KENNEDY CARE CENTER

Los Angeles · CA · For profit - Limited Liability company · PACS GROUP chain · 97 certified beds · CCN 055977 · FAIRFAX HEALTHCARE, LLC


KENNEDY CARE CENTER operates 97 certified beds in LOS ANGELES, California. Its Medicare and Medicaid certification dates to 1968-08-21. It averages 89.2 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at KENNEDY CARE CENTER?

CMS lists 110 health-inspection deficiencies for KENNEDY CARE CENTER since 2021-11-25, 95 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 2026-06-23.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2026-06-23F0609, F0689Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2026-04-14F0726Ensure 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
2026-02-17F0921Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.F
2026-02-17F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.E
2026-02-17F0602, F0609Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.D
2025-12-30F0658, F0761, F0880Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / 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. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2025-09-12F0550, F0583, F0684, F0880Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2025-08-08F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.F
2025-08-08F0684, F0800, F0804, F0880Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2025-08-08F0585, F0600, F0635, F0636, F0638, F0640, F0693, F0760, F0940Honor 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. / Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted. / Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. / Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. / Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. / 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. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.D
2025-08-08F0912Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.B
2025-07-03F0919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.D
2025-05-06F0584, F0755Honor 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 pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.E
2025-03-20F0687Provide appropriate foot care.G
2025-03-20F0656, F0686, F0688, F0697, F0740Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / 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. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.D
2025-02-20F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.D
2025-01-17F0551Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.D
2025-01-03F0727Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.E
2025-01-03F0656, F0694Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.D
2024-11-20F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.D
2024-11-06F0553, F0573Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. / Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.D
2024-10-22F0609, F0689Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2024-07-22F0550, F0552, F0558, F0584, F0686, F0758, F0880Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / 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. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2024-07-22F0554, F0578, F0656, F0689, F0725, F0732, F0761, F0804, F0812Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / 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. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Post nurse staffing information every day. / 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. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.D
2024-07-22F0837, F0912Establish 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. / Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.B
2024-05-08F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2024-04-05F0658, F0687, F0755Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate foot care. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D
2024-03-02F0622, F0732Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. / Post nurse staffing information every day.D
2024-02-08F0697, F0803Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / 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.E
2024-02-08F0609, F0610, F0656, F0761Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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.D
2024-01-29F0684, F0806Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.D
2024-01-13F0804, F0880Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2024-01-13F0550, F0656, F0689, F0695Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.D
2023-11-07F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.E
2023-10-18F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.D
2023-10-12F0657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.D
2023-09-20F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.D
2023-08-28F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.D
2023-08-17F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.E
2023-08-17F0808Ensure 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
2023-08-08F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.E
2023-08-08F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.D
2021-11-25F0558, F0656, F0658, F0760, F0761, F0812, F0880Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / 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. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2021-11-25F0550, F0583, F0684, F0686, F0693, F0756, F0759, F0912Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / 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. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.D

Why was KENNEDY CARE CENTER fined?

DateTypeAmount
2025-03-20Fine$38,272

Has KENNEDY CARE CENTER had payment denied by Medicare?

Payment denial startLength in days
2025-04-1835

How is KENNEDY CARE CENTER staffed relative to the CA average?

MeasureThis facilityCA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day4.061474.51570
Total nursing staff turnover (%)49.536.7
Average number of residents per day89.287.9

Who owns KENNEDY CARE CENTER, and what chain is it in?

KENNEDY CARE CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name FAIRFAX HEALTHCARE, LLC and belongs to the PACS GROUP chain.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEERAHBAN, ALFREDsince 01/01/2015
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEEHYDER, ANDREWsince 03/01/2023
CORPORATE OFFICERAPT, FREDERICK, HANCOCK, MARK, JERGENSEN, JOSHUA, MITCHELL, JOHNsince 01/01/2024
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLHYDER, ANDREWsince 03/01/2023

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