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Vermont Healthcare Center brings skilled nursing and rehabilitation expertise to Torrance, California, where compassionate care meets clinical excellence. Our team supports recovery and wellness through personalized treatment plans, helping patients regain strength and independence during crucial healing periods.
Capacity
200 residents
Location
Torrance, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
22035 S. VERMONT AVENUE, Torrance, California 90502
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 April 24, 2026, state inspectors cited 30 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 19 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the California average.
Medicare fined Vermont Healthcare Center 5 times in the last three years, $158,506 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 19 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 34 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 51%Above the California average |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
96 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
July 31, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 4 citations
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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.
April 24, 2026 · Standard inspection · 22 citations
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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.
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.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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5 fines totaling $158,506 and 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on April 24, 2026 and cited 30 health deficiencies, 8 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 19 minutes with each resident per day, including 34 minutes from registered nurses. 51% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Vermont Healthcare Center 5 times in the last three years, totaling $158,506.
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.