Elmwood Care Center
ELMWOOD CARE CENTER in BERKELEY, CA — inspection on September 18, 2025.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
Federal health inspectors cited ELMWOOD CARE CENTER in BERKELEY, CA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0573 during a complaint investigation conducted on 2025-09-18.
Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 2 deficiencies cited during this inspection of ELMWOOD CARE CENTER.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-10-15.
During an interview on 9/18/25 at 1:42 p.m. with Infection Preventionist (IP), IP stated the doors to COVD-19 isolation rooms should have been kept closed and that Resident 2 and Resident 3 should have remained in their rooms until completing the required 10-day isolation period to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to other residents and staff. IP further stated without adherence to COVID-19 prevention practices, cases could increase, and the outbreak would continue.
During a record review of the facility's undated policy and procedure (P&P), titled, COVID-19 Clinical Protocol, the P&P indicated, 5.
Exposed resident/s to symptomatic resident or staff with potential or positive COVD-19 should remain in their respective room.13.
Ensure staff adhere to hand hygiene and appropriate use of PPE when going in and coming out of isolation room.19.
Room door should be kept closed except when entering or leaving the room, and entry and exit should be minimized.
Facility ID: