The most serious citations on this record
Every nursing-home citation carries a scope-and-severity grade from A (least serious) to L (most serious). The five highest-graded citations at Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital are:
F-0742 · April 14, 2024 · Grade K — Immediate jeopardy
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.
Found during a complaint investigation. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction · correction date May 9, 2024
F-0600 · June 26, 2025 · Grade J — Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Found during a complaint investigation. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction · correction date June 25, 2025
F-0689 · June 26, 2025 · Grade G — Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Found during a complaint investigation. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction · correction date July 15, 2025
F-0689 · January 8, 2025 · Grade G — Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Found during a complaint investigation. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction · correction date January 22, 2025
F-0689 · May 25, 2024 · Grade G — Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Found during a complaint investigation. Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction · correction date June 23, 2024
What surveyors cited, theme by theme
Grouping the citations by subject shows whether a home's problems are isolated or concentrated in one part of care. At Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital, 15 subject areas appear across health and fire-safety inspections.
Quality of life and daily care
53 citations between September 7, 2023 and July 30, 2026. The most serious was graded K — immediate jeopardy, affecting a pattern across residents. Surveyors found a situation that caused — or was likely to cause — serious injury, harm, impairment, or death, and that needed immediate correction. 37 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 52 citations show a recorded correction date; 1 had a plan of correction on file at the last data release.
This group covers the basics of daily care — help with eating, bathing, toileting, repositioning, and timely treatment. Repeated citations here often match what families notice first: call lights unanswered, soiled briefs, missed care.
F-0742 · April 14, 2024 · Grade K — 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.
F-0689 · June 26, 2025 · Grade G — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
F-0689 · January 8, 2025 · Grade G — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation
18 citations between September 25, 2023 and June 12, 2026. The most serious was graded J (immediate jeopardy). 17 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 18 citations show a recorded correction date.
These citations go to the core duty to protect residents. Ask how the home screens and trains staff, how allegations are investigated, and whether the same staff or unit appears in more than one report.
F-0600 · June 26, 2025 · Grade J — Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
F-0605 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
F-0600 · September 19, 2024 · Grade E — Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Assessments and care planning
34 citations between September 22, 2023 and June 15, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). 23 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 34 citations show a recorded correction date.
Care-plan citations mean the written plan did not match the resident's known risks. Ask whether the care plan changed after each fall, wound, infection, or hospital return — or whether the same plan stayed in place while the resident declined.
F-0641 · May 29, 2026 · Grade E — Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
F-0842 · August 16, 2024 · Grade E — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
F-0656 · May 25, 2024 · Grade E — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident rights
24 citations between April 23, 2024 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). 12 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 24 citations show a recorded correction date.
Rights citations cover dignity, choice, privacy, grievances, and being told about changes in condition or care. Ask how the home notifies family of changes and how grievances are logged and answered.
F-0552 · May 29, 2026 · Grade E — Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
F-0558 · May 29, 2026 · Grade E — Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
F-0550 · July 17, 2025 · Grade E — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Medication and pharmacy services
16 citations between November 15, 2023 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). 5 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 16 citations show a recorded correction date.
Medication citations can involve wrong doses, unnecessary drugs, or poor monitoring. Ask for the medication administration record and whether a pharmacist reviewed the resident's drug regimen each month.
F-0755 · May 29, 2026 · Grade E — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
F-0761 · May 29, 2026 · Grade E — 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.
F-0755 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Fire, smoke, and emergency safety
13 citations between May 25, 2024 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). Correction record: 13 citations show a recorded correction date.
Life-safety citations cover alarms, sprinklers, exits, and evacuation readiness. Ask for the date each item was corrected and whether the local fire authority re-inspected.
K-0321 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
K-0341 · May 25, 2024 · Grade E — Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
K-0342 · May 25, 2024 · Grade E — Have a complete alarm system manually initiated and initiated by fire sprinkler system connection.
Food, nutrition, and hydration
12 citations between January 9, 2024 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). 3 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 12 citations show a recorded correction date.
Nutrition failures connect directly to weight loss, dehydration, and slow wound healing. Ask for weight records, intake logs, and whether a dietitian reviewed the resident after any decline.
F-0812 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
F-0813 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
F-0814 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Infection prevention and control
6 citations between May 25, 2024 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). 4 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 6 citations show a recorded correction date.
Infection citations matter because infections are a leading cause of hospital transfer and death in nursing homes. Families should ask how the home tracks infections, isolates sick residents, and tells families when an outbreak starts.
F-0880 · May 29, 2026 · Grade E — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
F-0880 · August 15, 2025 · Grade E — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
F-0880 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems
5 citations between May 25, 2024 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). Correction record: 5 citations show a recorded correction date.
Ask the facility what this citation required it to change, when the correction was verified, and what monitoring is in place so the same failure does not recur.
K-0918 · May 8, 2025 · Grade E — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
K-0920 · May 29, 2026 · Grade D — Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
K-0923 · May 29, 2026 · Grade D — Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Administration and leadership
4 citations between April 16, 2025 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded E (potential for more than minimal harm). 2 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 4 citations show a recorded correction date.
Administrative citations suggest the problem sits with management systems, not one staff member. Ask who is responsible for quality oversight and what the home's own quality committee changed afterward.
F-0949 · June 26, 2025 · Grade E — Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
F-0847 · May 29, 2026 · Grade D — Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
F-0848 · May 8, 2025 · Grade D — Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
Physical environment and safety
8 citations between November 15, 2023 and August 13, 2025. The most serious was graded D (potential for more than minimal harm). 5 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 8 citations show a recorded correction date.
Environmental citations cover the building itself — safe water temperatures, clean and working equipment, hazard-free spaces. Ask what was repaired, when, and what checks are in place now.
F-0921 · August 13, 2025 · Grade D — Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
F-0921 · May 8, 2025 · Grade D — Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
F-0921 · January 8, 2025 · Grade D — Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Services
3 citations between May 25, 2024 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded D (potential for more than minimal harm). Correction record: 3 citations show a recorded correction date.
Ask the facility what this citation required it to change, when the correction was verified, and what monitoring is in place so the same failure does not recur.
K-0511 · May 29, 2026 · Grade D — Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
K-0511 · May 8, 2025 · Grade D — Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
K-0511 · May 25, 2024 · Grade D — Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
Egress
2 citations between May 25, 2024 and May 25, 2024. The most serious was graded D (potential for more than minimal harm). Correction record: 2 citations show a recorded correction date.
Ask the facility what this citation required it to change, when the correction was verified, and what monitoring is in place so the same failure does not recur.
K-0211 · May 25, 2024 · Grade D — Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
K-0293 · May 25, 2024 · Grade D — Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Fire, smoke, and emergency safety
1 citation between May 29, 2026 and May 29, 2026. The most serious was graded C (minimal or no harm potential). Correction record: 1 citation shows a recorded correction date.
Life-safety citations cover alarms, sprinklers, exits, and evacuation readiness. Ask for the date each item was corrected and whether the local fire authority re-inspected.
E-0025 · May 29, 2026 · Grade C — Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients.
Nursing and Physician Services
1 citation between April 3, 2025 and April 3, 2025. The most serious was graded B (minimal or no harm potential). 1 of these citations came out of complaint investigations. Correction record: 1 citation shows a recorded correction date.
Ask the facility what this citation required it to change, when the correction was verified, and what monitoring is in place so the same failure does not recur.
F-0732 · April 3, 2025 · Grade B — Post nurse staffing information every day.
How to read the severity grades
CMS grades combine how many residents were affected with how much harm occurred. Grades J–L are immediate jeopardy: a situation that caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death. Grades G–I mean a resident was actually harmed. Grades D–F mean no harm was found but the failure could have caused more than minimal harm, and A–C carry only minimal-harm potential. The second dimension matters too: the grade also tells you whether surveyors saw an isolated case, a pattern, or a facility-wide problem.
Survey and penalty timeline
Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital appears in CMS data on 64 survey dates between September 7, 2023 and July 30, 2026. Complaint surveys happen because someone reported a problem; standard surveys are the routine inspections every home receives.
July 30, 2026
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
June 15, 2026
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
June 12, 2026
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
June 5, 2026
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
May 29, 2026
Health survey including complaint investigations — 21 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
May 29, 2026
Fire-safety survey — 8 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 30, 2026
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 7, 2026
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
March 5, 2026
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
January 5, 2026
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
December 4, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
November 24, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
November 5, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 28, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 27, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 15, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 13, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
July 31, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
July 17, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
June 26, 2025
Complaint health survey — 5 citations, worst grade J (immediate jeopardy)
June 18, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
June 17, 2025
Complaint health survey — 4 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
May 8, 2025
Health survey including complaint investigations — 25 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
May 8, 2025
Fire-safety survey — 7 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 16, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 3, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
February 27, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
February 25, 2025
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
February 21, 2025
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
January 29, 2025
Complaint health survey — 3 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
January 8, 2025
Complaint health survey — 3 citations, worst grade G (actual harm)
October 18, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 26, 2024
Complaint health survey — 3 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 25, 2024
Complaint health survey — 3 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 19, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 4, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 26, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 16, 2024
Complaint health survey — 6 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 14, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
August 9, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
July 27, 2024
Complaint health survey — 3 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
May 25, 2024
Health survey including complaint investigations — 30 citations, worst grade G (actual harm)
May 25, 2024
Fire-safety survey — 9 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
May 10, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 24, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 23, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 19, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
April 14, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade K (immediate jeopardy)
April 3, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
March 13, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
March 6, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
February 13, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
February 5, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
January 27, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
January 9, 2024
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
January 8, 2024
Complaint health survey — 2 citations, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
December 27, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
December 6, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
November 15, 2023
Complaint health survey — 4 citations, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
October 13, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
October 6, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 25, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 22, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade D (potential for more than minimal harm)
September 7, 2023
Complaint health survey — 1 citation, worst grade E (potential for more than minimal harm)
Penalties imposed
June 17, 2025 — Fine of $50,935
January 8, 2025 — Fine of $21,548
May 25, 2024 — Fine of $75,208
April 3, 2024 — Fine of $86,496
April 3, 2024 — Payment denial · Medicare/Medicaid payments denied for 4 days from May 11, 2024
Payment denials are the stronger federal sanction: CMS stops paying for new admissions until the home corrects the problems. Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital has 1 denial period on record totalling 4 days.
How Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital compares with peer homes
Raw citation counts mean more in context. The table below compares Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital with the median reviewed facility in Los Angeles County (181 homes in this research set) and across California (350 homes), using the same CMS data. On health citations alone, Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital sits above 97% of its reviewed county peers — near the top of the county for citation volume.
Measure
This home
Los Angeles Co. median
California median
Health citations on record
176
84
74
Citations from complaint investigations
109
31
27
Citations at actual-harm level or worse
6
3
2
Immediate-jeopardy citations
2
1
0
Total fines in CMS penalty records
$234,187
$57,906
$43,467
Penalty records (fines + payment denials)
5
3
2
What families should ask Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital
- Ask why CMS flags Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital with its abuse icon, which citations produced the flag, and what staffing or supervision changes followed.
- Ask for the plan of correction and follow-up monitoring for the quality of life and daily care citations — most recently F-0742 on April 14, 2024 — and the records showing the fix held.
- Ask for the plan of correction and follow-up monitoring for the freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation citations — most recently F-0600 on June 26, 2025 — and the records showing the fix held.
- Ask for the plan of correction and follow-up monitoring for the assessments and care planning citations — most recently F-0656 on May 25, 2024 — and the records showing the fix held.
- Ask for the plan of correction and follow-up monitoring for the resident rights citations — most recently F-0552 on May 25, 2024 — and the records showing the fix held.
- Ask what conduct led to the fines — CMS records 4 totalling $234,187, the most recent dated June 17, 2025 — and what changed afterward.
- What changed in the resident's condition, and when did staff at Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital first document the change?
- Were recent complaint-related citations at Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital connected to the same kind of issue your family noticed?
Records to preserve
Connect this record to what your family saw
A citation record is context. The warning sign your family noticed is the starting point for a resident-specific review — match the two, then preserve the records listed above. Start with how facility research works.
Warning sign
Bed sores
Warning sign
Falls
Warning sign
Bruises
Warning sign
Weight loss
Facility research
Inspection deficiencies
Facility research
Civil penalties
Facility research
Abuse citations
Facility research
Complaint surveys
CMS facility facts
CMS certification number
055293
Legal business name
SANTA ANITA CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL & RETIREMENT CENTER INC
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Provider type
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved for Medicare/Medicaid
April 1, 1974
Chain name
Not listed
Certified beds
391
Average residents per day
353.5
Overall CMS rating
1 star
Health inspection rating
1 star
Staffing rating
2 star
Reported nurse staffing hours per resident day
4.32057
Total nursing staff turnover
42.6%
Public records are a starting point, not a conclusion
This profile of Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital uses official CMS provider data as a research starting point. It does not state that Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital abused or neglected any resident. A citation, fine, or rating becomes meaningful only when it is compared with the resident's own chart, the facility's explanation, and source documents with dates and outcome status.
Citation and penalty detail on this page comes from the CMS Provider Data health-deficiency, fire-safety, and penalties datasets, pulled October 12, 2026. Figures describe the facility's public inspection record; they do not by themselves prove what happened to any individual resident.
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