# Golden Apricot Manor License #197801028 · Whittier, Los Angeles County · Licensed for 10 — Mid-size care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Golden Apricot Manor is a mid-size care home in Whittier — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 10 residents since 1996. Bedridden care is not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Dementia · Hospice — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Estimated starting rate: $4,450 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $3,500–$5,800 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Golden Apricot Manor ### Is Golden Apricot Manor licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Golden Apricot Manor licensed for? 10 residents — a mid-size home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Golden Apricot Manor been cited? 1 Type A and 0 Type B citation since 1996, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 8 state visits over the same years. ### Is Golden Apricot Manor still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Golden Apricot Manor cost? $4,450 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $3,500–$5,800. This home’s own rate is not on file. Ask: “What is the all-in monthly rate, and what would push it higher?” Covelight’s estimate starts from the rates 19 homes with 7 to 49 beds and similar homes within 5 miles publish, then adjusts for this home’s size, state care approvals, Medi-Cal waiver participation, years licensed and the area’s prices. In testing, the likely range held the real rate for 6 in 10 homes. This home’s own rate is not on file. Among 228 other homes of a similar licensed size across Los Angeles County that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $4,000 to $6,300 a month, and the middle figure is $5,000 (n = 228 other homes publishing a starting rate). Each of those is a home’s own published figure, gathered on its own date in September 2026 — not an average of ours, and not a survey. Similar size means small and mid-size homes counted together, and large communities counted on their own, because they are different markets. A home outside the band is not overcharging or underpricing: a starting rate covers different things in different homes, which is the first thing to ask about. The price is made in the phone call. Nothing here is a quote, an offer or a discount. A starting rate is the room and the base care. California homes commonly bill care levels, medication management, supplies, transport and a second person in the room as extras. Many also charge a one-time fee at move-in. Ask for that list in writing before anything is signed. Only prices a home put out itself count here: its own website, a listing it supplied, or a price a listing site says the home confirmed. Prices a site shows without saying where they came from are left out. ### Does Golden Apricot Manor take Medi-Cal? On Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver: this home is not on the DHCS participation list dated September 23, 2026. Ask the program about current options. The waiver pays for care services, not room and board. ### Who holds the license? The license is held by Serban, Niculina, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Whittier Hospital Medical Center is 2 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Golden Apricot Manor keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 3 residents, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ## Golden Apricot Manor license and inspection record - Name on the license: “GOLDEN APRICOT MANOR”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #197801028. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 10 residents — a mid-size home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to Serban, Niculina, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 1996, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 8 state inspection visits since 1996, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 1 Type A and 0 Type B citation on file since 1996, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 8 state visits in that period. - 1 complaint and 4 substantiated allegations on file since 1996, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is May 29, 2026, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Type A citation: a violation that poses an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights if it is not corrected - Type B citation: a violation that could become a risk if not corrected, or one involving records, resources or required services California writes these definitions for every licensed home, not for this one. [CDSS citation definitions (PDF)]() ## Sources - CDSS Community Care Licensing — status, capacity, license holder, the first-license year, citations, complaints and visits, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026: [See the state’s own record]() - CDSS licensing roster — the listing, as of September 28, 2026 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026