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Gardena Convalescent Center

A nursing home in Gardena, California 90247

14819 S. Vermont, Gardena, California 90247. (310) 532-9460.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 50 citations in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
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.
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?

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The California average is 15.7.

Last standard inspection Mar 13, 2026.

Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

50 citations in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 50 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 13 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

May 29, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 20, 2026.

Mar 13, 2026: standard inspection10 citations

  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.

    Rule F0583. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

    Rule F0638. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 3, 2026.

Jul 9, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 28, 2025.

Mar 27, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation

  • 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.

    Rule F0726. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 10, 2025.

Jan 29, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations

  • Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

    Rule F0636. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

Jan 24, 2025: standard inspection20 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to choose his or her attending physician.

    Rule F0555. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

    Rule F0607. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

    Rule F0636. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Rule F0644. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

    Rule F0645. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0688. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0698. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

    Rule F0756. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

    Rule F0790. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

  • Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.

    Rule F0808. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 23, 2025.

Apr 10, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 9, 2024.

Feb 28, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 28, 2024.

Jan 25, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 28, 2024.

Jan 12, 2024: standard inspection7 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

    Rule F0803. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

    Rule F0804. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

Jan 12, 2024: standard and complaint inspection2 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Rule F0561. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2024.

Dec 26, 2023: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 4, 2024.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 4, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Dec 30, 1970.
  • 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, corporation.
  • 74 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • No fines in the last three years.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 13 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

3.69 nurse hours per resident per day

The California average is 4.54.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeCalifornia average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.694.54
Of which registered nurses0.360.68
At weekends3.254.10
Nursing staff turnover27.5%36.6%
Registered nurse turnover20%37.8%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Gavrielle Fried Exempt Trust Under the Gavrielle Fried Family 2008 Gra owns 22.5% directly since Aug 16, 2008; Marvin Fried Exempt Trust Under the Gavrielle Fried Family 2008 Gra owns 22.5% directly since Aug 15, 2008; Shimson Weiss Exempt Trust Under the Shimson Weiss Family 2008 Grantor owns 22.5% directly since Aug 15, 2008; Shimson Weiss Exempt Trust Under the Shimson Weiss Family 2008 Grantor owns 22.5% directly since Aug 15, 2008; Barry & Esther Weiss Living Trust U/T/D October 15, 1984 owns 10% directly since Aug 15, 2008.
  • College Health Enterprises, LLC and Clear Advantage Consulting, LLC run it.
  • 17 owners or officers are people: Heidi M Austria (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Heidi M Austria (on the governing body (managing control)); Heidi M Austria (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Rebecca Weiss (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Rebecca Weiss (on the governing body (managing control)); Rebecca Weiss (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Barry J Weiss (corporate officer); Barry J Weiss (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Barry J Weiss (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Esther Weiss (corporate officer); Esther Weiss (corporate director); Armen Hovhannisyan (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Armen Hovhannisyan (on the governing body (managing control)); Armen Hovhannisyan (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jonah Weiss (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jonah Weiss (on the governing body (managing control)); Jonah Weiss (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Gavrielle Fried Exempt Trust Under the Gavrielle Fried Family 2008 GraOwns 5% or more directly22.5%Aug 16, 2008
Marvin Fried Exempt Trust Under the Gavrielle Fried Family 2008 GraOwns 5% or more directly22.5%Aug 15, 2008
Shimson Weiss Exempt Trust Under the Shimson Weiss Family 2008 GrantorOwns 5% or more directly22.5%Aug 15, 2008
Shimson Weiss Exempt Trust Under the Shimson Weiss Family 2008 GrantorOwns 5% or more directly22.5%Aug 15, 2008
Barry & Esther Weiss Living Trust U/T/D October 15, 1984Owns 5% or more directly10%Aug 15, 2008
Gavrielle Fried Exempt Trust Under the Gavrielle Fried Family 2008 GraAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 15, 2008
Hansen Hunter LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jan 1, 2022
College Health Enterprises, LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Jul 1, 2003
College Health Enterprises, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Nov 11, 2025
Barry & Esther Weiss Living Trust U/T/D October 15, 1984Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 15, 2008
LTC Investors G, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Feb 7, 2006
Marvin Fried Exempt Trust Under the Gavrielle Fried Family 2008 GraAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 15, 2008
Shimson Weiss Exempt Trust Under the Shimson Weiss Family 2008 GrantorAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 15, 2008
Shimson Weiss Exempt Trust Under the Shimson Weiss Family 2008 GrantorAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 15, 2008
Clear Advantage Consulting, LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Jul 2, 2018
Clear Advantage Consulting, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Nov 11, 2025

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (California average 4.2).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating3 of 5
Health inspections3 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Quality measures4 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 2.9 miles, this one had the 9th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (11; the middle value was 18.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Gardena Convalescent Center This nursing home11
Kei-Ai South Bay Healthcare Center0.219
Rosecrans Care Center0.419
Memorial Hospital of Gardena D/P SNF0.69
Clear View Convalescent Center0.81
Clear View Sanitarium0.810
West Gardena Post Acute1.219
Las Flores Convalescent Hospital1.818
View Heights Conv Hosp1.925
Avalon Villa Care Center2.140
Camino Healthcare2.414
Lawndale Healthcare & Wellness Centre LLC2.923

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

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • 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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Source:

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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