West Gardena Post Acute
16530 S Broadway Street, Gardena, CA, 90248
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth
- Certified beds
- 50 · avg 47 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 39.6% — near the California averageCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the California averageCalifornia avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $43,004 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 555410
- Certified beds
- 50 beds · avg 47 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- West Gardena Care Center Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth chain — 16 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.4 / 5.
Disclosed owners (14 on record)
- Violeta Pangilinan
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Kingsley Ofoegbu
Operational/managerial Control · since 2022
- Abak Consulting Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2021
- Mgaz Consulting Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2021
- Abe And Rachel Bak Family Trust
Adp of The Snf · since 2021
- Bagz Holdings, LlcHolding
Adp of The Snf · since 2021
+ 8 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 39)
- B0912·Nov 20, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
- E0908·Nov 20, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- D0907·Nov 20, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Provide enough space and equipment to meet each resident's needs
- D0881·Nov 20, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- E0880·Nov 20, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0842·Nov 20, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- E0812·Nov 20, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0805·Nov 20, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $35K
- 20231 fine · $8,344
Most recent events
- Jul 5, 2024Fine · $35K
- Oct 1, 2023Fine · $8,344
Largest single fine on record: $35K.
Fire-safety citations
16 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Nov 20, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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