Santa Clarita Post-Acute Care Center
A nursing home in Newhall, California 91321
23801 Newhall Avenue, Newhall, California 91321. (661) 259-3660.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 19 health citations at the latest inspection cycle California average: 15.7
- 4.25 nurse hours per resident per day California average: 4.54
- 3 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
19 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The California average is 15.7.
Last standard inspection Jun 5, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a standard and complaint inspection on Feb 9, 2024
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
87 citations in 14 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 87 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 29 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 27, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jul 9, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Jun 5, 2026: standard inspection13 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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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.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.
Jun 5, 2026: standard and complaint inspection2 citations
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Feb 11, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Dec 9, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Sep 2, 2025: complaint inspection5 citations
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Aug 12, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Apr 2, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Feb 14, 2025: standard inspection25 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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.
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Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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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.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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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.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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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.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Allow residents to easily view the nursing home’s survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
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Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Feb 14, 2025: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Feb 5, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Aug 17, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Jul 29, 2024: complaint inspection4 citations
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Jul 2, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Jun 4, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Mar 13, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Give the resident’s representative the ability to exercise the resident’s rights.
Feb 9, 2024: standard inspection20 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
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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.
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Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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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.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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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.
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Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Keep all essential equipment working safely.
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Post nurse staffing information every day.
Feb 9, 2024: standard and complaint inspection2 citations
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Obtain a doctor’s order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor’s care.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Feb 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jun 1, 1973.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
- 99 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 3 fines in the last three years, $118,170 in all.
- 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
- 29 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2024 | Medicare payment denial | Not given |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Fine | $84,568 |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Fine | $16,801 |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Fine | $16,801 |
Who does the caring?
4.25 nurse hours per resident per day
The California average is 4.54.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | California average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.25 | 4.54 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.72 | 0.68 |
| At weekends | 3.86 | 4.10 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.1% | 36.6% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 23.1% | 37.8% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Talia Mayer Dated Decem owns 2.66% directly since Jun 1, 2023; Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Aviva Mayer Dated Decem owns 2.66% directly since Jun 1, 2023; Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Abraham Mayer Dated Dec owns 2.66% directly since Jun 1, 2023; Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Zachary Mayer Dated Dec owns 2.66% directly since Jun 1, 2023; Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Akiva Mayer Dated Decem owns 2.66% directly since Jun 1, 2023; Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Aaron Mayer Dated Decem owns 2.66% directly since Jun 1, 2023.
- 20 owners or officers are people: Abraham Bak (corporate officer, 100%); Nurit Ruber (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Kenneth Lehmann (owns 5% or more directly, 27%); Abraham Bak (owns 5% or more directly, 26%); Menachem Gastwirth (owns 5% or more directly, 26%); Helene G Mayer (owns 5% or more through other companies, 16%); Chonoch Gewirtz (owns 5% or more directly, 5%); Chonoch Gewirtz (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Ronald J Mayer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Kenneth Lehmann (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Abraham Bak (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Abraham Bak (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Joseph Terrazzino (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Joseph Terrazzino (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Genoveva Perez (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Genoveva Perez (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Vatsala Sharma (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Helene G Mayer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Menachem Gastwirth (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Menachem Gastwirth (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth (19 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Talia Mayer Dated Decem | Owns a share directly | 2.66% | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Aviva Mayer Dated Decem | Owns a share directly | 2.66% | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Abraham Mayer Dated Dec | Owns a share directly | 2.66% | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Zachary Mayer Dated Dec | Owns a share directly | 2.66% | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Akiva Mayer Dated Decem | Owns a share directly | 2.66% | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Helene Mayer 2007 Irrevocable Exempt Trust Fbo Aaron Mayer Dated Decem | Owns a share directly | 2.66% | Jun 1, 2023 |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 23, 2012 | |
| Mayer 2005 Revocable Trust | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 23, 2012 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (California average 4.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 4 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 7.9 miles, this one had the 10th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (19; the middle value was 33).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clarita Post-Acute Care Center This nursing home | 19 | |
| Astoria Healthcare Center | 6.2 | 66 |
| Mountain View Conv Hosp | 6.5 | 35 |
| Rinaldi Convalescent Hospital | 6.6 | 35 |
| The Grove Post-Acute Care Center | 6.9 | 33 |
| Magnolia Gardens Convalescent Hospital | 6.9 | 31 |
| Ararat Nursing Facility | 7.1 | 56 |
| Providence Holy Cross Med Ctr D/P SNF | 7.2 | 13 |
| Casitas Care Center | 7.6 | 21 |
| Maclay Healthcare Center | 7.6 | 50 |
| Granada Hills Convalescent | 7.8 | 16 |
| The Gardens Healthcare Center | 7.9 | 33 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Replies
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