Lakewood Healthcare Center

12023 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA 90242 · (562) 869-0978
For profit - Corporation · 290 certified beds

Lakewood Healthcare Center has a 1-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in December 2025, found 26 citations, 2 for actual harm or immediate jeopardy (the California average is 15.6). It was fined 3 times in the last three years, $128,597 in all.

Medicare ratings

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on December 18, 2025 found 26 citations. What an inspection citation means

• 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.December 18, 2025 · F0688 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.December 18, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.December 18, 2025 · F0583 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.December 18, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• 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.December 18, 2025 · F0726 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.December 18, 2025 · F0755 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.December 18, 2025 · F0802 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.December 18, 2025 · F0804 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.December 18, 2025 · F0805 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.December 18, 2025 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.December 18, 2025 · F0912 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.December 18, 2025 · F0558 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.December 18, 2025 · F0561 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.December 18, 2025 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.December 18, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.December 18, 2025 · F0641 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.December 18, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.December 18, 2025 · F0692 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.December 18, 2025 · F0759 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.December 18, 2025 · F0760 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.December 18, 2025 · F0849 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.December 18, 2025 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide bedrooms that don't allow residents to see each other when privacy is needed.December 18, 2025 · F0914 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.December 18, 2025 · F0919 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.December 18, 2025 · F0941 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure resident rooms hold no more than 4 residents; for new construction after November 28, 2016, rooms hold no more than 2 residents.December 18, 2025 · F0911 · Level of harm: Potential for minimal harm · Residents affected: Some

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 50 citations.

• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.June 8, 2026 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.June 8, 2026 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.April 28, 2026 · F0557 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.January 28, 2026 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.January 28, 2026 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.January 28, 2026 · F0697 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.January 9, 2026 · F0604 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.December 31, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.August 28, 2025 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.August 27, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.August 27, 2025 · F0695 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.July 31, 2025 · F0605 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.July 30, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.July 16, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.July 16, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.July 8, 2025 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.July 8, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.June 24, 2025 · F0550 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.June 24, 2025 · F0657 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.June 24, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.June 13, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.June 13, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.May 9, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.April 21, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.April 16, 2025 · F0657 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.March 17, 2025 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.March 17, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.February 20, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.February 20, 2025 · F0755 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.February 4, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.February 4, 2025 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.February 4, 2025 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.November 7, 2024 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.November 7, 2024 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.September 24, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.August 26, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.August 26, 2024 · F0760 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.August 2, 2024 · F0600 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.August 2, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.August 2, 2024 · F0610 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.August 2, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.August 2, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.April 18, 2024 · F0657 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.April 18, 2024 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.April 12, 2024 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.March 28, 2024 · F0550 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.March 28, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.March 28, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.February 5, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.October 16, 2023 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Fines and payment denials

• Fine of $87,071December 18, 2025
• Fine of $14,901June 13, 2025
• Fine of $26,625August 2, 2024
• Medicare payment denial for 35 daysStarting January 22, 2026
• Medicare payment denial for 13 daysStarting July 10, 2025

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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