Vista Del Sol Care Center
VISTA DEL SOL CARE CENTER in LOS ANGELES, CA — inspection on September 16, 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
Based on interview and record review the facility failed to implement its abuse prevention program policy and procedure by failing to verify potential candidate's background check for a history of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment prior to the employee start working in the facility for one Certi?ed Nursing Assistant (CNA 1).This failure had the potential for mistreatment, neglect, misappropriation of property, and abuse of residents.Findings:During a concurrent interview and record review on 9/16/2025 at 2:01 p.m. with the Director of Staff Development (DSD) of CNA 1 file, it indicated CNA 1 was hired on 1/7 2025. CNA 1 had been working with a registered sex offender background record and that did not match the CNA's name or date of birth matching with their California identi?cation card.
The DSD stated that the pre-employment veri?cation process should have accurate and stated the CNA's name and date of birth before the employee's start date.
The DSD stated, she was unsure how the document indicating a registered sex offender ended up in the CNA's employee ?le.
During an interview with the Director of Nurses (DON) 9/16/2025, at 2:43 PM,DON stated that when there is no employee background check done this puts the residents at risk of abuse, and is a safety concern.
The DON stated she did not see the registered sex offender record in the chart and stated she did not recognize the individual's picture on the record.During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P and P) titled, Abuse Prevention Program, dated 08/2006, the P and P indicated that the facility is committed to conducting thorough employee background checks to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents.
The policy clearly states, The facility conducts employee background checks and will not knowingly employ any individual who has been convicted of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating individuals.
Furthermore, the policy prohibits the employment of individuals found guilty of exploitation, mistreatment of residents, and misappropriation of their property.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
Facility ID:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
A.
Building
COMPLETED
09/16/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Vista Del Sol Care Center
11620 West Washington Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90066
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
employee involved in the abuse allegations is suspended as of today 9/17/2025, reporting the abuse allegation to the appropriate agencies and investigation has started. A review of the facility's Policies and Procedure (P&P) titled Abuse Investigate/Prevent/Report Alleged Violation reviewed on January 2025 indicated, To ensure resident safety, employees accused of participating in the alleged abuse will be suspended until the findings of the investigation have been reviewed by the administrator.
Ensures that all alleged violations involving abuse, neglect, exploitation or mistreatment, including injuries of unknown source and misappropriation of resident property, are reported immediately, but not later than 2 hours after the allegation is made.
Facility ID: