Nursing home
Harbor Post Acute Care Center
21521 S. Vermont Avenue, Torrance, CA 90502 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Charis Trust Dtd 12/22/16 (5 facilities) · 127 certified beds
Harbor Post Acute Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Torrance, California. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.09 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Aug 15, 2025 cited 19 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Harbor Post Acute Care Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.09 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.53 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.68 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 22.6% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 19.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Harbor Post Acute Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 21521 S. Vermont Avenue
Torrance, CA 90502 - CMS certification #
- 056192
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 127
- Avg residents/day
- 107.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1975-10-06
- Chain
- Charis Trust Dtd 12/22/16 (5 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Charis Trust Dtd 12/22/16
Charis Trust Dtd 12/22/16 operates 5 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Charis Trust Dtd 12/22/16 facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice, 3 meals a day, staff speak english, spanish, filipino
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Harbor Post Acute Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three meals per day served in dining areas or in a patient’s room
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Staff speak English, Spanish, Filipino.
At Harbor Post-Acute, along with English, we have staff members who speak Spanish and Filipino.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all patients and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Nov 15, 2007.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med Center, Torrance. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Heritage Rehabilitation Center, Torrance. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Healthcare, Torrance. 0.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90502 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Harbor Ucla, Torrance, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Harbor Vermont Home Training, Torrance, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Usrc Pacific Gateway, Gardena, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 90 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90502.
Charity Hospice Care, Inc., office in Torrance, 0.9 miles away, straight line
Diamond Hospice Services Inc, office in Torrance, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Hope International Hospice, Inc., office in Torrance, 1.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Harbor City. 3.0 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very high. By hazard: inland flooding very high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Harbor Post Acute Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Harbor Post Acute Care Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Harbor Post Acute Care Center staffed?
Harbor Post Acute Care Center reports 4.09 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Harbor Post Acute Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 19 deficiencies.
How many beds does Harbor Post Acute Care Center have?
Harbor Post Acute Care Center is certified for 127 beds.