Downey Community Health Center, Downey, CA: Nursing home

Overall3★★★☆☆

Inspections3★★★☆☆

Staffing4★★★★☆

Quality3★★★☆☆

Federal finesNoneon record

Inspection citations

2’23

19’24

23’25

9’26

Year

53 shown

Date	Severity	What inspectors found	Visit
Aug 27, 2026	D · potential	Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.	Complaint
Jul 2, 2026	D · potential	Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	D · potential	Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	D · potential	Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	D · potential	Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	F · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
Jul 2, 2026	D · potential	Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.	Routine
Aug 27, 2025	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.	Complaint
Aug 27, 2025	D · potential	Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.	Complaint
Jul 29, 2025	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Routine
Apr 10, 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
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.	Complaint
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.	Routine
Apr 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.	Routine
Apr 10, 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.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	E · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.	Routine
Apr 10, 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 10, 2025	E · potential	Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	F · potential	Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	D · potential	Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.	Routine
Apr 10, 2025	F · potential	Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.	Routine
Apr 2, 2025	D · potential	Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.	Complaint
Apr 2, 2025	D · potential	Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.	Complaint
Mar 6, 2025	D · potential	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Complaint
Sep 13, 2024	D · potential	Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.	Complaint
Sep 3, 2024	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Complaint
May 1, 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
Apr 4, 2024	D · potential	Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	D · potential	Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	D · potential	Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.	Routine
Apr 4, 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 4, 2024	D · potential	Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	E · potential	Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	E · 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
Apr 4, 2024	E · potential	Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	D · potential	Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	E · potential	Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.	Routine
Apr 4, 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
Apr 4, 2024	E · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	F · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
Apr 4, 2024	D · potential	Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.	Routine
Feb 5, 2024	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
Oct 3, 2023	D · potential	Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.	Complaint
Oct 3, 2023	D · potential	Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.	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

Downey Community Health Center
8425 Iowa Street, Downey, CA 90241 · (562) 862-6506

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): 555128
Certified beds: 198
Legal owner: Wdw Joint Venture

Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.

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