F 0627
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for
a safe transfer/discharge.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
interview and record review, the facility failed to permit one of three sampled residents (Resident 1) to
return to the facility after Resident 1 was transferred to General Acute Care Hospital 1 (GACH 1) for
psychiatric (the branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental,
emotional, and behavioral disorders) evaluation. This deficient practice subjected Resident 1 to an
unnecessary prolonged hospitalization, violated Resident 1's rights to return to their facility, and has the
potential to result in Resident 1's displacement in an unfamiliar facility requiring adjusting to new
surroundings.During a review of Resident 1's admission Record, the admission Record indicated the facility
originally admitted the resident on 4/12/2025 with diagnoses that included difficulty walking, alcohol abuse
(a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol or
continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems), alcohol dependence (condition where a person
experiences a strong compulsion to drink alcohol and is unable to control their drinking despite negative
consequences) with withdrawal (symptoms that may occur when a person who has been drinking too much
alcohol on a regular basis suddenly stops drinking alcohol), unspecified psychosis (severe mental disorder
in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality) not due to
substance or known physiological condition, anxiety disorder (intense, excessive, and persistent worry and
fear about everyday situations), poisoning by fentanyl (used to treat severe pain) or fentanyl analogs,
accidental (unintentional), unsheltered homelessness. During a review of Resident 1's Minimum Data Set
(MDS -a resident assessment tool) dated 6/5/2024, the MDS indicated that Resident 1 was cognitively (the
mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the
senses) impaired and was dependent from staff for transfer, dressing, toilet use, personal hygiene, and
bathing.During a review of Resident 1's physician order, the physician order indicated an order to transfer
via 5150 (a 72-hour hold [temporary detention] for mental health evaluation) to GACH 1, dated 7/31/2025
timed 1:42 p.m.During a review of Resident 1's Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
(SBAR- a sudden clinically important deviation from a resident's baseline in physical, cognitive, behavioral,
or functional domains) Communication Form dated 7/31/2025, the SBAR indicated Resident 1 was
physically aggressive towards staff. Danger to others evidenced by physical assault to staff.During a review
of Resident 1's Nurses Notes dated 7/31/2025 timed 1:42 p.m., the Nurses Notes indicated Resident 1
placed on hold for danger to others escorted by law enforcement to GACH 1 psychiatric unit.During a
review of Resident 1's GACH 1 Emergency Documentation note dated 7/31/2025 timed 6:27 p.m., the
Emergency Documentation note indicated that psychiatry (psych- a branch of medicine focused on the
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders) is not accepting hold.
During a review of Resident 1's GACH 1 Emergency Documentation note dated 7/31/2025 timed 8:48 p.m.,
facility will not be taking resident, resident cannot be
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
(X6) DATE
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Event ID:
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No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
056031
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
08/05/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Sunland Post Acute
8647 Fenwick Street.
Sunland, CA 91040
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0627
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
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transferred to Psych Emergency Department (ED) for further management given patient will not be on a
hold.During a review of Resident 1's GACH 1 Psych ED Consultation note dated 7/31/2025 timed 5:21
p.m., the Psych ED Consultation note indicated Resident 1 wants to go back to the facility and continue
physical rehabilitation. The Psych ED Consultation note indicated the facility denied that Resident 1 made
any threats. Does not want Resident 1 to come back to the facility because Resident 1 gets agitated and
Resident 1 leaves during the day. Hold Not accepted. Legal: No hold.During a review of Resident 1's GACH
1 History and Physical (H&P) report dated 8/1/2025 timed 2:48 a.m., the H&P indicated Resident 1 was
evaluated by psychiatry and does not meet criteria for hold. No acute psychiatric concerns. Placement:
Facility declines for resident to return to previous arrangement. Pending placement.During a review of the
facility's census (daily list indicating resident names with corresponding room numbers) dated 7/31/2025
(census for 8/1/2025), 8/1/2025 (census for 8/2/2025), 8/2/2025 (census for 8/3/2025), 8/3/2025 (census for
8/4/2025, and 8/4/2025 (census for 8/5/2025), the facility's census indicated that there was three available
male beds (room [ROOM NUMBER]-B and room [ROOM NUMBER] A/B ) in the facility. During an interview
on 8/5/2025 at 2:41 p.m., with the GACH Social Worker (GACH SW), the GACH SW stated that on
7/31/2025, Resident 1 was seen by a psychiatrist in the GACH ED. The GACH SW stated Resident 1 did
not meet the criteria for a 5150 hold. The GACH SW stated the emergency room physicians determined
Resident 1 was cleared to be discharged on 7/31/2025 and go back to the facility. The GACH SW stated
there was no reason for Resident 1 to be in the GACH. The GACH SW stated that she spoke to the Director
of Nursing (DON) on the evening of 7/31/2025 and the DON stated that the facility will not be taking
Resident 1 back. The GACH SW stated that Resident 1 is still in GACH 1 pending placement.During an
interview on 8/5/2025 at 9:05 a.m., with the DON, the DON stated that on 7/31/2025 at around 9:00 p.m.,
the DON received a call from the GACH SW. The DON stated the GACH SW informed the DON that
Resident 1 was not on a 5150 hold and was ready to go back to the facility. The DON stated that the facility
did not readmit Resident 1 because Resident 1's behaviors were escalating and unpredictable.During a
concurrent interview and record review on 8/5/2025 at 3:46 p.m., with the DON, reviewed the facility's
census dated 8/4/2025 (census for 8/5/2025) and stated that the facility has male beds available however
the facility will not be readmitting Resident 1.During an interview on 8/5/2025 at 4:00 p.m., with the
Administrator (ADM), the ADM stated that the facility will not be readmitting Resident 1 back to the facility
because of his aggressive behavior. The ADM stated that the facility does not have male staff available to
care for Resident 1 and that staff are afraid to care for Resident 1. The ADM stated that the facility does not
have a policy specifically on readmissions.
Event ID:
Facility ID:
056031
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Printed: 05/15/2026
Form Approved OMB
No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
056031
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
08/05/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Sunland Post Acute
8647 Fenwick Street.
Sunland, CA 91040
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0628
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or
bed-hold policies.
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide the resident and/or the resident's
responsible party with a notice for bed hold (holding or reserving a resident's bed while the resident is
absent from the facility for therapeutic leave or hospitalization) prior to transferring to General Acute Care
Hospital 1 (GACH 1) for one of three sampled residents (Resident 1).This deficient practice had the
potential to deprive the resident and/or the resident's responsible party the right to be informed of their
rights regarding bed holds.During a review of Resident 1's admission Record, the admission Record
indicated the facility originally admitted the resident on 4/12/2025 with diagnoses that included difficulty
walking, alcohol abuse (a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being
preoccupied with alcohol or continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems), alcohol dependence
(condition where a person experiences a strong compulsion to drink alcohol and is unable to control their
drinking despite negative consequences) with withdrawal (symptoms that may occur when a person who
has been drinking too much alcohol on a regular basis suddenly stops drinking alcohol), unspecified
psychosis (severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with
external reality) not due to substance or known physiological condition, anxiety disorder (intense,
excessive, and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations), poisoning by fentanyl (used to treat
severe pain) or fentanyl analogs, accidental (unintentional), unsheltered homelessness. During a review of
Resident 1's Minimum Data Set (MDS -a resident assessment tool) dated 6/5/2024, the MDS indicated that
Resident 1 was cognitively (the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding
through thought, experience, and the senses) impaired and was dependent from staff for transfer, dressing,
toilet use, personal hygiene, and bathing.During a review of Resident 1's physician order, the physician
order indicated an order to transfer via 5150 (a 72-hour hold [temporary detention] for mental health
evaluation) to GACH 1, dated 7/31/2025 timed 1:42 p.m.During a concurrent interview and record review on
8/5/2025 at 8:52 a.m., with Registered Nurse 1 (RN 1), reviewed Resident 1's physician orders and
progress notes dated 7/31/2025. RN 1 stated that there is no documented evidence that Resident 1 was
informed or given a bed hold on 7/31/2025 when he was transferred to GACH 1. RN 1 stated that Resident
1 does not have a bed hold order. RN 1 continued to state that a physician's order is needed for bed holds.
During a concurrent interview and record review on 8/5/2025 at 9:19 a.m., with the Director of Nursing
(DON), reviewed Resident 1's physician orders and progress notes dated 7/31/2025. The DON stated that
Resident 1 was transferred to GACH 1 on 7/31/2025 and Resident 1 does not have an order for a bed hold.
When asked if residents need an order for bed hold, the DON stated that she was not sure and had to
check the facility's policy. The DON stated that a bed hold is important to ensure that a resident who is
transferred to the hospital has a bed to come back to if the resident comes back to the facility within seven
days of transfer. During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled, Discharge Process,
dated 5/14/2025, the P&P indicated before the facility transfers a resident to an acute hospital or the
resident goes on a therapeutic leave, the facility will provide written information to the resident and their
representative that specifies the following: the duration of the state bed hold policy during which the
resident is permitted to return and resume residence; the information in the notice described above.
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