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Kern Transition Home-River Glen

An adult residential facility, for adults 18 to 59 who need care and supervision in Bakersfield, California 93308

4409 River Glen Drive, Bakersfield, California 93308. (661) 213-3800.

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The short answer

Record last released by California Department of Social Services on Nov 1, 2026.

The last 24 months 18 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean6
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Type A and Type B citations
California grades each citation by risk. Type A, the most serious, is a violation that poses an immediate risk to residents’ health, safety or personal rights. Type B is one that could become that risk if it isn’t corrected. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division.
Substantiated complaint
A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

22 citations in the state’s file, about five years

The middle of the 124 care homes of this kind in Kern County had 2.

22 visits on record since Jan 31, 2022: 6 inspections, 8 complaint visits and 8 other visits; the latest on Aug 24, 2026.

7 Type A citations, the most serious kind

CDSS issues Type A citations for the most serious violations: an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care.

Source:

California Department of Social Services, state data file for adult residential facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

When those citations happened

18 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

18 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

24 citations on record

The state’s file lists each rule cited by number, with the date its correction was due, but not what inspectors found.

Source:

California Department of Social Services, state data file for adult residential facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

Citations, newest first
Rule citedCorrection due
80068(h)Oct 30, 2026
80078(a)Oct 30, 2026
80078(a)Aug 31, 2026
80087(g)Apr 30, 2026
80068.3(a)Apr 30, 2026
80072(a)(1)Apr 17, 2026
80069(d)(1)May 30, 2025
80068.3(a)May 30, 2025
80068(a)(1)May 30, 2025
80066(a)May 30, 2025
80087(a)Mar 21, 2025
85122(a)(1)May 31, 2024
85165(d)(1)May 31, 2024
80066(e)(1)May 31, 2024
86504(e)May 13, 2024
80075(b)Mar 29, 2024
80075(k)(7)Mar 29, 2024
80066(c)Mar 29, 2024
80061(b)(1)(D)Aug 25, 2023
85078(a)(1)Jul 15, 2022
80087(a)Apr 15, 2022
80087(a)Mar 2, 2022
80075(b)Feb 23, 2022
85078(a)(1)Feb 23, 2022
All 22 visits on record
Visits by the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 24, 2026Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Aug 24, 2026Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Apr 22, 2026Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Apr 16, 2026InspectionResult not in CDSS’s file
Apr 16, 2026Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Feb 19, 2026Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Feb 19, 2026Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
May 15, 2025Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Mar 7, 2025InspectionResult not in CDSS’s file
Mar 7, 2025InspectionResult not in CDSS’s file
Jul 15, 2024Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
May 10, 2024Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
May 10, 2024Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Feb 22, 2024InspectionResult not in CDSS’s file
Aug 17, 2023Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Aug 17, 2023Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Aug 17, 2023Complaint visitResult not in CDSS’s file
May 1, 2023InspectionResult not in CDSS’s file
Jul 14, 2022Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Mar 22, 2022Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Feb 22, 2022Other visitResult not in CDSS’s file
Jan 31, 2022InspectionResult not in CDSS’s file

Is it licensed?

  • Adult residential facility, for adults 18 to 59 who need care and supervision, licensed by California’s Department of Social Services since Feb 28, 2012 for 4 residents.
  • Not .
Source:

California Department of Social Services, state data file for adult residential facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

Were complaints proven?

  • 2 of 9 complaint allegations CDSS investigated were substantiated (substantiated means CDSS found a preponderance of evidence that the violation occurred); 7 were unsubstantiated.
Source:

California Department of Social Services, state data file for adult residential facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Aug 31, 2026Substantiated complaint1 of 4 allegations substantiated; 1 Type A citation.
May 13, 2026Substantiated complaint1 of 1 allegation substantiated.

Who does the caring?

  • California doesn’t publish staffing levels for these facilities.

Who holds the licence?

  • National Mentor Healthcare LLC holds the licence.
Source:

California Department of Social Services, state data file for adult residential facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

How is it rated?

  • California doesn’t publish quality ratings for these facilities.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 124 care homes of this kind in Kern County, the middle value for citations in CDSS’s file (about five years) was 2; this one had 22.
Source:

California Department of Social Services, state data file for adult residential facilities. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

11 of the 124 in Kern County, as the source lists them, by name
PlaceCitations, about 5 years
Krebs Ranch Home0
Kern Transition Home-River Glen This assisted living facility22
Meadow Rise Facility8
Sierra Springs Residential Care3
Ranch Home4
St. Therese Adult Residential Facility0
Rhone2
Aimes Coffee House2
Sycamore Healthcare, Bakersfield0
Moore Small Family Home4
Mcclellan Board & Care Facility11
Park Home0

What the record doesn’t say

  • CDSS’s file lists the rules cited by number, without the inspectors’ findings or the visit each came from; the date shown with a citation is the date its correction was due. CDSS’s own record has the reports.
  • CDSS’s file covers about the last five years of visits.
  • California doesn’t publish staffing levels or quality ratings for these facilities.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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