Catalina Island Health
100 FALLS CANYON RD, Avalon, CA, 90704
Yes. Federal inspectors cited 8 deficiencies against Catalina Island Health in Avalon, California at its most recent standard inspection on 2025-05-08. Medicare rates it 3 out of 5 overall.
Every deficiency on record, by how serious CMS judged it
CMS grades each finding from A to L on two axes: how badly residents were affected, and how many. These are its bands, not ours. The figures cover every standard and complaint survey on record, which is a longer window than the rating cycle above.
The last 19 findings, newest first
Each is the federal requirement the home was found not to meet, in CMS’s own wording, with the tag number so it can be looked up against the inspection report.
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Administration Deficiencies · F0851 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
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.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · F0726 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · F0757 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · F0656 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · F0730 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · F0867 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2025-05-08 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2024-05-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · F0656 · 2024-05-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · F0758 · 2024-05-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · F0656 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0689 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0881 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · F0657 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · F0761 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · F0732 · 2023-05-19 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm
How CMS scores this home
These stars are Medicare’s, not ours — we publish no rating of our own. They are reproduced here because they are part of the public record.
Who owns Catalina Island Health
Nursing homes are frequently owned through layers of companies, and the name over the door is rarely the one that holds the licence. This is the ownership CMS has on file.
| Owner | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWALT, CATRINA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2015 |
| FOX, JOHN | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2018 |
| GREAR, JUDY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2016 |
| HOHENSTEIN, NICOLE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2022 |
| MACLEOD, RENEE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2022 |
| MOTTER, DENISE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2022 |
| SALDANA, GERTRUDE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2016 |
| KIELPINSKI, TIMOTHY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 10/01/2025 |
| AVALON MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | Organization | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/16/2025 |
| KIELPINSKI, TIMOTHY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 10/01/2025 |
| AVALON MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | Organization | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/07/2025 |
| KIELPINSKI, TIMOTHY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/19/2026 |
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Care Compare. Retrieved 2026-07-29. Facility number 555187.
Figures reproduce the state’s own totals and are not re-aggregated. Methodology · Report a correction