
Chatsworth Park Health Care Center Complaints, Violations and Inspection Records
Data current as of the August 2026 CMS Care Compare release and the CDPH state enforcement dataset of August 27, 2024. State citation records cover July 1, 1997 through June 30, 2024.
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What the public record shows
If you are looking into Chatsworth Park Health Care Center in Chatsworth, whether a loved one lives there now or you are considering it, the public record is worth reading before you decide. It includes 3 citations in the state's two most serious classes, class A and class AA.
Here is what the record shows for this facility, drawn from CMS Care Compare and the California Department of Public Health:
- CMS overall rating: 1 of 5 stars. The health inspection rating, the most independent of the three categories, is 1 of 5.
- California state citations: 16 on record, including 3 class A and 13 class B, with $76,050 in assessed penalties.
- Staffing: 4.07 nursing hours per resident per day; registered nurse turnover 46.2%.
- Most recent standard inspection: 13 deficiencies cited on April 24, 2025. The most recent inspection since then was on June 18, 2026: 1 deficiency cited in the complaint inspection.
- Federal enforcement: 1 federal fine totaling $46,280 in the reported period.
- Ownership: Starburst Healthcare Inc, for-profit, part of The Ensign Group (342 facilities nationally).
Chatsworth Park Health Care Center ratings and staffing
Chatsworth Park Health Care Center is located at 10610 Owensmouth in Chatsworth, Los Angeles County. It is a for-profit facility operated by Starburst Healthcare Inc, part of The Ensign Group, with 128 certified beds and an average of 118 residents a day. It accepts Medicare and Medicaid.
CMS rates every certified nursing home in three separate categories, and the overall star is a blend of them:
- Health inspections, based on what state surveyors observe in person during unannounced visits. Weight this one most heavily, because it does not rely on data the facility reports about itself.
- Staffing, drawn from payroll-based records of how much nursing time each resident actually receives.
- Quality measures, built largely from data the facility submits. Read a high score here with more caution than the other two.
For Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, those scores are: health inspections 1 of 5, staffing 3 of 5, quality measures 4 of 5.
Staffing. Chatsworth Park Health Care Center reports 4.07 total nursing hours per resident per day, of which 0.37 are registered nurse hours. Over the reporting year, 38.5% of the nursing staff left. Registered nurses supervise aides, catch medication errors before they reach a resident, and notice when a person's condition is changing. Staffing is the single number that most reliably predicts whether a facility catches a problem early or lets it become a crisis.
How this home compares in the public record
CMS publishes each home's star rating and its payroll-based staffing hours, and it publishes the federal fines it has imposed. The county and California figures beside each number are the averages across those same published records.
These figures are taken from public CMS Care Compare records as of August 2026 (the August 2026 release) and public CDPH records as of June 2024 (the state enforcement dataset of August 27, 2024). They are reported as published and are not a recommendation, endorsement or assessment of any facility by this firm. How these figures were assembled.
Homes in San Fernando Valley with a higher CMS overall rating
CMS rates each of these homes above Chatsworth Park Health Care Center on the overall star rating it publishes. The rating is one measure of a facility's record, and each page below carries that home's own inspection findings, staffing hours and citation history.
- Granada Hills Convalescent, Granada Hills: CMS overall rating 5 of 5
- Encino Hospital Medical Center D/P SNF, Encino: CMS overall rating 5 of 5
- Oakpark Healthcare Center, Tujunga: CMS overall rating 5 of 5
- High Valley Lodge, Sunland: CMS overall rating 5 of 5
- Topanga Terrace, Canoga Park: CMS overall rating 4 of 5
These figures are taken from public CMS Care Compare records as of August 2026 (the August 2026 release) and public CDPH records as of June 2024 (the state enforcement dataset of August 27, 2024). They are reported as published and are not a recommendation, endorsement or assessment of any facility by this firm. How these figures were assembled.
Federal inspection findings and penalties
Scope and severity A to C means no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. Scope and severity D to F means no actual harm, with potential for more than minimal harm. Scope and severity G to I means actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy. Scope and severity J to L means immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.
June 18, 2026, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
- F0555Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician. (scope and severity D)
May 5, 2026, complaint inspection
3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident, develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured, and ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
- F0580Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (scope and severity E)
- F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (scope and severity D)
- F0806Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. (scope and severity D)
March 31, 2026, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (scope and severity D)
February 24, 2026, complaint inspection
3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable, provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals, and provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0677Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (scope and severity D)
- F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity D)
August 1, 2025, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (scope and severity D)
April 24, 2025, standard inspection
13 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured, provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist, and provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (scope and severity E)
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity E)
- F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (scope and severity D)
- F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (scope and severity D)
- F0690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (scope and severity D)
- F0694Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (scope and severity D)
- F0698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (scope and severity D)
- F0758Implement 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. (scope and severity D)
- F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (scope and severity D)
- F0761Ensure 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. (scope and severity D)
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity D)
- F0881Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (scope and severity D)
- F0912Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (scope and severity B)
January 16, 2025, complaint inspection
5 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit, honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights, and ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
- F0711Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. (scope and severity E)
- F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (scope and severity D)
- F0661Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (scope and severity D)
- F0697Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (scope and severity D)
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity D)
January 10, 2025, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity D)
December 16, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
- F0573Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. (scope and severity D)
December 11, 2024, complaint inspection
2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident and develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (scope and severity D)
- F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (scope and severity D)
November 18, 2024, complaint inspection
2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals and provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
- F0698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (scope and severity D)
October 11, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (scope and severity D)
October 8, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
September 20, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
September 10, 2024, complaint inspection
3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist, provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections, and provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity E)
- F0690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (scope and severity D)
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity D)
July 18, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor.
- F0826Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor. (scope and severity D)
June 27, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity D)
April 19, 2024, standard and complaint inspections
17 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody, the resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands, and ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (scope and severity G)
- F0574The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (scope and severity E)
- F0658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (scope and severity E)
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity E)
- F0758Implement 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. (scope and severity E)
- F0761Ensure 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. (scope and severity E)
- F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (scope and severity E)
- F0552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (scope and severity D)
- F0655Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (scope and severity D)
- F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (scope and severity D)
- F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (scope and severity D)
- F0697Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (scope and severity D)
- F0698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (scope and severity D)
- F0756Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (scope and severity D)
- F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (scope and severity D)
- F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity D)
- F0912Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (scope and severity B)
April 3, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (scope and severity D)
March 4, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
February 15, 2024, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- F0552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (scope and severity D)
January 5, 2024, complaint inspection
2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist and let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity E)
- F0573Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. (scope and severity D)
December 22, 2023, complaint inspection
3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights, ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge, and 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.
- F0623Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (scope and severity E)
- F0661Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (scope and severity D)
- F0837Establish 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. (scope and severity D)
September 29, 2023, complaint inspection
4 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured, provide and implement an infection prevention and control program, and provide for the safe, appropriate administration of iv fluids for a resident when needed.
- F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (scope and severity E)
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity E)
- F0694Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (scope and severity D)
- F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (scope and severity D)
September 15, 2023, complaint inspection
1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity E)
August 14, 2023, complaint inspection
2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist and protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity E)
- F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (scope and severity D)
December 3, 2021, standard inspection
17 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate, assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services, and provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F0554Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (scope and severity E)
- F0685Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (scope and severity E)
- F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (scope and severity E)
- F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (scope and severity E)
- F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity E)
- F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity E)
- F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (scope and severity D)
- F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (scope and severity D)
- F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
- F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (scope and severity D)
- F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (scope and severity D)
- F0761Ensure 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. (scope and severity D)
- F0908Keep all essential equipment working safely. (scope and severity D)
- F0919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (scope and severity D)
- F0640Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (scope and severity B)
- F0641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (scope and severity B)
- F0912Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (scope and severity B)
Penalties. Over the reported period, Chatsworth Park Health Care Center received 1 federal fine totaling $46,280 and 1 payment denial. Fines are imposed when a facility is cited for a serious violation or fails to correct a prior deficiency in time.
California state citations
California inspects and cites nursing homes separately from the federal government. The Department of Public Health issues three classes of citation. A class AA citation is a class A violation that the Department of Public Health determined was a direct proximate cause of a resident's death. A class A citation is a violation the Department determined presented an imminent danger of death or serious harm to residents, or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result. A class B citation is a violation the Department determined had a direct or immediate relationship to residents' health, safety or security, other than a class AA or A violation.
State records show 16 citations against Chatsworth Park Health Care Center between March 31, 2000 and May 30, 2024: 3 class A and 13 class B, with $76,050 in assessed penalties. 1 of these actions were connected to a resident's death.
- May 30, 2024, class B, Abuse/Facility Not Self Reported. $9,000 penalty.
- February 7, 2024, class B, Patient Care. $3,200 penalty.
- April 10, 2017, class B, Patient Care. $2,000 penalty.
- April 10, 2017, class B, Patient Rights. $2,000 penalty.
- December 23, 2016, class B, Patient Rights. $2,000 penalty.
- January 29, 2014, class B, Patient Rights. $1,500 penalty.
- March 11, 2013, class A, Patient Care. $12,350 penalty. Appealed. Death-related.
- April 3, 2012, class A, Patient Care. $19,000 penalty.
- December 22, 2008, class B, Patient Care. $500 penalty. Appealed.
- December 22, 2008, class B, Patient Rights. $500 penalty. Appealed.
- December 22, 2008, class B, Patient Care. $500 penalty. Appealed.
- March 13, 2008, class B, Patient Rights. $900 penalty.
and 4 earlier citations, in the CDPH record linked under Sources.
Across Los Angeles County's 369 certified facilities, the average is about 11.3 state citations per facility. Chatsworth Park Health Care Center's 16 is above that average.
A citation marked "Appealed." is under appeal, so it is not a final determination. A citation records a determination by state surveyors. A citation does not by itself establish that any particular resident was injured or that the facility is liable to anyone.
Other nursing homes in Chatsworth
Families comparing options in Chatsworth often look at these facilities as well. Each link opens that facility's full public record:
- Stoney Point Healthcare Center, 3 stars, 15 state citations
- West Valley Post Acute, 2 stars, 10 state citations (in Los Angeles County)
- Holiday Manor Care Center, 3 stars, 6 state citations (in Los Angeles County)
- West Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1 star, 5 state citations (in Los Angeles County)
See every facility in the Los Angeles County nursing home directory.
Other nursing homes in Los Angeles County
These are other nursing homes in Los Angeles County, listed by how close each home's ZIP code is to the ZIP code for Chatsworth Park Health Care Center. The public record gives a street address but no coordinates, so distance is not measured; homes in the same ZIP code appear first. No rating or inspection figure is used to order this list.
- Stoney Point Healthcare Center, Chatsworth
- West Valley Post Acute, West Hills
- Holiday Manor Care Center, Canoga Park
- Topanga Terrace, Canoga Park
- West Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, Canoga Park
This list is drawn from public CMS Care Compare records as of August 2026 (the August 2026 release) and public CDPH records as of June 2024 (the state enforcement dataset of August 27, 2024). It is ordered by location only and is not a recommendation, endorsement or assessment of any facility by this firm. How these figures were assembled.
What to do if you are worried about care at this facility
You will usually notice something is wrong before anyone official does, and you do not need proof before you act. If you are concerned about care at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, you can take these steps:
Write down what you see. Note dates, times, and specific concerns, and photograph anything relevant. A clear, contemporaneous record matters if an investigation follows.
File a complaint with the California Department of Public Health. CDPH licenses and inspects skilled nursing facilities and investigates complaints, and a serious complaint can trigger an on-site inspection. You can file online through CDPH's Cal Health Find system, which routes your complaint to the Los Angeles County licensing district office.
Contact the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. The ombudsman is a free advocate who will visit your loved one, look into your concerns, and press the facility on their behalf. Los Angeles County's ombudsman program can be reached at (800) 334-9473. This is often the fastest first step when the issue is care quality rather than an emergency.
Call Adult Protective Services or 911 if you believe an elder is in immediate danger. Los Angeles County APS: (877) 477-3646.
For the full walkthrough, see How to report nursing home abuse in California.
Injuries that most often signal neglect
The injuries below are the ones most often at issue in California nursing home cases. Any one of them at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center is a reason to ask what the facility's own records show:
- Bedsores and pressure ulcers, especially a wound that reached stage 3 or 4
- Falls and fractures in a resident who was supposed to be supervised
- Wandering and elopement from a building that was not secured
- Dehydration and malnutrition
- Sepsis and untreated infections
- Medication errors
- Wrongful death, when neglect contributed to a resident's passing
Nursing home abuse claims in Los Angeles County
If a loved one was harmed at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, these pages explain how Los Angeles County families pursue the most common nursing home claims, each with local facility data and the county long-term care ombudsman:
- Los Angeles County bedsore lawyer
- Los Angeles County nursing home neglect lawyer
- Los Angeles County nursing home fall lawyer
- Los Angeles County nursing home wrongful death lawyer
- Los Angeles County nursing home sepsis lawyer
- Los Angeles County nursing home dehydration and malnutrition lawyer
- Los Angeles County nursing home medication error lawyer
You can also compare every home in the Los Angeles County nursing home directory.
Are There Lawsuits Against Chatsworth Park Health Care Center?
This page reports federal and state inspection, complaint and enforcement records for Chatsworth Park Health Care Center. Those records are separate from civil lawsuits: a government citation is not a lawsuit, and a facility can be sued without ever being cited. This site does not track civil court filings. Civil cases against California skilled nursing facilities are usually filed in the Superior Court of the county where the facility is located; records for Los Angeles County are searchable through the Los Angeles County Superior Court's online case records. If your family member was injured at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, the records that matter most are usually the resident's own: nursing notes, care plans, fall-risk assessments, wound records, medication administration records, physician orders and incident reports. Talk to us about what happened.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Chatsworth Park Health Care Center a good nursing home?
- CMS gives Chatsworth Park Health Care Center an overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with a health inspection rating of 1 of 5 based on in-person state surveys. California has issued 16 state citations against the facility, including 3 in the state's two most serious classes, class A and class AA. A rating is a starting point, not a verdict. Read it alongside the inspection dates and what you see for yourself.
- What should I do if my loved one was injured at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center?
- Document the injury with dated photos, request the care plan and treatment records, and report your concern to the California Department of Public Health and the Los Angeles County Long-Term Care Ombudsman. If the injury is serious, such as a bedsore, a fall, or an untreated infection, you can also speak with a nursing home attorney about whether you have a claim.
- Has Chatsworth Park Health Care Center been fined or cited for serious violations?
- Public records show 1 federal fine totaling $46,280 and 16 California state citations with $76,050 in state penalties, including 3 class A citations.
- How many state citations does Chatsworth Park Health Care Center have?
- The California Department of Public Health has issued 16 citations against Chatsworth Park Health Care Center in Chatsworth between March 31, 2000 and May 30, 2024: 3 class A and 13 class B, with $76,050 in assessed penalties.
- How do I report a problem at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center?
- File a complaint with CDPH through its Cal Health Find system, or contact the Los Angeles County Long-Term Care Ombudsman at (800) 334-9473. In an emergency, call Adult Protective Services or 911.
If your loved one was harmed
We came to this work from the other side. We spent years defending nursing homes, which means we know how a facility builds a file to protect itself and where the gaps in that file tend to be. Under California's Elder Abuse Act (Welfare and Institutions Code sections 15600 to 15675), a family that proves, by clear and convincing evidence, that neglect was committed with recklessness, oppression, fraud or malice can recover remedies beyond an ordinary injury claim, including attorney's fees (section 15657).
If your loved one was harmed at Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, talk to our Los Angeles County nursing home abuse lawyers. We handle cases in Chatsworth and across California. The consultation is free and confidential, we are available around the clock, and you owe nothing unless we recover for you.
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Sources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Care Compare: Chatsworth Park Health Care Center provider record, CCN 056351. Ratings, staffing, and federal deficiency data processed August 1, 2026.
- CMS Provider Data Catalog: Provider Information, Penalties, and Health Deficiencies datasets.
- California Department of Public Health, Cal Health Find: Chatsworth Park Health Care Center state license record, FACID 920000084, license 920000020.
- California Department of Public Health, Health Facilities State Enforcement Actions dataset (CHHS Open Data), citations July 1, 1997 through June 30, 2024.
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