Gardena Convalescent Center
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Fines and Penalties by Year
2021 1 penalties totaling $650
Fine
2018 1 penalties totaling $3,150
Fine
Health Violations by Year
2025 24 violations
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.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
2024 12 violations
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2023 17 violations
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
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.
2022 1 violations
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2020 10 violations
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2019 15 violations
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
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 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.
2018 12 violations
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2017 1 violations
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.