Bell Convalescent Hospital, Bell, CA: Nursing home

Overall1★☆☆☆☆

Inspections1★☆☆☆☆

Staffing4★★★★☆

Quality4★★★★☆

Federal fines$93,9803 fines

Inspection citations

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Date	Severity	What inspectors found	Visit
Jun 16, 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 23, 2026	D · potential	Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	E · potential	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	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
Jan 23, 2026	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
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	E · 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 23, 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 23, 2026	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
Jan 23, 2026	E · 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 23, 2026	E · potential	Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	F · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	F · potential	Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
Jan 23, 2026	D · potential	Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.	Routine
Dec 29, 2025	D · potential	Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.	Complaint
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	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.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities	Routine
Dec 5, 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
Dec 5, 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.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	G · harm	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	F · 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
Dec 5, 2024	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
Dec 5, 2024	F · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	F · potential	Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	D · potential	Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	F · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
Dec 5, 2024	F · potential	Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.	Routine
Sep 27, 2024	E · 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 27, 2024	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Complaint
Jul 11, 2024	D · potential	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Complaint
Jul 11, 2024	D · potential	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.	Complaint
Jul 11, 2024	D · potential	Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.	Complaint
Jul 11, 2024	F · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Complaint
May 7, 2024	D · potential	Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.	Complaint
Feb 2, 2024	D · potential	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.	Complaint
Feb 2, 2024	G · harm	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
Dec 12, 2023	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Complaint
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	G · harm	Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	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
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	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
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	D · potential	Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.	Routine
Nov 16, 2023	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
Oct 6, 2023	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	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

Bell Convalescent Hospital
4900 E. Florence Ave, Bell, CA 90201 · (323) 560-2045

Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________

How many nurses and aides work each shift, including nights and weekends?
How do you handle the most recent citations on your record?
Do you accept Medi-Cal if private funds run out?
Who will be the main contact for the family?
How do you prevent falls, pressure sores and infections?

Record on file

Certification: Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
Medicare number (CCN): 056218
Certified beds: 99
Legal owner: P & J Hospital, INC.

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