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Driftwood Healthcare Center

📍 4109 Emerald St, Torrance, CA 90503 📞 (310) 371-4628 🛏️ 99 beds

Inspection History Overview

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Fines and Penalties by Year

2022 1 penalties totaling $23,535

$23,535
Dec 8, 2022

Fine

2021 2 penalties totaling $22,615

$15,000
Dec 6, 2021

Fine

$7,615
Mar 19, 2021

Fine

2020 2 penalties totaling $15,620

$7,100
Aug 7, 2020

Fine

$8,520
Feb 5, 2020

Fine

2019 1 penalties totaling $7,654

$7,654
Feb 12, 2019

Fine

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Health Violations by Year

2025 6 violations

Tag 0609 D Apr 30, 2025

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

✓ Corrected: May 22, 2025
Tag 0610 D Apr 30, 2025

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

✓ Corrected: May 22, 2025
Tag 0600 D Mar 20, 2025

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

✓ Corrected: Apr 10, 2025
Tag 0610 D Mar 20, 2025

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

✓ Corrected: Apr 10, 2025
Tag 0660 D Mar 6, 2025

Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.

✓ Corrected: Mar 26, 2025
Tag 0689 D Mar 6, 2025

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

✓ Corrected: Mar 26, 2025

2024 13 violations

Tag 0578 D Aug 19, 2024

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.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0726 E Aug 19, 2024

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.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0745 E Aug 19, 2024

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0802 E Aug 19, 2024

Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0805 K Aug 19, 2024

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0812 F Aug 19, 2024

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0837 F Aug 19, 2024

Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0847 D Aug 19, 2024

Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0867 F Aug 19, 2024

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

✓ Corrected: Sep 11, 2024
Tag 0553 D May 8, 2024

Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.

✓ Corrected: May 25, 2024
Tag 0685 D May 8, 2024

Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

✓ Corrected: May 25, 2024
Tag 0573 D Mar 26, 2024

Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.

✓ Corrected: Apr 10, 2024
Tag 0880 D Mar 8, 2024

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Mar 28, 2024
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2023 6 violations

Tag 0656 D Sep 22, 2023

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

✓ Corrected: Oct 13, 2023
Tag 0842 D Sep 22, 2023

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

✓ Corrected: Oct 13, 2023
Tag 0558 D Aug 5, 2023

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

✓ Corrected: Aug 21, 2023
Tag 0919 D Aug 5, 2023

Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

✓ Corrected: Aug 21, 2023
Tag 0686 D Apr 6, 2023

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

✓ Corrected: May 25, 2023
Tag 0692 D Apr 6, 2023

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

✓ Corrected: May 25, 2023

2022 8 violations

Tag 0880 L Dec 30, 2022

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Jan 23, 2023
Tag 0692 D Dec 8, 2022

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

✓ Corrected: Jan 5, 2023
Tag 0773 D Dec 8, 2022

Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.

✓ Corrected: Jan 5, 2023
Tag 0557 D Aug 4, 2022

Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.

✓ Corrected: Aug 18, 2022
Tag 0658 D Aug 4, 2022

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

✓ Corrected: Aug 18, 2022
Tag 0656 D May 28, 2022

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

✓ Corrected: Jul 13, 2022
Tag 0684 D Feb 23, 2022

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

✓ Corrected: Mar 1, 2022
Tag 0557 D Feb 16, 2022

Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.

✓ Corrected: May 26, 2022
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2021 23 violations

Tag 0558 D Dec 6, 2021

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0582 D Dec 6, 2021

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0583 D Dec 6, 2021

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0585 D Dec 6, 2021

Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0656 D Dec 6, 2021

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0684 D Dec 6, 2021

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0687 D Dec 6, 2021

Provide appropriate foot care.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0692 D Dec 6, 2021

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0694 D Dec 6, 2021

Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0695 D Dec 6, 2021

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0697 D Dec 6, 2021

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0732 D Dec 6, 2021

Post nurse staffing information every day.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0759 D Dec 6, 2021

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0760 D Dec 6, 2021

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0761 D Dec 6, 2021

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.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0812 D Dec 6, 2021

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0880 E Dec 6, 2021

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0881 D Dec 6, 2021

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0886 D Dec 6, 2021

Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021
Tag 0908 D Dec 6, 2021

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

✓ Corrected: Dec 30, 2021

2020 7 violations

Tag 0880 E Oct 9, 2020

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Oct 16, 2020
Tag 0880 E May 27, 2020

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Jun 9, 2020
Tag 0609 D Apr 14, 2020

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

✓ Corrected: May 26, 2020
Tag 0690 E Mar 13, 2020

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

✓ Corrected: Apr 9, 2020
Tag 0573 D Mar 12, 2020

Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.

✓ Corrected: Mar 23, 2020
Tag 0732 D Mar 12, 2020

Post nurse staffing information every day.

✓ Corrected: Mar 23, 2020
Tag 0689 J Feb 5, 2020

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

✓ Corrected: Mar 6, 2020
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2019 25 violations

Tag 0573 D Nov 12, 2019

Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.

✓ Corrected: Nov 26, 2019
Tag 0550 D Sep 1, 2019

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0578 E Sep 1, 2019

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.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0655 D Sep 1, 2019

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0657 D Sep 1, 2019

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0658 D Sep 1, 2019

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0677 E Sep 1, 2019

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0684 D Sep 1, 2019

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0688 E Sep 1, 2019

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.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0689 D Sep 1, 2019

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0695 D Sep 1, 2019

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0711 D Sep 1, 2019

Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0726 E Sep 1, 2019

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.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0755 E Sep 1, 2019

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0757 D Sep 1, 2019

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0758 D Sep 1, 2019

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.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0812 E Sep 1, 2019

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0880 E Sep 1, 2019

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0881 E Sep 1, 2019

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019
Tag 0908 E Sep 1, 2019

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

✓ Corrected: Oct 7, 2019

2018 18 violations

Tag 0550 D Sep 28, 2018

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0577 D Sep 28, 2018

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0578 E Sep 28, 2018

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.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0583 D Sep 28, 2018

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0604 D Sep 28, 2018

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0607 D Sep 28, 2018

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0655 E Sep 28, 2018

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0656 E Sep 28, 2018

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0692 E Sep 28, 2018

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0693 D Sep 28, 2018

Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0695 E Sep 28, 2018

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0726 E Sep 28, 2018

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.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0760 D Sep 28, 2018

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0812 E Sep 28, 2018

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0880 D Sep 28, 2018

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0921 D Sep 28, 2018

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

✓ Corrected: Nov 1, 2018
Tag 0711 D Mar 7, 2018

Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.

✓ Corrected: Apr 12, 2018
Tag 0755 E Mar 7, 2018

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

✓ Corrected: Apr 12, 2018
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2017 16 violations

Tag 0241 E Nov 2, 2017

Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0252 D Nov 2, 2017

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and home-like environment; and allow residents to use personal belongings to the extent possible.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0279 E Nov 2, 2017

Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0309 E Nov 2, 2017

Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident .

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0312 D Nov 2, 2017

Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0327 D Nov 2, 2017

Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0368 D Nov 2, 2017

1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours of dinner; and 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0371 D Nov 2, 2017

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0425 E Nov 2, 2017

Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0428 D Nov 2, 2017

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0441 E Nov 2, 2017

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.

✓ Corrected: Nov 28, 2017
Tag 0246 D Jun 8, 2017

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

✓ Corrected: Jun 19, 2017
Tag 0312 D Jun 8, 2017

Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.

✓ Corrected: Jun 19, 2017
Tag 0514 D Jun 8, 2017

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.

✓ Corrected: Jun 19, 2017
Tag 0312 D May 30, 2017

Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.

✓ Corrected: Jun 8, 2017
Tag 0441 D May 30, 2017

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.

✓ Corrected: Jun 8, 2017
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