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Mimi's Guest Home
Small home·Licensed for 5·San Clemente, California
- Care approvals on fileWheelchair · Hospice · BedriddenState licensing record · September 13, 2026
- Estimated starting rate$4,900 a monthCovelight estimate · likely $4,000–$6,000
- Home sizeLicensed for 5Small care home · a licensed care home (RCFE)
- Ways to payAsk the homeMedi-Cal ALW participation not on file
- Last state visitOctober 9, 2025CDSS inspection record
Mimi's Guest Home is a small care home in San Clemente — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 5 residents since 2008. Dementia care is not on file.
Built from CDSS public records · September 13, 2026. Every fact below names its source and date.
Quick answers and the state record
A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good.
Quick answers about Mimi's Guest Home
Is Mimi's Guest Home licensed?
The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
How many residents is Mimi's Guest Home licensed for?
5 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
Has Mimi's Guest Home been cited?
0 Type A and 0 Type B citations since 2008, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026. Those records count 5 state visits over the same years.
Is Mimi's Guest Home still open?
This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026.
What does Mimi's Guest Home cost?
$4,900 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $4,000–$6,000. 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 12 small homes within 10 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 188 other homes of a similar licensed size across Orange County that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $4,500 to $6,000 a month, and the middle figure is $5,000 (n = 188 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 Mimi's Guest Home 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 Mimi's Guest Home, LLC, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
Can Mimi's Guest Home keep a resident on hospice?
Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 4 residents, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
Mimi's Guest Home license and inspection record
- Name on the license: “MIMI'S GUEST HOME”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025.
- License #306003945. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
- Licensed for 5 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
- Licensed to Mimi's Guest Home, LLC, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
- First licensed in 2008, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
- 5 state inspection visits since 2008, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
- 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations on file since 2008, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026. The same records count 5 state visits in that period.
- 0 complaints and 0 substantiated allegations on file since 2008, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
- The most recent state visit on file is October 9, 2025, per CDSS records as of September 13, 2026.
California writes these definitions for every licensed home, not for this one. CDSS citation definitions (PDF) ↗
Can they support the care needed?
California licenses a home for specific kinds of care. The state’s record lists what this home is approved for; the home’s own answers fill in what changes as needs change.
- Wheelchair / non-ambulatoryApproved · covers up to 5 residents
- Dementia / memory careNot on file · ask the home
- Hospice careApproved · covers up to 4 residents
- BedriddenApproved · covers up to 1 resident
State licensing record · September 13, 2026. An approval may cover specific rooms or residents; it does not establish an opening.
Read the state’s own wording
5 NON AMBULATORY, IN WHICH 1 MAY BE BEDRIDDEN; HOSPICE WAIVER FOR 4.
935 - ELDERLY
CDSS record, verbatim · September 13, 2026
As needs change
- Staying through hospice
Hospice waiver on file · covers up to 4 — care may continue at the end of life
Ask: “If hospice is needed, can care continue here until the end?”
State licensing record · September 13, 2026
4 more questions to ask the home
- Two-person transfers or a lift
Not on file
Ask: “If two people or a lift are needed to transfer, can the person stay?”
- Someone awake overnight
Not on file
Ask: “Who is awake overnight, and how do residents ask for help?”
- Medicines
Not on file
Ask: “Who manages the medicines, and what happens when a dose is missed?”
- If memory loss develops
Dementia-care designation not on file
Ask: “If memory loss develops, what would change — and when would a move be needed?”
What it costs here
Covelight estimate
$4,900a month to start
Likely $4,000–$6,000
From 12 nearby homes that publish rates · this home’s rate is not on file
Likely monthly total
$4,900a month
Likely $4,000–$6,200
With a shared room and basic help.
An estimate for planning, not a quote. The price is made in the phone call.
See the full cost breakdownRoom, care and fees · how people pay · how this estimate works
Memory care is not priced here: a dementia-care designation is not on file for this home. Ask the home.
Starting monthly rate$4,900likely $4,000–$6,000
Covelight’s estimate starts from the rates 12 small homes within 10 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.
Basic help with daily careUsually includedup to $600
Basic help is usually part of the starting rate. Homes that price care by level start around $600 a month (45 California homes publish a care-level range, seen in September 2026).
One-time move-in fee$2,000one time · likely $0–$4,000
Homes that list a one-time entry or community fee charge a median of $2,000 (134 California listings; middle half $1,000–$4,000). Many homes list none — ask.
- Likely monthly totalLikely $4,000–$6,200
- $4,900
- First monthWith a one-time move-in fee · likely $4,700–$9,300
- $6,900
How people payPrivate pay, Medi-Cal waiver, SSI/SSP, veterans, insurance
- Private payMost residents pay from savings, a home sale or family help. Ask for the rate and what it includes in writing.
- Medi-Cal Assisted Living WaiverThis 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.
- SSI/SSPCalifornia’s 2026 standard is $1,626.07 a month; $1,444.07 of it goes to the home and $182 stays with the resident. Whether this home accepts it is not on file — ask.
- VeteransVA Aid & Attendance can add to a veteran’s or surviving spouse’s pension. Ask whether residents here have used it.
- Long-term care insuranceMost policies pay for licensed care homes. Ask what paperwork the home provides for claims.
- MedicareDoes not pay for room and board in a care home. It can still cover hospice or home-health visits inside one.
Avoid surprises on the billWhat changes the price, and what to ask
- The care level
Some homes charge one all-inclusive rate. Others add levels or points as needs grow. Ask how the level is set, who decides, and what the next level costs.
- What is billed separately
Medication management, incontinence supplies, transportation and a second person in the room are often extra. Ask for the list in writing.
- Move-in costs
A one-time community fee or deposit is common. Ask what it covers and whether any of it comes back if the stay is short.
- Increases
California requires at least 90 days’ written notice, with reasons, before a rate rises (Health & Safety Code §1569.655). A change in the resident’s care level is the section’s own exception and can be billed sooner.
- What is the full monthly cost for the room and care we need, and what does it include?
- What would the next care level cost, and who decides when it changes?
- What is billed separately, and is there a one-time fee or deposit at move-in?
- Is any private-pay period required before another payment program can begin?
How this estimate worksWithin 25% for 7 in 10 homes in testing
Covelight’s estimate starts from the rates 12 small homes within 10 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.
12 homes like this within 10 miles publish starting rates mostly between $4,200–$6,000.
- Only prices a home put out itself count: its own website, a listing it supplied, or a price Seniorly says the home confirmed. Prices a listing site shows without saying where they came from are left out.
- Nearby homes are the nearest of the same size that publish a rate, widening from 3 to 40 miles until at least 8 do. The estimate starts from what they charge, then adjusts for this home’s size, state care approvals, Medi-Cal waiver participation, years licensed and the area’s prices.
- Room, care-level, second-person and move-in lines come from what California homes publish on listing sites. Memory care uses Covelight’s researched premium over assisted living.
- Totals add each line’s figure and combine the lines’ ranges as separate charges, because a home is rarely at the top, or the bottom, of every line at once.
- We tested this estimate on 1,546 California homes that publish their own starting rate. It was within 10% of the real rate for 3 in 10 homes and within 25% for 7 in 10; the likely range held the real rate for 6 in 10 (September 12, 2026).
- It cannot see this home’s specials, how it assesses care, or which rooms are open.
Show the 12 nearby homes behind this estimate
- Harbor View EstateSan Clemente · 3.0 mi · Small home$4,500Listed on Seniorly · assisted living shared bedroom · seen September 9, 2026
- Coastal Senior LivingSan Juan Capistrano · 3.1 mi · Small home$4,000Listed on Seniorly · assisted living shared bedroom · seen September 9, 2026
- Talega TerraceSan Clemente · 3.4 mi · Small home$4,500Listed on Seniorly · assisted living private room · seen September 9, 2026
- Vividus Senior LivingLaguna Niguel · 7.8 mi · Small home$5,250Listed on Seniorly · seen September 9, 2026
- Niguel Hills Villa IILaguna Niguel · 8.0 mi · Small home$5,500Listed on Seniorly · assisted living private room · seen September 9, 2026
- Adelanto Covenant CareLaguna Niguel · 8.1 mi · Small home$6,000Listed on Seniorly · assisted living private room · seen September 9, 2026
- Seasons at Laguna - 2Laguna Niguel · 8.3 mi · Small home$8,000Listed on A Place for Mom · seen September 9, 2026
- Sunrise GardenLaguna Niguel · 8.5 mi · Small home$4,500Listed on Seniorly · assisted living private room · seen September 9, 2026
- Brandon ManorLaguna Niguel · 8.7 mi · Small home$4,500Listed on Seniorly · assisted living shared bedroom · seen September 9, 2026
- Serenity Health 2Laguna Niguel · 9.0 mi · Small home$8,500Listed on Seniorly · assisted living private room · seen September 9, 2026
- Kathryn Jane Residential Care FacilityMission Viejo · 9.6 mi · Small home$6,000Listed on A Place for Mom · seen September 9, 2026
- Tlc Elderly Residence 1Laguna Hills · 9.9 mi · Small home$6,000Listed on Seniorly · assisted living studio · seen September 9, 2026
Where it is
- 333 Calle Escuela, San Clemente, CA 92672Address from the public record · September 13, 2026. Confirm the entrance with the home before visiting.
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The state record
California inspects every licensed home and publishes what it found. Here are the dated documents and the state’s own words, beside what is typical for homes this size.
Since 2021, the state has filed 5 documents for this home, and its records count 5 visits since 2008. The most recent is a facility evaluation report, dated October 9, 2025.
- On file since
- 2021
- State visits
- 5
- Most recent visit
- October 9, 2025
Beside homes the same size
- Type A citations0typical 0
- Type B citations0typical 0
- Substantiated allegations0typical 0
- Total complaints0typical 0
“Typical” is the statewide median across the 6,808 licensed small board-and-care homes (6 or fewer beds) in the state record — larger, longer-licensed homes accumulate more visits and reports, so compare like with like. One complaint can contain several allegations. Counts cover this licence since 2008.
Year by year
The last 36 months — 3 of 5 documents
Oct 9, 2025Facility evaluation reportReport on file
Type of visit: POC
Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Kimberly Lyman made an unannounced visit to the facility for the purpose of a Plan of Correction (POC) visit, based upon the deficiencies cited in LIC form 809D on 09/25/2025 LPA was greeted and granted entry into the facility and explained the reason for the visit. *Deficiency cited under Title 22 Regulation 87355(e)(2) pertaining to Criminal Record Transfer has been cleared. Licensee provided proof of correction. Licensee has complied with the terms of the POC. *Deficiency cited under Title 22 Regulation 87307(e)(1)(A) pertaining to Personal Accommodations and Services has been cleared. LPA observed protective devices on the cook top knobs. Licensee has complied with the terms of the POC. *Deficiency cited under Title 22 Regulation 87608(a)(3) pertaining to Postural Supports has been cleared. Licensee provided proof of correction. Licensee addressed all items noted on the advisory note given 09/25/2025. Licensee has been advised to maintain all items especially those that were previously deficient in the facility in accordance with Title 22 Regulations. Exit interview conducted and a copy of this report was left at the facility.the state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, Oct 9, 2025
Sep 25, 2025Facility evaluation reportReport on file
Type of visit: Required - 1 Year
Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Kimberly Lyman conducted an unannounced visit to Mimi's Guest Home. The purpose of today’s visit was to conduct the Annual Required inspection. LPA was allowed entry into the facility and explained the reason for the visit. Facility is licensed for 5 non-ambulatory residents of which 1 may be bedridden. Facility has an approved hospice waiver for 4 residents and the home currently has 2 residents on hospice. Administrator Mimi Romero has an administrator certificate valid until 07/31/2027. LPA Lyman along with Administrator Mimi Romero toured the facility at 9:00 AM. LPA toured the physical plant, checked food service, first aid kit and reviewed records. Facility appears to be clean, safe, and sanitary. The home consists of four resident bedrooms, 1 common restroom, 1 resident restroom, one staff room, living room, dining room, and kitchen. Resident bedrooms had the required furniture, bed linens and closet/drawer space to accommodate each resident comfortably. Resident bathrooms were checked. Toilets and water faucets worked properly, grab bars were secure and shower was free of mold/mildew. Water temperature measured between 106.8 and 115.7 degrees F in all facility bathrooms. Resident bath towels, toiletries and personal hygiene supplies were adequately stocked at time of visit. Common areas were clean and clear of hazards, doorways were free of obstructions. Auditory exit alarms were operational during today's visit. First aid kit had all the elements including thermometer, tweezers and scissors. LPA observed toxins are secured during today's visit. Kitchen was inspected. Perishable and non-perishable food supply was checked and adequately stocked at time of visit. Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors tested operational during today's visit. Fire extinguishers are fully charged. Kitchen appliances are operational during today's visit. LPA toured the outside grounds and there is ample shaded seating for residents. LPA observed a fenced and secured pool. Exit gate is unlocked and operational. LPA observed ample emergency water supply. LPA reviewed the emergency disaster plan during the visit. CONT ON LIC809-C DATED 09/25/2025 Facility provided documentation of last fire drill conducted on 07/26/2025. Facility provides activities in the form of exercise, painting and music. LPA reviewed three resident files and two staff files. Resident files contained required documents including admission agreements, physician reports and resident appraisals. . Resident 3 does not have a physician order for half bed rails in the file. Staff files reviewed contained required documentation as well as CPR training, criminal record clearance and required annual training. Staff 1 does not have association to the facility. LPA reviewed medication storage and administration. Medications are stored in a locked closet. Based on the observations made during today's visit, deficiencies are being cited under California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 8. Exit interview conducted and a copy of the appeal rights were given at time of visit.the state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, Sep 25, 2025
Aug 26, 2024Facility evaluation reportReport on file
Type of visit: Required - 1 Year
Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Rose Ruppert made an unannounced visit to the facility today to conduct an Annual Required Evaluation. LPA was greeted and granted entry by Staff #1 at 8:30am. During today’s visit, LPA met with Mimi Romero, Licensee (LE). The facility is a single story building with an approved fire clearance of five non-ambulatory residents of which one may be bedridden and approved for a hospice waiver for four. The facility currently has a census of three residents in care with one on hospice. During today’s visit, LPA toured the facility and inspected the physical plant, including but not limited to testing all smoke detectors, testing hot water temperature in two of two resident bathrooms, and testing auditory devices on all exits. The hot water temperature measured between 105.6 and 119.8 degrees Fahrenheit and all smoke detectors were operational. The fire extinguisher is charged and was serviced on August 9,2023. Licensee has an appointment for fire inspection to service fire extinguishers. The facility’s last fire drill was conducted on July 10, 2024. LPA inspected the facility food supply and observed the facility retained a minimum of two days perishable and seven days non-perishable food on hand. LPA observed medication storage and reviewed the centrally stored medications. Per review medications are being given as prescribed. LPA reviewed three of three staff training and fingerprint records. Staff require current First Aid/ CPR which Licensee will schedule. LPA conducted a complete review of resident records. LPA interviewed alert residents regarding their quality of care and spoke to staff present regarding care provided. LPA confirmed that administrator has a current administrator certificate which expires on August 1, 2025. (See LIC 809-C) (Continuation from LIC 809) The following deficiency is being cited per Title 22 Division 6 of the California Code of Regulations. An exit interview was conducted with Mimi Romero and a copy of this report was given to the facility along with a copy of the LIC 9102-TV, LIC 858, LIC 859; LIC 809-D and Appeal Rights.the state’s words, verbatim · CDSS document, Aug 26, 2024
The state marks this report as 4 pages; the online copy we transcribed has 3. You can request the full file from the county licensing office.
What the state’s words mean
CDSS citation definitions (PDF) ↗ · CDSS complaint outcomes ↗
Life here
Rooms, meals, the rhythm of a day, faith and language, pets and house rules — as the home describes them. Tap any detail for its source and date; nothing here is graded.
The home has not described daily life anywhere we have reviewed yet — that is the case for most small homes, and it says nothing about the home. These questions fill in the picture; keep the ones that matter to you.
Before you call
Ask every home the same questions — the state’s record does not answer these. Keep the ones that matter and they travel with your saved homes.
- What is included in the monthly rate, and what costs extra?
- Who is awake overnight, and how do residents ask for help?
- Which rooms does the non-ambulatory approval cover, and what transfer support is provided?
- What could change whether someone can stay here?
- Can we see a bedroom and share a meal during a visit?
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