Santa Monica Health Care Center Complaints, Violations and Inspection Records

May 7, 2026, 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)

January 23, 2026, complaint inspection

1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.

• F0553Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. (scope and severity E)

December 31, 2025, complaint inspection

1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

• F0740Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (scope and severity D)

September 2, 2025, complaint inspection

3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards, provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals, and provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

• F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity E)
• 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)

May 31, 2025, complaint inspection

2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide basic life support, including cpr, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel, subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives and provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

• F0678Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel, subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives. (scope and severity J)
• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity J)

April 30, 2025, complaint inspection

1 deficiency 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.

• 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 D)

April 13, 2025, standard inspection

6 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for 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, procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards, and encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the state within 7 days of assessment.

• 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)
• F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity E)
• F0640Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (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)
• F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity D)

March 29, 2024, standard inspection

8 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for the resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands, 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, and procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

• F0574The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (scope and severity E)
• F0803Ensure 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. (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)
• F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (scope and severity D)
• F0557Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (scope and severity D)

• F0578Honor 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. (scope and severity D)
• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
• F0697Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (scope and severity D)

March 20, 2024, complaint inspection

2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals and ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

• F0657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (scope and severity E)
• F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (scope and severity D)

March 19, 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)

December 28, 2023, 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 G)

October 17, 2023, 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 12, 2023, 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)

June 8, 2023, standard inspection

9 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for 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, provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist, and 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.

• F0578Honor 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. (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)
• 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)
• F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (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)
• F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity D)
• F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (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)