SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER
Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 1987-02-03, SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER is a 182-bed nursing home in HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, averaging 168.0 residents a day.
Has SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER been cited for violations?
CMS lists 83 health-inspection deficiencies for SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER since 2022-11-09, 57 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is E; the most recent health inspection was 2026-01-14.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | F0605, F0695, F0757, F0761, F0812, F0880 | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / 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 |
| 2026-01-14 | F0552, F0554, F0557, F0656, F0657, F0686, F0692, F0694, F0698, F0726, F0755, F0756, F0760 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / 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. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D |
| 2026-01-14 | F0645 | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | B |
| 2025-10-22 | F0684, F0755 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| 2025-10-22 | F0657 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | B |
| 2025-07-25 | F0554 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | B |
| 2025-02-14 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2025-02-14 | F0623, F0625, F0693, F0695, F0755, F0758, F0759, F0761, F0812, F0836, F0842, F0849, F0881, F0908 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / 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. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / 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. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. | D |
| 2025-02-14 | F0641, F0684 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | B |
| 2024-09-06 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2024-09-06 | F0656, F0836 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards. | B |
| 2024-06-13 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-05-16 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-01-09 | F0558, F0656, F0684, F0688 | Reasonably 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. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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. | D |
| 2023-09-21 | F0554 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D |
| 2023-09-01 | F0584, F0776, F0842 | 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 timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2023-08-15 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2023-08-03 | F0552, F0684 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2022-11-09 | F0803, F0812, F0880 | 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. / 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 |
| 2022-11-09 | F0550, F0552, F0554, F0578, F0600, F0641, F0656, F0657, F0684, F0689, F0690, F0691, F0692, F0693, F0694, F0695, F0755, F0757, F0758, F0759, F0761, F0842, F0908 | Honor 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. / Allow 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. / Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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. / Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / 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 for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / 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. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. | D |
How is SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER staffed relative to the CA average?
| Measure | This facility | CA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.97656 | 4.51570 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 44.6 | 36.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 168.0 | 87.9 |
Who owns SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER, and what chain is it in?
SEA CLIFF HEALTHCARE CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name HB HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES LLC and belongs to the THE ENSIGN GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODY | BURNAM, SOON, HARRISON, MICHAEL, NASSIR, JOSEPH | since 01/30/2006 |
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | WILLITS, ADAM | since 04/29/2019 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BURNAM, SOON, KEETCH, CHAD | since 01/30/2006 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | TWOMAGNETS LLC, HARRISON, MICHAEL, NASSIR, JOSEPH | since 04/24/2017 |
| INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNF | PORT, BARRY | since 07/07/2025 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | ENSIGN SERVICES INC, HUNTINGTON BEACH CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL ASSET LLC, STANDARD BEARER HEALTHCARE OP, LP, THE ENSIGN GROUP INC, HARRISON, MICHAEL, NASSIR, JOSEPH | since 07/07/2025 |
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