Torrance Care Center West
Public record summary
About this facility — Torrance Care Center West
Torrance Care Center West is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Torrance, California. It is licensed for 195 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).
It is one of 139 senior care facilities in Torrance and 1,165 skilled nursing facilities across California. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.
Federal inspectors have cited Torrance Care Center West 91 times across 17 inspections in the last three years, including 3 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $45,047 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.
This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.
Facility background
Ownership & operator
Registered owners & officers
Regulatory standing
Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)
Services & coverage
Inspection record
Kitchen & food safety
15 earlier / fire-safety inspections (87 citations)
Federal penalties
Visitor reviews
★Beverly Cunningham · 2022-01-10 · via Google“Patients get best care when there is an inspection going on or the Board comes. Lots of food deliveries come, but residents never see most of the "good stuff", especially the meat deliveries (except hot dogs)! Personal items of residents go missing a lot. Do I need to say more!!!”
★★Karla Uriostegui · 2022-08-05 · via Google“The staff is nice. It's a closed building with no patio for the residents. The only way they can get out is if they have visitors or if they go to the hospital. You can't go inside and see were the residents sleep. You get a half hour scheduled visitation.”
★Daisy Danielle · 2018-08-03 · via Google“I want to update my review. If I can give them negative stars I would! Over the course of six months this place has gotten worse . I went to pick up loved one just like any other Sunday and we were sitting outside with family. And TWO OF THE PATIENTS WALKED OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR WITHOUT ANY NURSE NOTICING! I went in there as more of the patients were trying to get out and I shouted “two of your pa…”
