A list of the most recent deficiencies for Long Beach Healthcare Center. The list is based on the information provided by CMS from both standard inspections and from complaints filed by residents.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2023-12-06 | 2024-01-03 | Y |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2023-12-06 | 2024-01-03 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2023-12-06 | 2024-01-03 | Y |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations and emergencies. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2023-11-24 | 2023-12-18 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-29 | Y |
| Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | Health | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-29 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2023-07-24 | 2023-08-22 | Y |
| Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Health | 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-20 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2023-02-24 | 2023-03-16 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2023-02-07 | 2023-02-17 | Y |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2023-02-07 | 2023-02-17 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2023-01-20 | 2023-01-30 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2022-10-25 | 2022-11-28 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2022-09-02 | 2022-10-21 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2022-09-02 | 2022-10-21 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Health | 2022-07-31 | 2022-09-08 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2022-08-30 | 2022-09-02 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-29 | Y |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-29 | Y |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2022-08-12 | 2022-08-28 | Y |
| Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Health | 2022-06-07 | 2022-08-08 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-06-07 | 2022-08-08 | Y |
| Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | Health | 2022-06-07 | 2022-08-08 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2022-02-07 | 2022-06-26 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2021-09-14 | 2021-10-12 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2021-09-21 | 2021-10-05 | Y |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-14 | 2021-05-11 | N |
| Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-14 | 2021-05-11 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Health | 2021-04-09 | 2021-05-07 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-06 | N |
| Implement emergency and standby power systems. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Have ramps, exits, fire escape ladders, steps, and areas of refuge that meet safety requirements. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Have a complete alarm system manually initiated and initiated by fire sprinkler system connection. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Have power receptacles that are properly grounded. | Fire Safety | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-26 | N |
| Conduct testing and exercise requirements. | Fire Safety | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-21 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-21 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Encode each resident?s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Provide at least one room set aside to use as a resident dining room and for activities, that is a good size, with good lighting, air flow and furniture. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
| Have policies on smoking. | Health | 2019-01-17 | 2019-02-13 | N |
