Inspection citations
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| Date | Severity | What inspectors found | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Complaint |
| Jul 23, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Complaint |
| Jul 23, 2026 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Jun 10, 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. | Complaint |
| Jun 10, 2026 | D · potential | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Complaint |
| Jun 10, 2026 | D · potential | Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | Complaint |
| Jun 10, 2026 | D · potential | Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Apr 30, 2026 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Mar 20, 2026 | D · potential | Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | Complaint |
| Feb 3, 2026 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Feb 3, 2026 | B · minimal | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | 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 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 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 19, 2025 | 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 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | B · minimal | Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse. | Routine |
| Nov 19, 2025 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Aug 22, 2025 | B · minimal | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Aug 22, 2025 | B · minimal | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Aug 22, 2025 | B · minimal | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Aug 22, 2025 | B · minimal | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Complaint |
| Jul 9, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Complaint |
| Jul 9, 2025 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Apr 3, 2025 | B · minimal | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | Complaint |
| Apr 3, 2025 | B · minimal | 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. | Complaint |
| Apr 3, 2025 | D · potential | Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame. | Complaint |
| Jan 24, 2025 | B · minimal | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Complaint |
| Jan 24, 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. | Complaint |
| Jan 24, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2024 | B · minimal | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2024 | B · minimal | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 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. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2024 | B · minimal | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2024 | B · minimal | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Nov 6, 2024 | B · minimal | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Complaint |
| Nov 6, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Complaint |
| Sep 27, 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 |
| Sep 27, 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 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · 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 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 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 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 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 |
| Sep 27, 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 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | C · minimal | Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. | Complaint |
| Sep 27, 2024 | E · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | B · minimal | Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. | Complaint |
| Sep 27, 2024 | B · minimal | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Routine |
| Sep 27, 2024 | D · potential | Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | 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 |
| Feb 22, 2022 | D · potential | Provide appropriate foot care. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | 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 |
| Feb 22, 2022 | 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 |
| Feb 22, 2022 | D · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | B · minimal | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | D · potential | Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Feb 22, 2022 | E · potential | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | 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.
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Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation
3902 Katella Avenue, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 · (562) 596-5561
Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________
Record on file
- Certification
- Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
- Medicare number (CCN)
- 056169
- Certified beds
- 150
- Legal owner
- Malcolm Healthcare, INC.
- Part of
- The Ensign Group
Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.
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