Inspection citations
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| Date | Severity | What inspectors found | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | G · harm | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 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 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Apr 4, 2025 | D · potential | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Routine |
| Apr 4, 2025 | F · potential | Post nurse staffing information every day. | Routine |
| Apr 4, 2025 | D · potential | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | Routine |
| Apr 4, 2025 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Routine |
| Apr 4, 2025 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Apr 4, 2025 | D · potential | Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Routine |
| Jul 30, 2024 | G · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Apr 19, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 2024 | D · potential | Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 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. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 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 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 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 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | F · potential | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 2024 | F · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Apr 19, 2024 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Nov 29, 2023 | E · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Nov 10, 2021 | D · potential | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | 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 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | E · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | 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 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | 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 10, 2021 | K · harm | 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 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · 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 10, 2021 | 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 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | E · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | E · potential | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | 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 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | D · potential | Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · potential | Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · potential | Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · potential | Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | F · potential | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Routine |
| Nov 10, 2021 | D · potential | Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. | Routine |
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
Palms Care Center
1010 Ventura Avenue, Chowchilla, CA 93610 · (559) 665-4826
Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________
Record on file
- Certification
- Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
- Medicare number (CCN)
- 055047
- Certified beds
- 65
- Legal owner
- Palms Care Center LLC
- Part of
- Ajc Healthcare
Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.
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