Inspection citations
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| Date | Severity | What inspectors found | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 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 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Jul 23, 2026 | G · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 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 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | G · harm | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | E · potential | Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | E · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 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 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | E · potential | Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | D · potential | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Routine |
| Jan 29, 2026 | F · potential | Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Complaint |
| Jan 29, 2026 | F · potential | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Routine |
| Sep 11, 2025 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Jul 2, 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 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | D · potential | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Complaint |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 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 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | D · potential | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 2025 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 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 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | D · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 2025 | F · potential | Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 2025 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 2025 | E · potential | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Routine |
| Mar 27, 2025 | F · potential | Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Routine |
| Jan 21, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Oct 15, 2024 | D · potential | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Complaint |
| Oct 15, 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 |
| May 28, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. | Complaint |
| May 15, 2024 | G · harm | 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 |
| May 15, 2024 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| May 6, 2024 | D · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Complaint |
| Apr 23, 2024 | D · potential | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Complaint |
| Apr 23, 2024 | E · potential | Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Complaint |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Complaint |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | E · potential | Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Complaint |
| Mar 28, 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. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Complaint |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | G · harm | Provide appropriate foot care. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 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 28, 2024 | D · potential | 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. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | B · minimal | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Routine |
| Mar 28, 2024 | F · potential | Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. | Routine |
| Feb 16, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Dec 5, 2023 | F · potential | Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. | Complaint |
| Oct 26, 2023 | D · potential | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Complaint |
| Oct 12, 2023 | D · potential | Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | Complaint |
| Oct 3, 2023 | D · potential | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | 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
Valley Healthcare Center
1205 8th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304 · (661) 334-2200
Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________
Record on file
- Certification
- Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
- Medicare number (CCN)
- 555229
- Certified beds
- 87
- Legal owner
- Valley Post-Acute and Rehab LLC
Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.
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