Admission, assessment, and eviction
Cited in 2 reports, with 5 deficiencies in total.
8437 VANALDEN AVENUE, Northridge CA 91324
6 bedsLatest official report Jan 16, 2026Licensed
The available records show 1 Type A and 12 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
No later report is available, so the records do not show what happened afterward.
Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.
Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 1,564 Los Angeles County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 3 reports for this facility: 3 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 12 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
Fewer than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
9 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
9 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 in the last 12 months
Last 36 months
Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.
Cited in 2 reports, with 5 deficiencies in total.
Cited in 2 reports, with 2 deficiencies in total.
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
(6) When requested by the prescribing physician or the Department, a record of dosages of medications which are centrally stored shall be maintained by the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Medications records were inconsistent which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide complete and accurate medication records for all the residents by the POC date.
(a) Prior to accepting a resident for care and in order to evaluate his/her suitability, the facility shall, as specified in this article 8: (2) Perform a pre-admission appraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. R6's file does not have a pre-admission appraisal which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide pre-admission appraisal for R6 by the POC date.
(a) Prior to accepting a resident for care and in order to evaluate his/her suitability, the facility shall, as specified in this article 8: (3) Obtain and evaluate a recent medical assessment. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. There were no record of a recent medical assessment for R6 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide medical assessment for R6 by the POC date.
(a) The pre-admission appraisal, as specified in Section 87457, Pre-Admission Appraisal, shall be updated, in writing as frequently as necessary or once every 12 months, whichever occurs first, to note significant changes in condition, as defined in Section 87101, Definitions, and to keep the appraisal accurate. For the purposes of this section, the updated pre-admission appraisal shall be referred to as the reappraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Appraisal Needs and Services plan for R2, R3 and R5 were not updated which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide an updated an appraisal Needs and Services plan for R2, R3 and R5 by the POC date.
(b) A current and complete hospice care plan shall be maintained in the facility for each hospice resident and include the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. There was no hospice care plan from the facility for R6 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide hospice care plan for R6 by the POC date.
Licensees who accept and retain residents with dementia shall be responsible for ensuring the following: (5) Each resident with dementia shall have an annual medical assessment as specified in Section 87458, Medical Assessment, and a reappraisal done at least annually, both of which shall include a reassessment of the resident's dementia care needs. (A) When any medical assessment, appraisal, or observation indicates that the resident's dementia care needs have changed, corresponding changes shall be made in the care and supervision provided to that resident.This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Medical Assessment for R1 is not updated which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide a copy of the R1's Medical Assessment by the POC date.
g) Each licensee shall maintain adequate safeguards and accurate records of cash resources and valuables entrusted to his care, including, but not limited to the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LIC 621 is not complete for R1, R4 and R5 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide copy of complete LIC 621 for R1, R4 and R5 by the POC date
Postural Supports. Bed rails that extend the entire length of the bed are prohibited except for residents who are currently receiving hospice care and have a hospice care plan that specifies the need for full bed rails. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not obtaining a full bedrail doctor's order for R1 (who is not currently on hospice), which poses a potential health and safety risk to residents in care. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to remove the full bedrail. Administrator will provide a picture by the POC date.
(a)Based on the individual's preadmission appraisal, and subsequent changes to that appraisal, the facility shall provide assistance and care for the resident in those activities of daily living which the resident is unable to do for himself/herself. Postural supports may be used under the following conditions. (3) A written order from a physician indicating the need for the postural support shall be maintained in the resident’s record This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. R2, R3 and R4 have half rails without a physician order which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 01/30/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to provide physician's orders for R2, R3 and R4 for bed rails by the POC date.
(c) Prior to admission a determination of the prospective resident's suitability for admission shall be completed and shall include an appraisal of his/her individual service needs in comparison with the admission criteria specified in Section 87455, Acceptance and Retention Limitations. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA's record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one (1) out of six (6) residents did not have pre admission appraisal on file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 12/16/2024 Plan of Correction Assistant Administrator agreed to obtain pre admission appraisal t for R1 and submit a copy to CCL on or before the POC date.
(a) Prior to a person's acceptance as a resident, the licensee shall obtain and keep on file, documentation of a medical assessment, signed by a physician, made within the last year. The licensee shall be permitted to use the form LIC 602 (Rev. 9/89), Physician's Report, to obtain the medical assessment. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA's record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one (1) out of six (6) residents did not have medical assessment on file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 12/16/2024 Plan of Correction Assistant Administrator agreed to obtain a medical assessment for R2 and submit a copy to CCL on or before the POC date.
(c) Licensees who accept and retain residents with dementia shall be responsible for ensuring the following: (5) Each resident with dementia shall have an annual medical assessment as specified in Section 87458, Medical Assessment, and a reappraisal done at least annually, both of which shall include a reassessment of the resident's dementia care needs. (A) When any medical assessment, appraisal, or observation indicates that the resident's dementia care needs have changed, corresponding changes shall be made in the care and supervision provided to that resident. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA's record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one (1) out of two (2) dementia residents did not have current medical assessment on file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 12/16/2024 Plan of Correction Assistant Administrator agreed to obtain a current medical assessment for R1 and submit a copy to CCL on or before the POC date.
87202(a)All facilities shall maintain a fire clearance approved by the city, county, or city and county fire department, or district providing fire protection services, or the State Fire Marshal... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one (1) out of five (5) bedrooms. Bedroom 5 has a resident in the room which according to fire clearance/facility sketch is designated as a staff master bedroom and not as a resident's bedroom, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
POC Due Date: 11/22/2022 Plan of Correction Administrator will move resident immediately and submit picture of empty room to LPA by POC date 11/22/2022.
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