Pacific Coast Post Acute
PACIFIC COAST POST ACUTE in SALINAS, CA — inspection on September 24, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
go home on 6/7/25. On 6/23/25, the DON emailed Social Service notes and wrote: The discharge was planned for a future date, however, it turned unplanned on June 7, 2025 when Resident 1 informed the nurse that he will be going home on that day, June 7, 2025 and was picked up by his son.
The documents provided by the DON did not show documentation that Resident 1 requested to be discharged on 6/7/25.
During an interview with the SSD on 9/11/25 at 3:28 p.m., SSD stated her practice was to document the name of the shelter or destination in the progress notes prior to a resident's discharge.
The SSD acknowledged there was no documented place of discharge for Resident 1 on 6/7/25 because the discharge happened on a Saturday when she was not on site.
The SSD further stated that Resident 1 was not supposed to be discharged on 6/7/25 and that the discharge happened due to a miscommunication with the resident.
Review of the undated facility's policy titled Discharge Summary and Plan indicated When a resident's discharge is anticipated, a discharge summary is created and the discharge plan is finalized to assist the resident with plans for care after discharge.7) A member of the IDT reviews the final discharge plan with the resident and family at least twenty-four (24) hours before the discharge is to take place. 8) The final discharge plan of care shows what arrangements have been made for the resident regarding: a.) where the resident will live after leaving the facility.
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