BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER
BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER is a 194-bed nursing home in SAN DIEGO, California. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1969-10-10. It averages 181.7 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER?
CMS lists 44 health-inspection deficiencies for BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER since 2019-01-18, 25 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 2026-04-23.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2026-03-05 | F0757, F0881 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | E |
| 2026-01-27 | F0583 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | F |
| 2026-01-27 | F0584 | 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. | E |
| 2025-12-12 | F0740 | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | D |
| 2025-09-09 | F0697 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | D |
| 2025-08-19 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2025-07-23 | F0684, F0689, F0727 | 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. / Have 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. | D |
| 2025-06-06 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2025-05-15 | 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. | E |
| 2025-05-15 | F0550, F0641, F0656, F0684, F0687 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / 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. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate foot care. | D |
| 2025-03-20 | F0740 | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | G |
| 2025-03-20 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D |
| 2024-08-05 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2024-06-27 | F0580, F0684, F0842 | 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2024-06-04 | F0842 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2022-08-25 | F0688 | 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. | E |
| 2022-08-25 | F0576, F0583, F0656, F0658, F0676, F0677, F0755, F0756, F0757, F0758, F0759, F0881 | Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / 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 residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / 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 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. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
| 2019-01-18 | F0641 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | E |
| 2019-01-18 | F0558, F0755, F0808, F0849, F0926 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / 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. / 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. / Have policies on smoking. | D |
How is BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER staffed relative to the CA average?
| Measure | This facility | CA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.79494 | 4.51570 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 37.2 | 36.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 181.7 | 87.9 |
Who owns BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER, and what chain is it in?
BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name BALBOA HEALTHCARE, INC. and belongs to the PACS GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE | RAJPER, SALEEM | since 04/01/2019 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | CHRISTENSEN, SPENCER | since 09/01/2021 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | APT, FREDERICK, HANCOCK, MARK, JERGENSEN, JOSHUA, MITCHELL, JOHN | since 01/01/2024 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | CHRISTENSEN, SPENCER | since 09/01/2021 |
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