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California Nursing Home Directory

Thomas Wallin, California nursing home abuse attorney at Young & Wallin

Reviewed by Thomas Wallin, Attorney at Law, California.

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Choosing a nursing home, or worrying about the one your parent is already in, should not require a public records request and a translator for government jargon. So we built this. Every skilled nursing facility in California, with the same public inspection data the state and federal regulators keep, laid out in plain language.

If you are here because something already went wrong, you can skip ahead. Call (888) 999-0169 for a free, confidential consultation. We used to defend these facilities. Now we help families hold them accountable, and we can tell you within a few minutes whether what you are describing is worth looking into.

Bright California nursing home hallway with handrails and a resident talking with an aide. Illustration for California Nursing Home Directory.

What you can look up here

For every facility in the directory, we pull together the public record so you do not have to hunt across four different government websites:

CMS star ratings. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rates every certified nursing home from one to five stars, both overall and in three categories: health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. We show all four, and we explain what each one actually measures, because a strong overall star can hide a weak staffing score.

Inspection findings and citations. State surveyors inspect nursing homes on a regular cycle and after complaints. When they find a problem, they issue a citation with a severity level. We report what was cited and when, straight from the record.

Staffing levels. How many hours of care each resident actually receives per day, from registered nurses on down, compared to state and national averages. Staffing is the single number that best predicts quality, and it is the one facilities most often cut to protect margins.

Ownership and operator. Who owns the facility, what company operates it, and what related facilities that operator runs elsewhere in the state. Patterns across an operator's other homes can be telling.

How to read a star rating without being misled

A rating is a starting point, not a verdict. A few things worth knowing before you trust one:

The health inspection rating is the most independent of the three, because it comes from in-person state surveys rather than data the facility reports about itself. Weight it accordingly.

The staffing rating draws on payroll-based data, which is harder to game than the old self-reported numbers, but still worth reading alongside the inspection findings.

The quality measures rating is built largely from data facilities submit themselves, so treat a high score here with more caution than the other two.

And a rating is a snapshot. Ownership changes, a director of nursing leaves, a facility gets sold to a chain that runs leaner. Good history is not a guarantee of good care today, which is why the inspection dates matter as much as the stars.

Browse by county

California has roughly 1,200 licensed skilled nursing facilities. Start with your county.

Find Your County

Choose a county to see its nursing homes and what the public record shows about each one. Every county is also listed below the map.

If you are worried about a specific facility

Trust what you see. Families notice the warning signs of neglect long before a citation ever gets written: a loved one who is suddenly withdrawn, unexplained weight loss, a pressure sore, bruising, a room that smells of urine, call lights that go unanswered, staff who cannot answer a straight question about your parent's day.

You do not have to wait for proof to act. You can:

Our full walkthrough is here: How to report nursing home abuse in California.

And if the harm has already happened, talk to us. California's Elder Abuse Act gives families remedies that ordinary injury law does not. The injuries we see most often include bedsores and pressure ulcers, falls and fractures, wandering and elopement, dehydration and malnutrition, sepsis and untreated infections, and wrongful death. The call is free and you owe nothing unless we win.

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Important disclaimer

This directory is built entirely from public data published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the California Department of Public Health. Ratings, citations, staffing figures, and ownership information are reported as published by those agencies and may not reflect the most recent conditions at a facility. Inclusion of a facility in this directory is not a statement, allegation, or suggestion that the facility has committed abuse, neglect, or any wrongdoing. Nothing on this page is legal advice, and using this site does not create an attorney-client relationship. Attorney advertising.

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