Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
St. Catherine Healthcare
245 E Wilshire Avenue, Fullerton, CA · (714) 871-6020
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents per day
- 88
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- The Ensign Group
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- September 3, 1969
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How this home got 4 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in California.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★+1 star
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★4 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among California homes
St. Catherine Healthcare carries 68 inspection points. That is fewer than 65% of California's 1,154 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in California: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–33 pts
- 4★ 33–66 pts
- 3★ 66–96 pts
- 2★ 96–146 pts
- 1★ over 146 pts
Bars show every rated home in California by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
52 health citations on record since 2021. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
No citation on record at the harm or immediate-jeopardy level.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care15D
- B
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
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.
- D
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D
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.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Resident Rights8D
- D
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- D
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.
- B
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- D
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- D
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- B
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- B
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.
- D
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning7D
- D
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- B
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- B
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary7E
- D
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
- E
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D
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.
- D
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
- D
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- E
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- B
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Infection Control6E
- E
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Pharmacy Service4D
- D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D
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.
- D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D
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.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation3E
- E
Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
- D
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- D
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Nursing and Physician Services1D
- D
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.
Administration1D
- D
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Inspection history
2026-03-17
16 health deficiencies · 3 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Assessment and Care Planning (3 deficiencies)
2024-09-26
23 health deficiencies · 1 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (8 deficiencies)
2021-12-07
13 health deficiencies · 6 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (6 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 4 h 7 min of nursing staff time a day, 21 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
4 h 7 min
California average
4 h 33 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 14% of nursing staff and 25% of registered nurses left in the past year, along with 1 administrator.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.3 pts worse | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident daysAbout the same | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine1.3 pts better | 100.0% | 98.7% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine4.5 pts worse | 93.4% | 97.9% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury0.4 pts better | 1.2% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms3.3 pts worse | 10.9% | 7.6% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight3.6 pts better | 0.5% | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication3.1 pts worse | 16.8% | 13.7% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication1.7 pts better | 10.6% | 12.3% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.3 pts better | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened2 pts worse | 10.9% | 8.9% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased4 pts worse | 14.2% | 10.2% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.7 pts better | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection1.2 pts better | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence4.9 pts worse | 14.7% | 9.8% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers1.3 pts better | 3.0% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine5.4 pts better | 100.0% | 94.6% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit1.8 pts better | 9.3% | 11.1% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication0.5 pts better | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine1.8 pts better | 94.9% | 93.1% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission7.4 pts worse | 30.0% | 22.6% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
14 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 245 East Wilshire Avenue, LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Burnam, Soon | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 353 facilities |
| Ensign Services Inc | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 299 facilities |
| Farukhi, Mohammad | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Farukhi, Mohammad | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Farukhi, Mohammad | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Keetch, Chad | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 301 facilities |
| Looper, William | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 9 facilities |
| Looper, William | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 9 facilities |
| Looper, William | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 9 facilities |
| Looper, William | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 9 facilities |
| Port, Barry | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 203 facilities |
| Sato, Ami | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 151 facilities |
| Willits, Adam | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 77 facilities |
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Fire safety
10 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems3F
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- E
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
- C
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Smoke3D
- D
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.
- D
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Emergency Preparedness3D
- D
Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation.
- D
Provide family notifications of emergency plan.
- D
Establish staff and initial training requirements.
Egress1E
- E
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
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