STUDEBAKER HEALTHCARE CENTER — Nursing Home in NORWALK, CA

CMS Five-Star Rating

Based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

STUDEBAKER HEALTHCARE CENTER had 29 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (February 20, 2026).

Inspection Findings — February 20, 2026

• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• 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. (Level F)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• 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. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• 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. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 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. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• 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. (Level D)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (Level F)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. (Level F)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Level E)
  Corrected — March 24, 2026

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Nearby Nursing Homes

• INTERCOMMUNITY HEALTHCARE & REHABILITATION CENTER — 3/5 — 0.4 mi
• NORWALK SKILLED NURSING & WELLNESS CENTRE, LLC — 1/5 — 0.7 mi
• THE SPRINGS POST-ACUTE — 2/5 — 0.7 mi
• SOUTHLAND — 2/5 — 1.1 mi
• COTTAGE CREST POST ACUTE — 1/5 — 1.8 mi
• LAKEWOOD HEALTHCARE CENTER — 1/5 — 2.0 mi

Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 21, 2026.

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