Pacific Care Nursing Center
Pacific Care Nursing Center is a 99-bed nursing home in Long Beach, California. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1968-11-07. It averages 86.1 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Pacific Care Nursing Center?
CMS lists 68 health-inspection deficiencies for Pacific Care Nursing Center since 2021-12-17, 60 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 2026-05-11.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2026-05-11 | F0684, F0726 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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 |
| 2026-02-04 | F0686, F0880 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2025-08-21 | F0565 | Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. | E |
| 2025-07-18 | F0693, F0697, F0755, F0761, F0880 | 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, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / 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. | E |
| 2025-07-18 | F0604, F0658, F0676, F0688, F0689, F0690, F0730, F0759, F0867, F0881, F0887 | Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / 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 a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / 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 |
| 2025-03-06 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2025-02-28 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2025-01-24 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-12-11 | F0600, F0656 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| 2024-12-03 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2024-12-03 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D |
| 2024-12-02 | F0686 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | G |
| 2024-12-02 | F0825 | Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. | E |
| 2024-12-02 | F0842 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2024-09-30 | F0609, F0880 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2024-09-30 | F0610 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | D |
| 2024-09-19 | F0626 | Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. | D |
| 2024-07-25 | F0812, F0868, F0880 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F |
| 2024-07-25 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | E |
| 2024-07-25 | F0558, F0580, F0638, F0656, F0695, F0697, F0698, F0755, F0759, F0761 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / 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 |
| 2024-06-26 | F0580, F0684 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-03-18 | F0867 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | F |
| 2024-02-26 | F0626 | Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. | D |
| 2024-02-16 | F0697 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | D |
| 2024-01-10 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | E |
| 2024-01-10 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2023-12-11 | F0675 | Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. | D |
| 2023-10-18 | F0710 | Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | D |
| 2023-10-09 | F0686 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | G |
| 2021-12-17 | F0692 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | G |
| 2021-12-17 | F0684, F0695, F0698, F0700, F0712, F0756, F0880 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. / Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
Why was Pacific Care Nursing Center fined 4 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | Fine | $14,380 |
| 2025-01-24 | Fine | $17,215 |
| 2024-12-02 | Fine | $31,150 |
| 2023-10-09 | Fine | $51,648 |
How is Pacific Care Nursing Center staffed?
| Measure | This facility | CA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 6.08371 | 4.51570 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 36.1 | 36.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 86.1 | 87.9 |
Who owns Pacific Care Nursing Center, and what chain is it in?
Pacific Care Nursing Center is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name PACIFIC CARE NURSING CENTER and belongs to the THE MANDELBAUM FAMILY chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CORPORATE OFFICER | CASTRO-GARCIA, MARIA, MANDELBAUM, JANET | since 01/02/2019 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | CASTRO-GARCIA, MARIA, MANDELBAUM, SIMCHA, MARFATIA, VIKRAM, PANGANIBAN, PAULA, WILLIAMS, CLINTON | since 03/01/2026 |
| INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNF | MANDELBAUM, BRENDA | since 04/28/2026 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | GP REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC, SKILLSERVE INC, BORIGSAY, JANET, MANDELBAUM, SIMCHA, MARFATIA, VIKRAM, MOMVILLE, ANN, NAVARRO, ALEX, NINO, MARITZA, OCHO, RHEA, PANGANIBAN, PAULA, PHAM, JULIE, TAN, JULIET, WILLIAMS, CLINTON | since 01/01/2023 |
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