date in the file: January 27, 2026
  9. §
    Title 22 section 87468(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: February 20, 2025
  10. §
    Title 22 section 87506(c)(1)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 29, 2024
  11. §
    Title 22 section 87467(3)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 29, 2024
  12. §
    Title 22 section 87468.2(a)(7)
    Plan of correction date in the file: November 29, 2024
  13. §
    Title 22 section 87507(f)
    Plan of correction date in the file: April 30, 2024
  14. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(B)
    Plan of correction date in the file: October 21, 2025
  15. §
    Title 22 section 87303(a)
    Plan of correction date in the file: September 5, 2025
  16. §
    Title 22 section 87211(a)(1)(B)
    Plan of correction date in the file: March 17, 2025

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 306000831).

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
September 11, 2026100001
August 17, 2026001000
July 7, 2026200002
May 7, 2026002000
May 7, 2026002000
May 7, 2026001000
April 30, 2026100010
February 10, 2026005000
January 7, 2026200011
October 22, 2025000200
October 7, 2025000100
September 23, 2025001000
April 29, 2025001000
April 18, 2025002000
February 25, 2025200011
February 21, 2025001000
November 27, 2024300003
June 28, 2024301000
April 30, 2024100001
March 28, 2024001000
November 30, 2023004000
February 2, 2022000100

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 Garden Grove 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

Who runs it

Licensee in the state file: Summerville at Cobbco Inc; Emeritus Corporation.

Other assisted living nearby

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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 Garden Grove licensed?
California's Department of Social Services lists it as licensed, facility 306000831, residential care facility for the elderly (rcfe), since August 25, 1998 (state data as of October 8, 2026).
How many residents can Brookdale Garden Grove care for?
Its licence is for 140 residents.
Has Brookdale Garden Grove been cited by the state?
The state file lists 4 Type As and 12 Type Bs citation counts across 38 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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