Seal Beach Health and Rehabilitation Center Complaints, Violations and Inspection Records

February 19, 2026, complaint inspection

2 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 and provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

• F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (scope and severity D)
• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)

July 16, 2025, complaint inspection

2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for 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 and develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

• F0693Ensure 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. (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 B)

April 22, 2025, standard and complaint inspections

28 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, keep all essential equipment working safely, and allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

• F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity E)
• F0908Keep all essential equipment working safely. (scope and severity E)
• F0554Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (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)
• 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)
• F0658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (scope and severity D)
• F0677Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (scope and severity D)
• 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)
• F0692Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (scope and severity D)
• F0693Ensure 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. (scope and severity D)
• F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (scope and severity D)
• F0730Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. (scope and severity D)
• F0744Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia. (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)
• F0759Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (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)
• 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 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)
• F0849Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. (scope and severity D)
• F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity D)
• F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (scope and severity B)
• F0583Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (scope and severity B)
• F0584Honor 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. (scope and severity B)
• 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 B)
• F0625Notify 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. (scope and severity B)
• F0919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (scope and severity B)
• F0921Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (scope and severity B)

March 6, 2025, 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)

December 31, 2024, complaint inspection

2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident and provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

• F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (scope and severity D)
• F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (scope and severity D)

October 24, 2024, complaint inspection

3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing, safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards, and make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

• F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (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 B)
• F0919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (scope and severity B)

August 21, 2024, complaint inspection

1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for 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.

• F0584Honor 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. (scope and severity D)

July 25, 2024, complaint inspection

2 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident and provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

• F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (scope and severity B)

• F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (scope and severity B)

June 21, 2024, complaint inspection

3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments, allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care, and provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

• F0552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (scope and severity D)
• F0553Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. (scope and severity B)
• F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity B)

May 16, 2024, complaint inspection

4 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for 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, and ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

• 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)
• F0757Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (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 B)

April 12, 2024, 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)

February 15, 2024, complaint inspection

1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

• F0622Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. (scope and severity D)

February 1, 2024, complaint inspection

3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals, ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs, and develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
• F0757Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (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 B)

January 9, 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)

November 29, 2023, complaint inspection

3 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made, provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals, and provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

• F0559Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. (scope and severity D)
• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (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)

October 30, 2023, complaint inspection

1 deficiency cited. Surveyors cited the facility for 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.

• 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)

August 23, 2023, complaint inspection

4 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments, reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident, and ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

• F0552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (scope and severity D)
• F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (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)
• 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)

August 14, 2023, complaint inspection

7 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, timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities, and provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

• F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (scope and severity D)
• F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (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)
• F0692Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (scope and severity D)
• F0693Ensure 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. (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)

June 29, 2023, standard inspection

35 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, 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.

• F0802Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. (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)
• F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (scope and severity E)
• F0909Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame. (scope and severity E)
• F0552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (scope and severity D)
• F0554Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (scope and severity D)
• F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (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)
• F0583Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (scope and severity D)
• F0584Honor 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. (scope and severity D)

• F0645PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (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)
• 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 D)
• F0676Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. (scope and severity D)
• F0679Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (scope and severity D)
• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
• F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (scope and severity D)
• F0693Ensure 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. (scope and severity D)
• F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (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)
• F0700Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. (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)
• 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)
• 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)
• F0759Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (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)
• F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (scope and severity D)
• F0881Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (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)
• F0925Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. (scope and severity D)
• F0582Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (scope and severity B)
• F0814Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (scope and severity B)

May 12, 2021, standard inspection

18 deficiencies cited. Surveyors cited the facility for honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility, ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents, and provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

• F0565Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (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 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)
• 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)
• F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (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)
• F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (scope and severity D)
• F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (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)
• F0700Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. (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)
• 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)
• 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)
• F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (scope and severity D)

• F0881Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (scope and severity D)
• F0814Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (scope and severity B)