Lake Forest Childcare Inc

“During the naptime at the operation, it was noted that the caregivers blocked the rear emergency exit for the operation with stacked tables.”

“During the inspection, one outlet in the living and several in the office/classroom area did not have outlet covers installed.”

“During the inspection, it was found that the operation did not have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram on file.”

“Children at the operation had access to dirty laundry, canisters of unlabeled laundry detergent, a dirty and ripped upholstered chair, and the backyard fence was in poor repair.”

“The operation had no record of installing new batteries in the smoke detector.”

“During the follow up inspection a caregiver was outside with a group of school age children while an infant and a toddler were left alone inside of the childcare home. When the caregiver arrived back inside of the home the infant was walking out of the classroom and down the hallway alone.”

“During the follow up inspection, the caregivers did not know the ages of several of the children in care.”

“During the inspection two children under 2 years old were observed watching a video on a laptop.”

“During the inspection, the caregiver did not know the ages of several of the children in care.”

“During the follow up inspection, one child was observed napping in unlicensed space in the home. This was corrected during the inspection when the child was removed from the space.”

“During the inspection follow up inspection ,two outlets accessible to children did not have child safety outlet covers installed. This was corrected during the inspection when the director replaced the outlet covers.”

“During the inspection, several outlets accessible to children did not have child safety outlet covers installed.”

“During the inspection an 18 month old child was observed watching a video. This was corrected during the inspection when the television was turned off.”

“During the follow up inspection nineteen children were in care. The maximum capacity for the Licensed Childcare Home is twelve children. This was corrected during the inspection when eight children went home with their parent.”

“During the inspection a toddler was asleep in a pack and play with a training cup in their mouth. This was corrected during the inspection when the training cup was removed from the child's mouth.”

“During the inspection, fourteen children were in care. The maximum capacity for the Licensed Childcare Home is twelve children. This was corrected during the inspection when two children went home with their parent.”

“The standard was evaluated for standard investigation and is not compliant. An incident/illness report form was not provided to Child Care Regulations to confirm that the primary caregiver shared an incident/illness report with the victim's parent.”

“The standard was evaluated for a standard investigation and is not compliant. The primary caregiver did not provide the victim's admission information to confirm an emergency contact is noted and available to call when the parent cannot be reached when a child is placed at risk or becomes ill while in care.”

“A child that attends public school did not the public school information on file.”

“The operational policies did not list duration of indoor and outdoor physical activities.”

“A household member does not have documentation acknowledging that a orientation is complete.”

“A child's admission information did not list authorization for emergency medical attention acknowledged by a parent.”

“The operational policies did not list procedures for safe sleep.”

“The staff records were not available during this visit.”

“A child did not have immunization records on file.”

“A child's admission information was not on file or available to review upon request.”

“3 children younger than 24 months were observed engaging in screen time activities. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver turned off the screen and transtion the children to floor time activities.”

“A young child was observed utilizing a walker. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when CCR brought it to management attention that the walker is prohibited. The provider immediately moved the young child from the walker and placed the young child on the floor to engage in floor time. The walker was removed from the activity area.”

“There was one wooden slat missing on the backyard fence and a piece of a wooden slat that was missing at the bottom of the fence on another part of the backyard fence.”

“Two of the four children records reviewed were missing immunization records.”

“Two of the four children records reviewed were missing health statements.”

“The Children Product Certification form was not updated. The Chidlren Product Certification form was last completed September 10, 2021.”

“Upon arriving inside of the home, the front exit pathway was not visible. Visibility of the exit pathways are pertinent to evaluate during an emergency. The provider corrected the deficiency during the inspection by turning on lighting that allows the front exit pathway visible.”

“A child that was present did not have admission information on file.”

“The standard was evaluated for an investigation and was found not to be in compliance. Based on the interviews with staff, the provider did not supervise young children appropriately but instead handled administrative duties which allowed a child to touch another child inappropriately during naptime.”

“Admission information was not accessible for two children that were present.”

“CPR and First Aid training certificates for the provider and the substiute caregiver were not available to review.”

“The emergency telephone number list was not available.”

“The required posting was not available.”

“The most recent licensing inspector report was not available.”

“A little tikes slide is cracked and has sharp edges that may cause a child's skin to be punctured-photos were taken.”