Assisted Living
Talega Terrace
24 Via Andaremos, San Clemente, CA 92673 · Map
Licensed for 6 residents · PICHIKA, JAYALAKSHMI
Talega Terrace is a state-licensed assisted living community in San Clemente, California. It is licensed for 6 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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License
Active, 6 residents
RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY 306004335, licensed since Mar 7, 2012. Licensee PICHIKA, JAYALAKSHMI.
Nearest emergency room
7.2 miles
Providence Mission Hospital, rated 5 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talega Terrace this community | 6 | Not published | Active | 11 Type A, 16 Type B | |
| Camino Hills Care Home 1 | 2.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Avondale Family Care Home | 3.0 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Camino Hills of San Clemente | 3.0 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
| Avondale Family Care Home II | 3.0 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 Type A, 0 Type B |
State inspection record11 Type A, 16 Type B
- Last state visit
- April 27, 2026
- State visits since April 13, 2022
- 15 (including 3 inspections, 4 complaints investigated)
- Type A citations
- 11 immediate risk
- Type B citations
- 16 potential risk if not corrected
- Complaint allegations investigated
- 7: 4 substantiated, 3 not substantiated
- License active since 2012
Citations (27), newest first
- 87355(e)(3) (plan of correction due April 11, 2026): Criminal Record Clearance. Staff, volunteers and others who need a background check must have a criminal record clearance or exemption before they work, live or volunteer in the community.
- 87303(a) (plan of correction due April 7, 2026): Maintenance and Operation. The building must be kept clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair.
- 87411(f) (plan of correction due April 7, 2026): Personnel Requirements - General. All staff must be in good health, with a health screening that includes a chest x-ray or skin test, and anyone whose illness threatens residents must be taken off duty.
- 87412(a)(11) (plan of correction due April 7, 2026): Personnel Records. The community must keep a personnel record for the licensee, administrator and each employee with required information such as age, background and health screening.
- 1569.625(b)(2) (plan of correction due April 7, 2026): Direct Care Staff Training. Training requirements for staff who help residents with personal daily activities.
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- 87463(h)(1) (plan of correction due April 7, 2026): Reappraisals. The community must ask every resident to have a routine visit with a licensed medical professional once a year and record the visit or any refusal.
- 87405(a) (plan of correction due April 7, 2026): Administrator - Qualifications and Duties. The community must have a qualified, certified administrator who is on site enough to manage it, with a qualified substitute when the administrator is away.
- 87465(h)(2) (plan of correction due March 25, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Centrally stored medicines must be locked up, kept in their original labeled containers, and tracked in a written record.
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- 87465(c)(3) (plan of correction due March 25, 2026): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Staff may help a resident take as-needed nonprescription medicine only with written instructions from the resident's doctor.
- 87411(h) (plan of correction due March 25, 2026): Personnel Requirements - General. General staffing rules: enough competent staff, minimum age, training, good health and background clearance before starting work.
- 87464(f)(1) (plan of correction due December 24, 2025): Basic Services. Basic services must include care and supervision.
- 87464(f)(6) (plan of correction due December 24, 2025): Basic Services. Basic services must include care and supervision.
- 87464(f)(4) (plan of correction due December 24, 2025): Basic Services. Basic services must include care and supervision.
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- 87307(e)(1)(A) (plan of correction due September 19, 2025): Personal Accommodations and Services. Rules for living space and safety, including common rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, hazards and resident supervision.
- 87307(e)(1)(A) (plan of correction due August 20, 2025): Personal Accommodations and Services. Rules for living space and safety, including common rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, hazards and resident supervision.
- 87307(e)(1)(A) (plan of correction due April 28, 2025): Personal Accommodations and Services. Rules for living space and safety, including common rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, hazards and resident supervision.
- 87555(b)(8) (plan of correction due March 18, 2025): General Food Service Requirements. Meal service rules, such as at least three meals a day, snacks between meals, a suitable dining area, varied menus and planned menus in larger communities.
- 87608 (plan of correction due March 18, 2025): Postural Supports. Rules for when and how postural supports, such as braces or soft ties used for positioning, may be used.
- 87412(c) (plan of correction due March 18, 2025): Personnel Records. Personnel records must show that staff completed required training and orientation.
- 87303(a) (plan of correction due March 18, 2025): Maintenance and Operation. The building must be kept clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair.
- 1569.618(c)(3) (plan of correction due March 5, 2025): Administrator Presence and Staffing. Rules for the administrator's presence, round-the-clock on-site management, and having enough staff.
- 87303(e)(2) (plan of correction due March 5, 2025): Maintenance and Operation. Water and plumbing must be kept safe, including safe hot water temperatures, grab bars, slip-resistant tub and shower floors, and working toilets and sinks.
- 87303(a) (plan of correction due December 24, 2024): Maintenance and Operation. Rules for keeping the building clean, safe and in good repair, including room temperature, lighting, water, waste, laundry, emergency lighting and call signal systems.
- 87156 (plan of correction due October 18, 2024): Licensing Fees. Licensing fees the community must pay, as set by state law.
- 87405(d) (plan of correction due April 27, 2022): Administrator - Qualifications and Duties. The administrator must meet set qualifications, including knowledge of residents' care needs and the rules, good character and at least a high school diploma or equivalent.
- 87355(e)(2) (plan of correction due April 14, 2022): Criminal Record Clearance. Rules for fingerprinting and criminal background clearance of the licensee, staff, volunteers and others in the community.
- 87465(h)(2) (plan of correction due April 14, 2022): Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Centrally stored medicines must be locked up, kept in their original labeled containers, and tracked in a written record.
Plain meanings are our short reading of the rule cited, from the state’s regulation text. The state’s report says what happened.
Complaints with substantiated allegations (date the finding was approved)
- December 26, 2025: 3 substantiated, 1 unfounded, 3 Type A citations
- December 20, 2024: 1 substantiated, 1 Type B citation
Complaints with no substantiated allegation (2)
- April 29, 2026: 1 unfounded
- November 24, 2025: 1 unfounded
Every state visit (18)
- April 27, 2026: Other visit
- April 27, 2026: Complaint visit
- April 10, 2026: Other visit
- March 24, 2026: Inspection
- December 23, 2025: Complaint visit (2)
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- November 18, 2025: Complaint visit
- October 2, 2025: Other visit
- September 12, 2025: Other visit
- August 6, 2025: Other visit
- April 14, 2025: Other visit
- March 11, 2025: Other visit (2)
- March 4, 2025: Inspection
- December 17, 2024: Complaint visit
- October 11, 2024: Other visit
- June 16, 2022: Other visit
- April 13, 2022: Inspection
Read every report on the state’s site →
What these terms mean
Type A citations are for “the most serious type of violations in which there is an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care,” and are issued “even if the violation is corrected on the spot.”
Type B citations are for “a violation that, if not corrected, may [pose] an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients,” such as faulty medical record keeping or staff training.
CCLD: “There is no difference between an inconclusive and an unsubstantiated complaint allegation. Both terms mean that there was no preponderance of evidence to prove that an alleged violation occurred.” Allegations CCLD finds unfounded are also not substantiated.
This community is licensed for 6 residents; larger communities are visited and complained about more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing, data as of September 28, 2026, covering the five years of records the state publishes. The state’s advice: “Never rely on this information alone to make a decision about a facility. Always visit facilities in person.”
License and ownershipActive license, licensee PICHIKA, JAYALAKSHMI
- License type
- RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY
- License number
- 306004335
- License status
- Active
- Licensed since
- 2012-03-07
- Licensed capacity
- 6
- Licensee
- PICHIKA, JAYALAKSHMI
- County
- Orange County
- Administrator
- Jayalaksh Pichika
Source: California state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the California licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in California, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in California
- Assisted Living Waiver (ALW). Medi-Cal can pay for assisted living care services through the Assisted Living Waiver, but only in 15 counties, only for people who need nursing home level care, and there is a waitlist. The resident still pays room and board. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Assisted Living Waiver has a waitlist. DHCS reported 18,365 people on it in December 2025. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case with violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jun 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $15,818 owed to 4 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Talega Terrace (Jayalakshimi Pachika). Case 1809694.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 7.2 mi, nursing home 3.9 mi, pharmacy 4.0 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Providence Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo. 7.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- San Juan Hills Healthcare Center, San Juan Capistrano. 3.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Transition Care Telemetry, Inc, San Juan Capistrano. 5.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- OC Pharmacy. 4.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 92673 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc-San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita San Juan Capistrano South Dialysis, San Juan Capistrano, 4.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Mission Viejo Dialysis, Mission Viejo, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 57 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 92673.
Cabrillo Hospice, office in San Juan Capistrano, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
West Coast Healthcare, LLC, office in San Juan Capistrano, 6.3 miles away, straight line
Providence At Home With Compassus Hospice Care Orange County South, office in Mission Viejo, 7.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Roger Tran, MD, San Juan Capistrano. 4.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In San Clemente, CA, risk to homes is greater than 64% of communities in California and 91% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in December 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- Who is here at night? Are they awake, or asleep and on call?
- Who covers when the owner is sick, on vacation, or away for the day? Can we meet them?
- Is it one flat rate, or does it rise with care needs?
- Can you help someone who needs two people to move, or a mechanical lift?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing inspection records | Sep 28, 2026 | See above |
| California Medicaid provider list | Mar 3, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Talega Terrace provide?
Talega Terrace is licensed by the state of California for assisted living in San Clemente, California. Its licensed capacity is 6 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Talega Terrace?
No. We publish state licensing details for Talega Terrace but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Talega Terrace cost?
Assisted Living in Orange County typically starts at $4,000 to $5,950 a month. Based on 32 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Talega Terrace does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Talega Terrace?
Visit Talega Terrace at 24 Via Andaremos, San Clemente, CA 92673.
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