Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Does CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER (CCN 056149), in VAN NUYS, CA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 38 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity E on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-05-08. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
The Federal Record
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 3.2
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Provide enough space and equipment to meet each resident's needs
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
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 medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
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.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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 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 the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
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.
22 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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 safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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.
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.
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.
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