Griffith Park Healthcare Center

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Griffith Park Healthcare Center, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF689Oct 24, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to implement the facility ' s policy and procedure (P&P) titled, Smoking Policy-Residents, dated 8/2022, to ensure eight of eight sampled residents (Residents 2, 3, 9, 14, 18, 56, 67 and 136) who were smokers (residents who smoked cigarettes) had an environment free of accident hazards (risk) by failing to: 1. Provide supervision while smoking to Residents 2, 3, 9, 14, 18, 56, 67 and 136 when Resident 2, 3, 14, 18, 56, 67 and 136, were assessed by the facility as unsafe smokers, and when Resident 9 ' s smoking assessment was not completed by the facility. 2. Ensure Resident 9 was assessed for the level of supervision while smoking. 3. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF689Aug 5, 2021

  Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to put measures in place to ensure the safety of four out of five sampled residents (Residents 1, 2, 3, and 4) who were assessed as elopement (leaving a facility without notice) risk. The facility staff failed to supervise Residents 1, 2, 3, and 4, who had diagnoses of mental illness, impaired cognition, and were deemed at risk for elopement by failing to ensure: 1. Resident 1 who had a diagnosis of [CONDITION(S)] (mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves), and was assessed to be at risk for elopement (an act or instance of leaving a safe area or safe premises) and had a history of elopement in another facility, implemented the care plan interventions to check for placement and functioning of… […]

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF571Aug 2, 2021

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to limit charges on the personal funds of four of five sampled residents (Residents 1, 2, 4, and 5) by failing to: 1. Assess the personal needs of Residents 1, 2, 4, and 5 and determine the reasonable costs of items purchased in excessive amounts, prior to the facility staff purchasing items using the residents' funds without residents' or responsibility party consent to purchase such items. 2. Ensure Residents 1, 2, 4, and 5, who were unable to independently make medical and financial decisions, were not charged a an excessive amount of money for items that the residents did not request or consent to purchasing, such as, numerous amounts of clothing items, personal hygiene items, such as hair shampoo, conditioner,… […]

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF602Aug 2, 2021

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure four of five sampled residents (Residents 1, 2, 4, and 5) were free from misappropriation of property (deliberate misplacement, exploitation, or wrongful, temporary, or permanent use of a resident's belongings or money without the resident's or the resident representative's consent and regardless of their apparent value to others) by failing to: 1. Protect personal funds for Residents 1, 2, 4, and 5, who were unable to independently make medical and financial decisions, by using the residents' money to purchase items not being used by the residents such as blankets, bed sheets, luggage, television, DVD player, radio, etc., The newly purchased personal items purchased by the facility was not reflected in… […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF678Mar 25, 2026

  Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to ensure proper and effective Basic Life Support (BLS-the level of care provided to victims of life-threatening illnesses or injuries until full medical care is available, including recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of the emergency response system), that included cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR, an emergency procedure combining chest compressions and rescue breaths to circulate blood and oxygen when the heart stops or breathing ceases). The facility did not perform BLS for one of two sampled residents (Resident 1) identified full code (a resident who wants all possible life-saving measures used if their heart stops or they stop breathing, including CPR. […]