THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD
THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD is a 160-bed nursing home in BAKERSFIELD, California. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1986-12-23. It averages 142.0 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD?
CMS lists 94 health-inspection deficiencies for THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2026-01-16.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2026-01-16 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2026-01-16 | F0550, F0584, F0628, F0641, F0655, F0676, F0693, F0695, F0804, F0814, F0881, F0883, F0887 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. / Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | D |
| 2025-08-01 | F0804 | Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. | D |
| 2025-06-16 | F0804 | Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. | E |
| 2025-02-04 | F0809 | Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. | D |
| 2025-01-09 | F0759, F0880 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2025-01-09 | F0558, F0584, F0585, F0607, F0623, F0656, F0658, F0688, F0726 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | D |
| 2024-12-23 | F0803 | Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | D |
| 2024-12-04 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2024-12-04 | F0557, F0602 | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. / Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. | D |
| 2024-11-19 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2024-11-19 | F0610, F0684 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-11-12 | F0684, F0842 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E |
| 2024-10-21 | F0607, F0609 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2024-10-10 | F0552, F0658 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | E |
| 2024-10-10 | F0690 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D |
| 2024-09-19 | F0726 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | D |
| 2024-08-30 | F0607, F0609, F0761, F0837 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility. | D |
| 2024-08-06 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2024-08-06 | F0635 | Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted. | D |
| 2024-07-26 | F0583, F0807, F0919 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. / Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | D |
| 2024-07-25 | F0656, F0692 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | G |
| 2024-07-25 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| 2024-07-09 | F0684, F0710 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | D |
| 2024-07-01 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D |
| 2024-05-30 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2024-05-30 | F0926 | Have policies on smoking. | E |
| 2024-04-26 | F0657 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D |
| 2024-04-23 | F0679 | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | D |
| 2024-04-22 | F0697 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | G |
| 2024-04-19 | F0726 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | E |
| 2024-04-19 | F0558 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | D |
| 2024-04-18 | F0600, F0602, F0656 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| 2024-04-08 | F0676, F0801 | Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | D |
| 2024-04-05 | F0761 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | E |
| 2024-04-04 | F0638, F0689 | Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2024-03-27 | F0607, F0658 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| 2024-03-11 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2024-02-21 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| 2024-01-29 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-01-04 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2023-12-20 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2023-11-16 | F0558, F0576, F0656, F0880 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2023-11-16 | F0658, F0677, F0679, F0689, F0759, F0806, F0808 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. / Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law. | D |
| 2023-11-06 | F0578 | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. | D |
| 2023-10-20 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
Why was THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD fined 2 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-10 | Fine | $14,268 |
| 2023-11-06 | Fine | $9,472 |
How is THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD staffed relative to the CA average?
| Measure | This facility | CA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.06506 | 4.51570 |
| Average number of residents per day | 142.0 | 87.9 |
Who owns THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD, and what chain is it in?
THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name BAKERSFIELD HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS CENTRE LLC and belongs to the CITRUS WELLNESS CENTRE chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | CITRUS WELLNESS CENTRE, LLC | since 10/01/2009 |
| DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | BR OCEANGATE LLC, KATZ KINDRED HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP, KINDRED REALTY PARTNERSHIP, MAJER, SOL, WEISS, JONATHAN | since 10/01/2009 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | ROCKPORT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC, RECHNITZ, SHLOMO, SHARMA, PARIKSHAT, VINSON, ALISHA | since 01/01/2019 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | ERETZ BAKERSFIELD PROPERTIES LLC, ROCKPORT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC, SHARMA, PARIKSHAT, VINSON, ALISHA | since 01/01/2024 |
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