Nursing homes › California › La Paz Geropsychiatric Center
8835 Vans Street, Paramount, CA 90723 · (562) 633-5111 · 173 certified beds
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Open your comparisonCMS overall star rating: this provider 2/5; median among 1,154 providers with a published value in the same state and provider category: 3/5.
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CMS lists no chain affiliation for this facility. Ownership type on record: For profit - Corporation.
Total nurse staffing: 2.82 (California median: 4.24). RN hours: 0.35. Weekend total: 2.55. Nursing staff turnover: 19%.
In the downloaded CMS dataset: 71 deficiency citations. Below: up to 40 most recent citations from 2023 onward (severity letters explained in methodology).
| Survey date | Deficiency | Sev. | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D | complaint | corrected 2026-06-29 |
| 2026-06-12 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D | complaint | corrected 2026-06-29 |
| 2026-05-22 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | D | complaint | corrected 2026-06-15 |
| 2026-05-22 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D | complaint | corrected 2026-06-15 |
| 2026-04-28 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | E | complaint | corrected 2026-05-22 |
| 2026-02-19 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | E | complaint | corrected 2026-03-10 |
| 2026-02-19 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E | complaint | corrected 2026-03-10 |
| 2025-12-31 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D | complaint | corrected 2026-01-23 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | G | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | E | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | E | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | E | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | E | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E | Health | corrected 2025-12-26 |
| 2025-10-24 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | 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. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-26 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | 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. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | 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. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-26 |
| 2025-10-24 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | D | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | D | Health | corrected 2025-12-26 |
| 2025-10-24 | Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-10-24 | Ensure resident rooms hold no more than 4 residents; for new construction after November 28, 2016, rooms hold no more than 2 residents. | B | Health | corrected 2025-11-14 |
| 2025-05-02 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-05-24 |
| 2025-05-02 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-05-24 |
| 2025-05-02 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-05-24 |
| 2025-01-08 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | E | complaint | corrected 2025-01-30 |
| 2025-01-08 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E | complaint | corrected 2025-01-30 |
| 2025-01-08 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | E | complaint | corrected 2025-01-30 |
| 2025-01-08 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E | complaint | corrected 2025-01-30 |
| 2024-10-18 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | F | Health | corrected 2024-11-16 |
| 2024-10-18 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F | Health | corrected 2024-11-16 |
| 2024-10-18 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | F | Health | corrected 2024-11-16 |
No federal fines or payment denials in this downloaded dataset.
No detailed ownership records on file.
How to cite this page: CareRecords, “La Paz Geropsychiatric Center — compliance, penalty and ownership record” (CCN 05A355), compiled from the CMS Provider Data Catalog, August 2026 release. https://carerecords.org/nursing-home/la-paz-geropsychiatric-center-paramount-ca/
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (August 2026 release) — provider file, deficiency file, ownership file, penalty file. CCN 05A355. Corrections: data@carerecords.org.