# Psalm Residential Care Home **The state lists this licence as on probation.** [Read the dated state documents.]() License #385600432 · San Francisco, San Francisco County · Licensed for 22 — Mid-size care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Psalm Residential Care Home is a mid-size care home in San Francisco — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 22 residents since 2018. Hospice, dementia, wheelchair and bedridden approvals are not on file. - Care approvals on file: None on file — Wheelchair, dementia, hospice, bedridden — ask the home - Estimated starting rate: $4,600 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $3,650–$6,100 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Psalm Residential Care Home ### Is Psalm Residential Care Home licensed? The state lists this license as “Probationary License,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Psalm Residential Care Home licensed for? 22 residents — a mid-size home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Psalm Residential Care Home been cited? 12 Type A and 6 Type B citations since 2018, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 55 state visits over the same years. ### Is Psalm Residential Care Home still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. ### What does Psalm Residential Care Home cost? $4,600 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $3,650–$6,100. 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 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 12 other homes of a similar licensed size in San Francisco that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $4,215 to $5,500 a month, and the middle figure is $5,000 (n = 12 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 Psalm Residential Care 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 William S Encarnacion, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? California Pacific Medical Center - Van Ness Campus is 0.6 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Psalm Residential Care Home keep a resident on hospice? Not on file — the state’s record does not list hospice care on this license. Ask: “Can a resident stay here on hospice, and under what conditions?” ## Psalm Residential Care Home license and inspection record - Name on the license: “PSALM RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #385600432. The state lists this license as “Probationary License,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 22 residents — a mid-size home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to William S Encarnacion, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 2018, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 55 state inspection visits since 2018, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 12 Type A and 6 Type B citations on file since 2018, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 55 state visits in that period. - 13 complaints and 16 substantiated allegations on file since 2018, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is September 9, 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 May 25, 2025 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026