Nursing home report
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · Medicare-certified · 182 beds
Sea Cliff Healthcare Center has a 2-star overall rating, with a 2-star health inspection rating and 3-star staffing rating. It has no fines in the last 24 months, but reported nurse staffing is slightly below the federal benchmark (4.04 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), and recent inspection issues included medication use and respiratory care concerns.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.0424 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.0424.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to prevent unnecessary mind-altering medications or ensure medicines did not limit a resident’s ability to function. Cited January 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 605 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited January 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited January 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 757 — 42 CFR §483.45(d) — S/S: E
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited January 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 20 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
