Nonie Levi
Jul 2026
My mom started her journey at Angels Home Care in 2018 after she broke her hip. The home was immaculate and food was appealing. Mom was Kathy’s 2nd resident and she had a private room & bath. Mom loved her backyard that almost always had a beautiful breeze. She was very self sufficient and handle her own showers, dressing and self care. Things changed as mom’s dementia increased at Angels Home Care. By late 2025 I was looking for a new Board and Care for mom. Kathy’s would complain about mom’s forgetfulness and her twice weekly baths. She even refused in March 2026 to bath her for mom would come angry, use profanity and slap at her, which was an off & on occurrence. I even ask Kathy if she had training with dementia. On May 1st I was meeting a potential new caregiver who came to meet with mom. When I text Kathy to let her know I was coming she told me, “your mom had a bad morning because of her shower and she scratched her back.” The potential new provider, who is a RN looked at mom’s back and said, “that doesn’t look good.” We saw finger size bruises on either side and scratches on the right side of back. Neither which mom could have done. I immediately text Kathy mom’s 30 day notice and called Adult Protective Services as well as Oceanside police to report. I told Kathy I would bath mom from then on. When returning 3 days later to do so I found 200+ bug bites on both her upper arms and back. Kathy at this point was out of town so I ask the caregiver Sandra what they were from and she stated, “they all (the 6 residents) had them because they sit outside and get bug bites” One of the residents overheard me and said, “I have them too and I itch all over.” Mom lives in Oceanside and this is in March and there are zero mosquitoes. I told Sandra I thought they might be scabies. I took my mom to her doctors and they were diagnosed as scabies. I then sent Kathy the CDC guidelines so she could handle this outbreak at her home. Nothing was done so the next day I had mom taken to Scripps Hospital Encinitas. Three days later mom was moved to her new Board and Care and she says things like, “I feel I’m respected here and they listen to me and my needs.” Mom has been there since May 11th 2026 and here we are in July with NO outbursts reported about mom’s behavior when being showered. It is of my opinion that Kathy has not educated herself about dementia and communicable diseases within the elderly community. Clearly she gets in power struggles with residents and possibly abused my mom. I DO NOT recommend her home! I was unable to posts the pictures on this review site but if you go to Yelp I posted pictures of her scratches, bruises and scabies bites.
