Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care is a residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California — state license #425850379, licensed for 6 residents, listed as licensed in the CDSS record we retrieved August 2, 2026. It does not appear on the DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list checked August 9, 2026 — that list covers the state waiver only, not a home's own payment arrangements. California has 6 dated inspection and complaint documents on file for this home going back to 2023, the most recent dated November 7, 2025 — published below in full, verbatim and unscored.
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Since 2023, the state has visited this home 7 times and filed 6 documents. The most recent is a facility evaluation report, dated November 7, 2025.
The state's published file for this home includes 2 documents with transcribed findings, dated March 28, 2024 to May 14, 2024. 2 of the 2 carry the state's recorded outcome word: “Unsubstantiated” (2). 2 include the transcribed allegation the state investigated, word for word.
Summary composed by computer from the 2 documents below — every count derives from them, and the documents themselves are the state's records, verbatim. We never grade, score, or color a record.
What the state’s words mean
Nov 7, 2025Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
Oct 17, 2024Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
May 14, 2024Unsubstantiated
Allegation investigated: Facility staff are not providing resident mail Resident is missing funds from account
At 2:05 PM, LPA Rankin and Jeffries arrived unannounced at the facility to issue final findings. LPA's met with Administrator Amelita Aquino. As to the allegation of, “Facility staff are not providing resident mail.” It was alleged that on approximately 04/26/2024, Resident 1 (R1) had not received any bank statements since they moved to the facility. It was discovered through observation and interviews the following information: In an interview on 05/01/2024, R1 was interviewed by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Jeffries. R1 stated that they are not sure if they are getting all their (R1’s) mail. R1 stated to LPA Jeffries, “I forget a lot of things lately.” CONTINUED on LIC9099-C Unsubstantiatedthe state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, May 14, 2024 · control 29-AS-20240429150725
Mar 28, 2024Unsubstantiated
Allegation investigated: Staff did not safeguard resident's belongings. Staff did not treat resident with dignity.
At 1:00pm on 03/28/2024, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Jeffries arrived unannounced to the facility to issue final findings to the allegations to this complaint investigation. LPA met with Licensee, Amlita Aquino announced who he is and the reason for the visit. As to the allegation of, “Staff did not safeguard resident’s belongings.” It was alleged that Resident 1 (R1), on approximately 03/22/2024 had all of their belongings and medication missing or stolen. It was discovered through interview, observation, documentation, and admission that R1 had moved to a new RCFE on 03/03/2024. LPA interviewed R1 on 03/22/2024, R1 stated that they did not have any missing or stolen, and medications were locked up in the new facility medication cabinet, with one medication still on order. R1 also stated that a family member (F1) assisted them with their property on 03/03/2024 and had nothing missing. On 03/22/2024, LPA Jeffries observed documentation of R1’s intake inventory written on a plane pithe state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, Mar 28, 2024 · control 29-AS-20240322095953
Nov 8, 2023Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
Oct 31, 2023Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
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Is Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care licensed?
Yes — Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care is a licensed residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County): California license #425850379, shown as licensed in the CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026, licensed for 6 residents. State records list 6 inspection and complaint documents since 2023; the most recent, a facility evaluation report dated November 7, 2025, appears in the inspection record on this page.
Can Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care care for dementia, hospice, bedridden, or non-ambulatory residents?
From the CDSS license record, checked August 2, 2026.
The CDSS license record checked August 2, 2026 lists Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care with clearances for wheelchair / non-ambulatory and hospice care; it does not list dementia / memory care and bedridden. A clearance that is not on file is not a “no” — it may simply be unrecorded, so if your family needs one of these, ask the home directly and confirm its current scope on a tour.
From the California state record. Some approvals are bed- or room-specific — always confirm current scope with the facility.
What the state record says, word for word
Verbatim, from the CDSS license recordAGE RANGE 60 AND OVER. 4 NON-AMBULATORY, 2 AMBULATORY. BEDROOMS 2 AND 3 APPROVED FOR AMBULATORY ONLY. BEDROOMS 1, 4 AND 5 APPROVED FOR NON-AMBULATORY ONLY. WAIVER/GRANTED FOR HOSPICE CARE FOR 6.
How much does Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care cost?
California's public licensing record does not include Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care's monthly price, so we never show or estimate one for a specific home. As county-level context only, assisted living in Santa Barbara County typically runs $6,000–$9,000/mo and small board-and-care homes $5,000–$8,000/mo (market research compiled June 2026 — ranges, not quotes; California's 2026 SSI/SSP board-and-care payment standard is $1,626.07/month, of which $1,444.07 is the room-and-board portion paid to the home). Ask the home for its own rate sheet and what the base rate includes — or use the cost section at the top of this page.
Does Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care accept Medi-Cal or the Assisted Living Waiver?
Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care is not in the DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant record we checked August 9, 2026 — that list covers only the state's ALW program, not a home's own payment policies, so ask the home directly about private Medi-Cal arrangements. The waiver pays for assisted-living care services (not room and board) at participating homes; every DHCS-listed home appears on our statewide Medi-Cal page.
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5 of 6 beds occupied (83%) when the state visited on May 14, 2024. Availability changes constantly — confirm a current opening with the home.
What do state inspections show for Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care?
Verbatim from CDSS complaint-investigation reports — the state's own words, never summarized by us. Record checked August 2, 2026.
The CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026 lists 7 state visits and 6 dated documents since 2023 for Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care; 2 complaint-investigation narratives are transcribed verbatim below. The most recent, dated May 14, 2024, records an allegation the state marked “Unsubstantiated”. Open any entry to read the state's full finding, word for word.
Most licensed homes receive some findings over 36 months; what matters is what was found and whether it was corrected. Counts here are shown compared with homes of similar size, and the state's own words appear in full below.
2024
Transcribed from CDSS complaint-investigation reports · record checked August 2, 2026.
What the state has logged
California has logged 7 state visits for this home as of August 2, 2026. These are the home's own counts, straight from that record — shown beside the statewide median for small board-and-care homes (6 or fewer beds), computed across all 5,773 licensed homes of that size, because larger and longer-licensed homes naturally accumulate more visits and reports. They are facts, not a grade — a citation may be minor and since corrected, and an “unsubstantiated” complaint is not a finding of wrongdoing. No substantiated complaints are on file.
Who runs Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care?
From the CDSS ownership record, checked August 9, 2026.
Licensed to Lifetouch The Elegant Living Residential Home Care, who operates 3 licensed California homes in total. Running more than one home is common and is neither good nor bad on its own.
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