• CMS rates this facility 1/5 stars (below average)
• Has 48 certified beds with an average of 41.6 residents per day (87% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 9 deficiencies (inspected May 18, 2025)
• Has been fined a total of $110,261 across 4 fine(s)
• Total nursing staff: 4.52 hours per resident per day
Palos Verdes Health Care Center is a 1-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Lomita, California with 48 certified beds. It has been operating since 1976. The facility scored below average compared to California facilities.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
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 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.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
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Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLELO & ASSOCIATES | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | Jul 9, 1999 |
| LICHT, AMNON | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | N/A | Jul 21, 1999 |
| ALLELO & ASSOCIATES | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Organization | N/A | Sep 21, 1999 |
| LICHT, AMNON | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Jul 21, 1999 |
| CARO, CALIXTO | W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | Individual | N/A | Oct 25, 1999 |