Westwood Post Acute Care
Medicare-certified12121 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Brentwood Health Care Center provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to Santa Monica, California residents recovering from surgery, injury, or illness. Our clinical team focuses on restoring independence through personalized care plans, physical therapy, and medical support designed to help you return home stronger.
Capacity
59 residents
Location
Santa Monica, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
1321 FRANKLIN STREET, Santa Monica, California 90404
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on December 4, 2025, state inspectors cited 8 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 5 hours 24 minutes with each resident a day, above the California average of 4 hours 31 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Brentwood Health Care Center in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 5 hours 24 minutesAbove the California average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 30 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 47%Above the California average |
41 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
April 21, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
January 23, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 2 citations
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Help the resident with transportation to and from laboratory services outside of the facility.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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State inspectors visited on December 4, 2025 and cited 8 health deficiencies, 3 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 5 hours 24 minutes with each resident per day, including 30 minutes from registered nurses. 47% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Brentwood Health Care Center in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.