Sacramento Post-Acute: Accident Hazard Violations - CA
The complaint inspection, triggered by the fall, found that staff did not follow through on the facility's own written procedures. Those procedures, last updated in 2017, are specific: any accident or incident involving a resident must be investigated and reported to the administrator. The charge nurse or nurse supervisor is supposed to start that investigation promptly. The incident report itself is supposed to capture, at minimum, the date and time of what occurred.
None of that happened the way it was supposed to.
Inspectors rated the harm to the resident as minimal and noted that only a few residents were affected. But the failure documented here is not primarily about the severity of the fall. It is about what a facility does after someone gets hurt, and whether anyone is actually watching.
A fall investigation exists for a reason. It tells staff whether the floor was wet, whether the resident had a history of falls, whether the call light was in reach, whether the bed alarm was on. Without that information, the same conditions that put one resident on the floor can put another there the next week.
Sacramento Post-Acute has operated with a policy on the books for nearly a decade promising that accidents will be examined and documented. On January 9, a resident fell. What followed, according to federal inspectors, did not match what that policy promised.
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The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Sacramento Post-acute from 2026-01-30 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.
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Last verified: August 9, 2026 · Our methodology
SACRAMENTO POST-ACUTE in SACRAMENTO, CA was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
The complaint inspection, triggered by the fall, found that staff did not follow through on the facility's own written procedures.
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.