Woodland Care Center: Hygiene Violations Found - CA
The April 11, 2025 survey, one of the routine health inspections CMS conducts at nursing facilities nationwide, resulted in at least one cited deficiency tied to hygiene. Inspectors classified the violation at the minimal harm or potential for actual harm level, the lower end of a scale that runs up to immediate jeopardy, which designates conditions likely to cause serious injury or death.
A few residents were identified as affected.
The inspection record available does not detail the specific hygiene conditions inspectors observed, the residents involved, or the steps staff took, or failed to take, in response. What the record establishes is that something inspectors saw at Woodland Care Center did not meet the standard required, and that residents were on the receiving end of it.
Hygiene deficiencies in nursing facilities can range from inadequate hand-washing practices among staff to failures in keeping residents clean, groomed, or free from conditions that cause skin breakdown. At the minimal harm level, inspectors have determined that what they found did not rise to the level of causing serious injury, though the classification also encompasses situations where actual harm had not yet occurred but the potential was present.
Woodland Care Center is licensed to operate in Reseda, a neighborhood in the western San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles. The facility serves residents who, by the nature of nursing home placement, often depend entirely on staff for the most basic elements of daily care, including bathing, oral hygiene, and skin maintenance. When those tasks go undone or are done poorly, the consequences accumulate quietly, often without anyone outside the building knowing.
CMS publishes inspection results through its Care Compare website, where families and prospective residents can review a facility's history of cited deficiencies alongside staffing data and overall quality ratings. A single low-level citation does not define a facility's record, but it does enter the public file and becomes part of the pattern inspectors and families look at over time.
For the residents identified in this inspection, the finding represents something more immediate than a data point.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Woodland Care Center from 2025-04-11 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
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WOODLAND CARE CENTER in RESEDA, CA was cited for violations during a health inspection on April 11, 2025.
A few residents were identified as affected.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.