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    $4,949 – 5,938/month

    Simply Caring Angels, LLC

    608 W Wasp Ave, Ridgecrest, CA, 93555
    2.3 · 6 reviews
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Overpriced rude management neglectful care

    I regret placing my loved one here. It's overpriced, they refuse to pro-rate and raised fees without justification - the owner/management are openly money-focused and rude. Care is poor and the place is understaffed: unresponsive caregivers, night staff sleeping, medication neglect, staff theft and even an employee drunk on duty. They won't take residents to appointments, provide dietary accommodations, or honor basic care; the contract felt coercive and family members were threatened. My quilt went missing after room clearance - I do not recommend this facility.

    Pricing

    $4,949+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $5,938+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    2.33 · 6 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      1.0
    • Staff

      1.0
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Nice place / facility appearance

    Cons

    • Unjustified price increases
    • Expensive pricing and pricing pressure
    • Refusal to pro-rate charges
    • Rude owner and unprofessional management
    • Owner/management perceived as money-focused
    • Coercive contract terms
    • Threats to evict or remove family members
    • Understaffed facility
    • Underqualified or very elderly staff
    • Night staff sleeping on duty
    • Unresponsive caregivers
    • Medication neglect
    • Employee intoxicated on duty
    • Staff theft
    • Payroll handled 'under the table'
    • Poor overall care quality
    • Not taking residents to medical appointments
    • Not offering rides to doctors
    • No dietary accommodations
    • Poor food
    • Missing personal items after room clearance
    • Not as advertised
    • Not recommended for residents
    • Overall dissatisfaction

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: The reviews for Simply Caring Angels, LLC are overwhelmingly negative, with a consistent pattern of serious operational, staffing, management, and care-quality concerns. While one or two comments note that the facility is a "nice place" in appearance, the dominant themes relate to poor care, questionable management practices, safety and staffing failures, and financial/contractual problems. Many reviewers explicitly state they would not recommend the facility and describe an environment that is stressful and unsatisfactory for residents and families.

    Care quality and safety: A central and recurring theme is poor quality of care and multiple safety lapses. Reviewers report medication neglect and broadly "poor care quality," including caregivers who are unresponsive and night staff who sleep on duty. There are also allegations of an employee intoxicated while working, which raises significant safety concerns. Combined, these reports suggest systemic problems with supervision, training, and enforcement of basic care and safety protocols.

    Staffing and staff qualifications: Reviews frequently call out understaffing and staff who are underqualified or otherwise unable to meet residents' needs (including descriptions of staff who are "very elderly"). Specific incidents such as sleeping night staff, unresponsive caregivers, and employees allegedly drunk on duty indicate staffing levels and staff competence are inadequate for the residents' needs. Additional reports of staff theft and payroll being handled "under the table" point to possible personnel-management and oversight failures, which can further erode trust and accountability.

    Management, contracts, and financial practices: Management and ownership receive particularly harsh criticism. Reviewers describe a rude owner, unprofessional management, and leadership perceived as focused primarily on money. Multiple complaints relate to sudden or unexplained price increases, expensive fees, pressure around pricing, and refusal to pro-rate charges. Contractual practices are described as coercive, with some reviewers reporting threats to evict or "kick" family members who raise concerns. These patterns suggest a problematic culture around transparency, customer relations, and dispute resolution.

    Services, transportation, and resident needs: Several reviews note the facility fails to provide promised or expected services. Examples include not taking residents to appointments, not offering rides to doctors, and failing to provide dietary accommodations. These service failures compound care-quality concerns and can directly affect residents' health and well-being. One reviewer specifically mentions poor food, indicating dining services may be inadequate both in quality and in meeting individualized dietary needs.

    Property, belongings, and trust: There is at least one allegation of a missing quilt after room clearance, which raises worries about handling of residents' personal property and overall trustworthiness. Combined with reports of staff theft, this amplifies concerns about resident safety and security of belongings.

    Mixed/limited positives and final assessment: The only consistent positive mentioned is that the facility appears "nice" in some way (likely aesthetic or physical environment). However, appearance alone does not mitigate the multiple, serious allegations regarding care, safety, staff competence, and management practices. The reviews paint a picture of a facility that may look acceptable but fails in core responsibilities to residents and families.

    Recommendations based on themes: Potential residents and families should exercise caution. Key steps would be to request detailed, written explanations of recent pricing and any increases; ask for staffing ratios, staff qualifications, and background checks; obtain copies of contracts to review pro-ration and cancellation terms; verify transportation and care services in writing; observe multiple shifts (including nights) when possible; and check on policies for handling residents' property. For regulators or prospective employees, the reviews indicate areas warranting closer inspection, including medication administration practices, staff supervision, payroll compliance, and incident reporting.

    In sum, while the facility may have a presentable physical environment, the collection of reviews indicates systemic problems across care, staffing, management, and financial practices. These are significant and recurring enough that many reviewers explicitly do not recommend Simply Caring Angels, LLC for residents seeking reliable, safe, and compassionate long-term care.

    Location

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    About Simply Caring Angels, LLC

    Simply Caring Angels, LLC is a small, licensed Residential Care Facility for the Elderly located at 608 West Wasp Avenue in Ridgecrest, California, not far from Ridgecrest Regional Hospital and a neighborhood physician, with a capacity for six residents so it keeps things close-knit and personal, and it's run by JR & Liza Aratea, though Ana Aratea is listed for several management roles. This community has been providing care since 2017 even though its Better Business Bureau file opened in 2024, holding an A+ BBB rating but it's not BBB accredited. Simply Caring Angels, LLC offers long-term, non-acute care focused on elderly adults who need help with daily tasks, like bathing, dressing, transfers, and medication management, with trained and certified caregivers always on site for support and 24-hour supervision. This place doesn't take Medicare unless it's CMS certified. It offers a blend of care options, including Assisted Living, Independent Living, Memory Care, board and care home services, hospice care, home health, and in-home support, plus it tailors services to individual needs while supporting independence and well-being with a compassionate and respectful approach. Residents get private bedrooms and a common sitting room, and the grounds have walking paths and a garden for fresh air, while indoor activities might include movie nights, scheduled programs, and community events for socializing, and even volunteer companion visits to help people feel less alone. Transportation can be arranged, and the staff works with healthcare providers to handle any medication or care changes. Simply Caring Angels, LLC gets a community score of 5.5 out of 10, which reflects the experiences and feelings of those who've stayed there, as well as neighborhood safety and how livable the area is, so it may not be perfect but the focus really is on comfort, affordable care, and making life a bit easier and more meaningful for older adults who need some help along the way.

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    State of California Inspection Reports

    24

    Inspections

    23

    Type A Citations

    22

    Type B Citations

    6

    Years of reports

    16 Oct 2024
    Identified safety and medical-record problems at the residence during an unannounced visit, such as unlocked meds, meds without labels or correct dosing, incomplete hospice and home-health plans, missing doctor updates, no current administrator certificate, and bed rails in two rooms without physician orders; penalties were issued for repeat violations.
    24 Oct 2023
    Identified a medication error for one resident; the medication count did not match the start date in the centrally stored log. Found a lack of hospice or home health training and no home health or hospice care plans for all residents, plus an unlocked cleaning-supplies cabinet above the washing machine and medications stored in a locked cabinet in the kitchen, with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors functioning.
    24 Oct 2023
    Identified deficiencies in medication management and staff training during an inspection at the facility.
    • § 87555(b)(26)
    • § 1560.75(a)(4)
    • § 87606(f)(1)
    • § 87465(h)(3)
    • § 87633(b)(4)
    • § 87633(b)(6)
    • § 87463(a)
    • § 87405(a)
    • § 87608(a)(5)
    • § 87458(b)(1)
    • § 87465(a)(6)
    • § 87412(a)
    05 Dec 2022
    Identified that one resident was receiving hospice services without a required hospice care plan on file. Found a resident with a prohibited condition lacking a submitted and approved Department exception, presenting an immediate risk to residents.
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    05 Dec 2022
    LPAs found that the facility did not have proper hospice care plans in place for residents, and one resident was receiving home health services without an approved exception.
    • § 87465(e)
    • § 87309(a)
    • § 1569.39(b)
    • § 87633(b)
    • § 87633(b)(6)
    • § 87465(a)(4)
    • § 87463(a)(3)
    • § 87616(b)(1)
    24 Oct 2022
    Identified that five of six residents had full bed rails and were not receiving hospice services, and one resident had a prohibited condition being treated by home health. Cited a deficiency and assessed a $500 civil penalty.
    24 Oct 2022
    Found infection control measures in place, including daily symptom screenings for staff, persons in care, and visitors, testing, visitation, quarantine/isolation procedures, emergency staffing, PPE storage and training. Observed signage encouraging masking and handwashing, designated visitation areas, available 30-day medication supply and PPE, and staff wearing face coverings; no deficiencies noted.
    24 Oct 2022
    Identified deficiencies in infection control practices and resident care were observed during the inspection, resulting in a civil penalty being assessed.
    09 Dec 2021
    Identified health and safety deficiencies after reviewing resident records and medications and during a walk-through, including stove knobs being accessible to residents and a limited supply of perishable foods.
    09 Dec 2021
    Identified deficiencies in resident record keeping, medication administration, and safety measures during a health and safety inspection.
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    27 Oct 2021
    Found six residents in care, with three non-ambulatory in the living room watching TV and three sleeping in their rooms. COVID precautions were observed; technical resource guides on hospice care, pressure injuries, and medication management were provided; the hospice waiver was updated from six to one; and no deficiencies were cited.
    27 Oct 2021
    Confirmed no deficiencies during annual visit, provided resources and updated license. Residents observed in care during visit.
    • § 87458
    • § 87705
    • § 87465
    26 Aug 2021
    Identified deficiencies and the need to return to compliance, including increased site visits, incident and death reporting by fax or mail, monthly updates for new residents, a reduction of the hospice waiver, and updated eviction procedures. Attendees included the licensee and regional licensing staff.
    26 Aug 2021
    Identified deficiencies discussed during meeting, increased site inspections, incident and death reports to be submitted via fax or mail, updated LIC-9020 forms required monthly for new residents, hospice waiver decreased to 1, eviction procedures regulations provided.
    02 Jun 2021
    Investigated a complaint alleging problems with Admission Agreements and Pre-Admission Appraisals for residents; evidence from interviews and file reviews identified issues with those documents. Separately, site observations showed clean bedrooms, bathrooms, living areas, and a kitchen with residents present, and no deficiencies cited.
    • § 87506(b)(17)
    11 Aug 2021
    Identified no staff on site at night, doorbell unanswered, and calls routed to a fax, while a resident required 24-hour nursing care. Found licensee interfered with staff interviews, and hospice initiation requests for residents who died in 2020 and 2021 had no death reports submitted.
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    • §
    • § 1569.72(a)
    • § 87207
    11 Aug 2021
    Identified that no staff were on duty at night and that the licensee gave a false name for the on-duty staff and provided another staff record that was not fingerprint cleared. Led to deficiencies and a civil penalty being issued for the evaluated areas.
    11 Aug 2021
    Identified deficiencies in care and supervision, failure to provide required nursing care, and lack of proper reporting for deceased residents.
    05 Aug 2021
    Found safety concerns during an unannounced visit on 08/05/2021 at 12:30 pm, including knives and toxic products kept unlocked under the sink; observed a two-day supply of perishable food and a seven-day supply of non-perishable food; one carbon monoxide detector and one smoke detector were functioning; five residents and two staff were present.
    • § 1569.695(c)
    • § 87309(a)
    • § 87506(b)(17)
    • § 87456(a)(2)
    05 Aug 2021
    Identified gaps in infection control and documentation at the site, including no thermometer at entry, no temperature checks, PPE stored off-site, and staff lacking infection control training. Observed that resident emergency contact information was not updated, and food supplies consisted of two days of perishables and seven days of non-perishables.
    05 Aug 2021
    Confirmed lack of mitigation plan, incomplete staff records, insufficient emergency contact information, and inadequate infection control training during inspection.
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    • § 87405(d)(1)
    02 Jun 2021
    Investigated a complaint alleging care and safety concerns, identified deficiencies, and issued a civil penalty.
    02 Jun 2021
    Confirmed allegation of deficiency based on interviews and record review. Unfounded allegation of cleanliness.
    25 Oct 2019
    Observed successful compliance with safety and operational regulations during an annual inspection.
    • § 87613
    • § 87618
    • § 87618
    • § 87705
    • § 1569.73
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