Inspection citations
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| Date | Severity | What inspectors found | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Complaint |
| Apr 27, 2026 | E · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Apr 27, 2026 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Mar 9, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Mar 4, 2026 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Feb 11, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. | Complaint |
| Feb 10, 2026 | D · potential | 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. | Complaint |
| Feb 10, 2026 | D · potential | Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | Complaint |
| Sep 16, 2025 | G · harm | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | Complaint |
| Sep 3, 2025 | E · potential | 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. | Complaint |
| Sep 3, 2025 | D · potential | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Complaint |
| Sep 3, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Sep 3, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Complaint |
| Aug 28, 2025 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Complaint |
| Aug 6, 2025 | D · potential | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Complaint |
| Aug 6, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Jul 30, 2025 | E · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Complaint |
| Jul 30, 2025 | D · potential | 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. | Complaint |
| Jul 16, 2025 | D · potential | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Complaint |
| Jul 8, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Complaint |
| Jul 8, 2025 | E · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Complaint |
| Jul 8, 2025 | E · potential | 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. | Complaint |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | E · potential | 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. | Complaint |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Complaint |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | E · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | E · potential | Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | E · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Jun 12, 2025 | D · potential | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Routine |
| Apr 1, 2025 | G · harm | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Apr 1, 2025 | G · harm | Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. | Complaint |
| Mar 27, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Mar 10, 2025 | D · potential | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Complaint |
| Feb 28, 2025 | G · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Feb 11, 2025 | E · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Complaint |
| Dec 11, 2024 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Nov 20, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Sep 17, 2024 | D · potential | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Complaint |
| Sep 17, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Aug 29, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Aug 14, 2024 | D · potential | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Complaint |
| Jul 31, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. | Complaint |
| Jul 31, 2024 | D · potential | Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Complaint |
| May 16, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Routine |
| May 16, 2024 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| May 9, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Dec 11, 2023 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
Medicare's severity letters: A–C minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–L actual harm or immediate danger. Source: CMS health deficiencies file, processed October 1, 2026.
Questions to ask on a visit
Height Street Skilled Care
1611 Height Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305 · (661) 748-1300
Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________
Record on file
- Certification
- Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
- Medicare number (CCN)
- 555902
- Certified beds
- 99
- Legal owner
- Height Street Skilled Care LLC
Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.
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