Tarzana Health and Rehab: Catheter Care Failures Cited - CA
Federal health inspectors visited Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center on November 21 following a complaint and came away with two deficiencies. One of them targeted the facility's handling of bladder and bowel care, catheter maintenance, and prevention of urinary tract infections.
The citation carries a scope and severity level that inspectors use to signal an isolated problem with no documented harm yet, but real potential for residents to be hurt. That distinction matters less than it might sound. Urinary tract infections in nursing home residents are not minor inconveniences. In elderly patients, particularly those who are frail or have compromised immune systems, a UTI can escalate into a bloodstream infection, a hospitalization, or worse.
Catheter care is among the most basic and consequential tasks a nursing home performs. A catheter that is not properly maintained, not kept clean, not monitored for signs of infection, creates a direct pathway for bacteria into the body. The residents who need catheters are often those least able to communicate that something is wrong.
What inspectors did not find at Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center was a facility meeting that standard.
The inspection report does not name the residents involved. It does not describe a specific incident, a specific nurse, or a specific moment when care fell short. What it documents is a pattern of deficiency broad enough that inspectors determined the facility was not providing appropriate care for incontinent residents or those with catheters, and was not taking adequate steps to prevent urinary tract infections.
That is the finding. And the facility's response, as of November 21, was no response at all. No plan of correction had been submitted.
A plan of correction is the mechanism by which a cited nursing home tells regulators what went wrong, who is responsible for fixing it, and by what date the problem will be resolved. It is not optional. Facilities that receive deficiency citations are expected to submit one. Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center had not done so.
The complaint investigation that triggered the November visit also turned up a second deficiency, though the inspection report does not detail its nature beyond the two citations logged.
Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center sits in a residential neighborhood in the western San Fernando Valley, a facility serving a population that by definition cannot simply leave when care falls short. Residents in skilled nursing facilities are there because they need help, because they cannot manage their own care, because someone decided this was the place that would provide what they could not provide for themselves.
For the residents flagged in this inspection, the ones whose catheter care or incontinence management prompted a federal complaint in the first place, the question of whether the facility has fixed anything remains unanswered.
The inspection report marks the deficiency as still open. The provider has no plan of correction on file.
That is where the record stands.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center from 2025-11-21 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.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
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TARZANA HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in TARZANA, CA was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 21, 2025.
Federal health inspectors visited Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center on November 21 following a complaint and came away with two deficiencies.
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.