Medicare flags this nursing home for abuse. Medicare adds this flag when a home was cited for abuse that harmed a resident, or for potential abuse more than once. Ask the home what changed.
Inspection citations
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| Date | Severity | What inspectors found | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Jul 10, 2026 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Jul 10, 2026 | G · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Jul 10, 2026 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Jun 10, 2026 | G · harm | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Complaint |
| May 29, 2026 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| May 21, 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. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | E · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | E · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | E · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | E · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Complaint |
| May 21, 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. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | E · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2026 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Feb 25, 2026 | D · potential | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Complaint |
| Feb 25, 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 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Feb 25, 2026 | E · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Feb 18, 2026 | E · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Feb 18, 2026 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Feb 4, 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 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | J · harm | Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Complaint |
| Feb 4, 2026 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Feb 4, 2026 | D · potential | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Complaint |
| Feb 4, 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 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Dec 8, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Sep 9, 2025 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Aug 29, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Aug 13, 2025 | E · potential | Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft. | Complaint |
| Aug 4, 2025 | G · harm | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights. | Complaint |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 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 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 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. | Complaint |
| Jul 18, 2025 | G · harm | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Jul 18, 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 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 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 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · 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 |
| Jul 18, 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. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 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 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 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 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Routine |
| Jul 18, 2025 | E · potential | Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. | Routine |
| Jul 8, 2025 | D · potential | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | Complaint |
| Jun 27, 2025 | J · harm | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| Jun 27, 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 |
| Jun 6, 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. | Complaint |
| Jun 6, 2025 | D · potential | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Complaint |
| Jun 6, 2025 | E · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Jun 6, 2025 | 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 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Complaint |
| Jun 6, 2025 | E · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Complaint |
| Jun 6, 2025 | E · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| May 30, 2025 | F · potential | Employ staff that are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with state laws. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2025 | D · potential | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| May 21, 2025 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Apr 9, 2025 | D · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Complaint |
| Mar 26, 2025 | G · harm | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| Mar 26, 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 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | E · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Complaint |
| Mar 18, 2025 | E · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Mar 11, 2025 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Feb 19, 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 19, 2025 | E · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Feb 7, 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 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | E · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Feb 7, 2025 | G · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Feb 7, 2025 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Dec 24, 2024 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Nov 12, 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 |
| Nov 12, 2024 | G · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Nov 1, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Complaint |
| Oct 11, 2024 | 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 |
| Oct 11, 2024 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Complaint |
| Oct 11, 2024 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Oct 11, 2024 | D · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Oct 3, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Complaint |
| Oct 3, 2024 | E · 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 |
| Oct 3, 2024 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Oct 3, 2024 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Sep 21, 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 |
| Sep 21, 2024 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Complaint |
| Aug 9, 2024 | D · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | D · potential | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | B · minimal | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 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. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | G · harm | 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 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | G · harm | 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 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 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 |
| Aug 9, 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 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 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 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | F · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | F · potential | Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | F · potential | Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | D · potential | Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | E · potential | Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | Routine |
| Aug 9, 2024 | D · potential | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Routine |
| Jun 14, 2024 | J · harm | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| Jun 14, 2024 | J · harm | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| May 15, 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 |
| May 15, 2024 | D · potential | Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. | Complaint |
| May 15, 2024 | J · harm | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| May 15, 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 |
| May 15, 2024 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Apr 18, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Complaint |
| Apr 9, 2024 | D · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Complaint |
| Apr 9, 2024 | D · potential | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Complaint |
| Feb 6, 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 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | E · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Oct 22, 2021 | E · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | D · potential | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | 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 |
| Oct 22, 2021 | B · minimal | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | E · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | D · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 2021 | E · potential | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 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 |
| Oct 22, 2021 | E · potential | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Routine |
| Oct 22, 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.
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Ararat Nursing Facility
15099 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 · (818) 837-1800
Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________
Record on file
- Certification
- Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
- Medicare number (CCN)
- 555579
- Certified beds
- 254
- Legal owner
- Ararat Home of Los Angeles INC.
Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.
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