Nursing home
Lakewood Healthcare Center
12023 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA 90242 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Pacific Healthcare Holdings (15 facilities) · 290 certified beds
Lakewood Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Downey, California. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.03 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Oct 4, 2024 cited 53 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight and it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 2 fines totaling $41,526In CMS records: 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Lakewood Healthcare 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) | 4.03 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.70 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.2% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 53.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $41,526, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Lakewood Healthcare 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
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2026 · 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 · Jan 28, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 9, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
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.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 18, 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 · Dec 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 18, 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
- 12023 Lakewood Blvd.
Downey, CA 90242 - CMS certification #
- 555099
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 290
- Avg residents/day
- 283.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-08-01
- Chain
- Pacific Healthcare Holdings (15 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Pacific Healthcare Holdings
Pacific Healthcare Holdings operates 15 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Pacific Healthcare Holdings facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Lakewood Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2007
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2026, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Findings for Jul 22, 2007 to Jul 21, 2009. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $16,490 owed to 85 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Lakewood Park Health Center (Mental Health Convalescent Services Inc.). Case 1535468.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Aug 8, 2024.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jan 6, 2026: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed May 18, 2026. 5 violations cited (1 serious, 4 other). Penalties: $5,990 proposed, $5,990 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as The Healthcare Center of Downey LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 6151(C)(1). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 2340.16(a). Penalty $185 proposed, $185 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5162(E). Penalty $185 proposed, $185 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5194(E)(1)(A). Penalty $185 proposed, $185 now.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(B). Penalty $5,060 proposed, $5,060 now.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Pih Health Downey Hospital, Downey. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Downey Community Health Center, Downey. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Kaiser Foundation Tri Central Hha, Downey. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90242 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Downey Landing Dialysis Center, Downey, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Downey, Downey, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Brookshire Home Training, Downey, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 142 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90242.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice Program, office in Downey, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Healing Care Hospice, Inc, office in Downey, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Comfort Life Hospice, office in Downey, 1.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Pih Health Physicians, Downey. 0.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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
- Zone X: Area protected by a levee from the 1% annual chance flood (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding very low, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively 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 | See above |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lakewood Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Lakewood Healthcare Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Lakewood Healthcare Center staffed?
Lakewood Healthcare Center reports 4.03 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Lakewood Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 53 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Lakewood Healthcare Center have?
Lakewood Healthcare Center is certified for 290 beds.