Atherton Park Post-Acute, Menlo Park, CA: Nursing home

Overall4★★★★☆

Inspections3★★★☆☆

Staffing4★★★★☆

Quality5★★★★★

Federal finesNoneon record

Inspection citations

13’21

17’23

5’24

9’25

1’26

Year

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Date	Severity	What inspectors found	Visit
Apr 16, 2026	D · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Complaint
Aug 11, 2025	D · potential	Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.	Complaint
May 23, 2025	E · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
May 9, 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.	Complaint
Feb 14, 2025	E · potential	Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.	Routine
Feb 14, 2025	E · 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 14, 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
Feb 14, 2025	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Routine
Feb 14, 2025	E · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Feb 14, 2025	D · potential	Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.	Routine
Jun 27, 2024	D · potential	Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.	Complaint
Jun 27, 2024	D · potential	Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.	Complaint
Jun 27, 2024	D · potential	Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.	Complaint
Feb 9, 2024	D · potential	Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.	Complaint
Jan 10, 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
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	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
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.	Complaint
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	E · potential	Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	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 15, 2023	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
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	E · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	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
Dec 15, 2023	F · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	Routine
Dec 15, 2023	D · potential	Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.	Routine
Oct 11, 2023	D · potential	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.	Complaint
Jun 8, 2021	F · potential	Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	F · potential	Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	D · potential	Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	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
Jun 8, 2021	D · potential	Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	D · potential	Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	D · potential	Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	D · potential	Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	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
Jun 8, 2021	F · potential	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	F · potential	Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	F · potential	Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.	Routine
Jun 8, 2021	E · potential	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.	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

Atherton Park Post-Acute
1275 Crane Street, Menlo Park, CA 94025 · (650) 325-8600

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): 555827
Certified beds: 160
Legal owner: Carpinteria LLC
Part of: Kalesta Healthcare Group

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

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