Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comprehensive Care Ce

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

59.5% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 164 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 60.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 120 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.22 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 26% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 14% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 110 beds and averages 99.5 residents a day — about 90% occupied, or roughly 10 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 4.57 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 1.21 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.42 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.82 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.87 on weekdays — 21% thinner on weekends — a notable drop. RN hours go from 1.33 to 0.92 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

19 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 9 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Fcited before2026-03-26 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to prepare food in accordance with professional standards on food safety when the cook (Cook 1) was observed using his apron to wipe his face with a gloved hand during food tray preparation.This failure had the potential for contamination that may cause Foodborne illness (food poisoning - results from consuming food or drinks contaminated by bacteria, viruses, or parasites).During an observation on 3/23/26 at 12 p.m., in the kitchen during food tray preparation, [NAME] 1 was observed grabbing his apron and wiping his face with his left gloved hand.During an interview on 3/23/26 at 3:30 p.m., with the Food Service Director (FSD), FSD stated that [NAME] 1 should have removed his gloves, washed hands, and then donned on new gloves before proceeding with the food preparation.During the review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled Proper Handwashing and Glove Use dated, 2020, the P&P indicated Employees will wash hands before and after handling foods, after touching any part of the uniform, face, or…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-03-26 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
  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.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure medications were stored and labeled according to the manufacturer's specifications and facility process/practice.This failure could potentially expose residents to expired supplies with questionable efficacy and the facility could not ensure medications were safely stored to ensure their integrity. During an observation on [DATE], at 7 a.m., in the middle station, a medication cart was observed with the following medications not labeled with the dates of opening:Metamucil 15 oz (425 gram) (a laxative to relieve constipation)Docusate Sodium 100 mg (milligram) (stool softener)Docusate Sodium 50 mg (stool softener)Glucosamine Chondroitin 250 mg (supplement to help ease pain and improve function in osteoarthritis [breakdown of cartilage])Oysco 500 + D3 (supplement for low calcium levels)Vitamin D3 10 mcg (micrograms) (400 IU [International Units]) (supplement that promotes calcium absorption)Folic Acid 400 mcg (supplement for producing…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-03-26 · tag F0851 — isolated
  Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to submit required staffing and payroll data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) system (the federally mandated mechanism used by long term care facilities to report staffing information regularly to ensure completeness and accuracy of data submitted to CMS).This facility failure has the potential to result in not having accurate and timely staffing information necessary to evaluate the facility's compliance with federal staffing requirements. Findings:During a review of the PBJ Staffing Data Report, CASPER (Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports) Report 1705D for Quarter 1 of 2025 (October 1 - December 31), it was indicated that the facility failed to submit data for the quarter and subsequently received a one star staffing rating.During an interview conducted on 3/25/26 at 11 a.m. with the Director of Nursing (DON), the DON verbalized they were responsible for submitting staffing information to CMS. The DON further stated that the facility had been…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-07-24 · tag F0658 — failed to meet professional standards of care — isolated
  Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, facility failed to administer a prescribed medication (Bimatoprost - medicine to lower pressure in the eye) and notify the physician per professional standards of practice and facility policy and procedure (P&P) for one of three sampled residents (Resident 2). This failure led to Resident 2 missing 22 doses of the prescribed medication, and had the potential to cause worsening glaucoma (condition that damages the optic (eye) nerve due to high eye pressure), vision changes, and increased eye pressure.During a review of Resident 2's admission Record (AD), the AD indicated Resident 2 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including diabetes (disease that affects how the body uses glucose) dementia (brain disorder that affects memory), anxiety, open-angle glaucoma (chronic eye condition characterized by increased pressure in the eye, potentially leading to optic (eye) nerve damage and vision loss) and legal blindness. During a review of Resident 2's physician…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-02-06 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — isolated
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to follow professional food storage standards for labeling food in 1 of 1 walk-in freezer in the facility kitchen. Findings included: An undated facility policy titled Procedure For Refrigerated Storage revealed, 10. Leftovers will be covered, labeled and dated. (See leftover policy section 7.). The policy also revealed, 13. Individual packages of refrigerated or frozen food taken from the original packing box need to be labeled and dated. An undated facility policy titled, Food Preparation - Leftover Foods, indicated, Leftover foods are those that have been prepared for a meal and not served. 1. Storage of food B. Label and date. An initial tour of the kitchen was conducted on 02/03/2025 at 8:47 AM with the Food Nutrition Director (FND). During the tour of the facility's walk-in freezer, one clear, gallon-sized freezer bag of fruit slices and one clear, quart-sized freezer bag with a leftover waffle were observed without any description of the contents or the date the products were opened. During an…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-08-01 · tag F0607 — failed to have anti-abuse policies — isolated
  Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review the facility failed to implement abuse prevention policy when two residents (Resident 1 and 2) had an alleged abuse incident on 7/17/24 for which no interventions were implemented for two days after the alleged physical abuse incident occured. The facility's failure had the potential for the physical abuse incident to reoccur within those two days. Findings: A review of the facility's policy and procedure titled Prevention of Abuse , dated 3/24, indicated 1. It is the policy of this facility to take every proactive measure to prevent the occurrence of alleged abuse of any resident. 2. Residents must not be subject to abuse by anyone, including . other residents. 10. If suspected perpetrator is another resident: Separate the residents so that they do not interact with each other until the circumstances of the reported incident can be determined. 11. All incidents of witnessed, suspected, or alleged abuse are investigated . Facility shall report all incidents of alleged abuse/neglect or suspected abuse/neglect to CDPH within 24 hours and the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-06-20 · tag F0725 — failed to have enough nursing staff — isolated
  Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure staff was available to answer a resident's call light for one of two residents (Resident 1), when the resident requested assistance to go to the bathroom for toileting needs. This failure had the potential for the resident to be incontinent and also cause psychosocial harm. Findings: During a review of the facility document titled, Nursing Staff Sheet (NSS), dated 4/28/24, the NSS indicated for 3-11 shift (afternoon), the census was 88 and seven certified nursing assistants (CNAs) were scheduled for patient care. The NSS further indicated, each CNA had approximately 12 to 13 residents each to care for. During an interview on 5/13/24 at 10:43 am with the director of nursing (DON), the DON stated, We are not understaffed .We currently do not have any staffing waivers . In this facility the expectation is that anyone that works here and sees or hears a call light they are expected to go in and at least see what the resident needs .…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-01-19 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview, record review, and facility policy and procedure (P/P), the facility failed to ensure the environment was free of accidents when one of three residents (Resident 1's) wheelchair was not safely maintained. Resident 1's wheelchair left lock was broken. This facility failure resulted in Resident 1's wheelchair sliding backwards and the resident sustaining an assisted fall from the wheelchair. Findings: During a record review of Resident 1's Face Sheet, (a document that gives a patient's information at a quick glance) the Face Sheet indicated, Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included, dementia (impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities), Chronic Kidney Disease (when kidneys cannot filter blood as they should), and Diabetes (too much sugar in the blood). During a review of an assessment form titled, Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI - a document utilized to assess the nursing need of a resident),…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-01-12 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — isolated
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide evidence that an allegation of abuse was thoroughly investigated for one of two residents (Resident 1). This failure had the potential for further abuse to occur to residents. Findings: During a review of Resident 1's Face Sheet, (a document that gives a patient's information at a quick glance) the Face Sheet indicated, Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on 10/11//23 is with a diagnoses that included, Cardiac Arrest (when the heart stops beating suddenly), Heart Failure (condition that develops when your heart doesn't pump enough blood for your body's needs), Chronic Kidney Disease (condition in which kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood as well as they should) and an Aneurysm (an abnormal bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel). During a review of Resident 1's Nursing Progress Note (NPN), dated 12/12/23 at 9:20 a.m., the NPN indicated, Alerted by CNA (certified nursing assistant) Resident 1's responsible party (RP) had phoned the facility while on the phone with Resident 1', she stated, she was going to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-08-22 · tag F0604 — failed to not use physical restraints improperly — isolated
  Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure one of 3 sampled residents (Resident 1), was free from physical restraint when Resident 1 was tied to a wheelchair with a scarf. This facility failure has the potential to cause injury to the resident. Findings: During a review of Resident 1's clinical records titled History and Physical on 8/1/23 at 8:20 p.m., indicated Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that include hypertension (high blood pressure), ataxia (loss of muscle control in the arms and legs), major depressive disorder, and Dementia (the loss of cognitive functioning thinking, remembering, and reasoning to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities). Further review of clinical records indicated, Resident 1 is non-verbal, wheelchair bound, requires extensive assistance and supervision. During an interview with Licensed Nurse (LN 1) on 8/3/23, at 3:11 p.m., LN 1 explained that Resident 1 was sitting in the middle nursing…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 17 rows in the source record cover these 8 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

1 organizational owner listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

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