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Orange County Nursing Homes

Orange County has 72 licensed skilled nursing facilities. This page pulls the public record for every one of them into one place: federal star ratings, state inspection findings, staffing levels, and ownership. Use it to check on a home a parent is already in, or to compare a few before choosing.

If something has already gone wrong, you do not need a chart to know it. Call (888) 999-0169 for a free, confidential consultation. We spent years defending nursing homes in cases exactly like these, so we know how they build a file to protect themselves and what a real case looks like.

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What the numbers look like across the county

  • 72 licensed skilled nursing facilities in Orange County
  • 22 rated one or two stars overall by CMS, the tier most associated with serious inspection and staffing problems
  • 29 rated four or five stars
  • County average staffing: 4.78 total nursing hours per resident per day, against a California average of 4.52

Staffing is the number that most reliably separates a facility that catches a problem early from one that lets it become a lawsuit. A home can look fine on paper and still run too few nurses on the overnight shift, which is when falls, missed medications, and un-turned residents happen.

Find a facility

Browse every skilled nursing facility in Orange County below. Each links to a full profile with its ratings, recent citations, staffing, and ownership.

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Family member comparing California nursing home inspection records at home

Reporting a problem in Orange County

If you are worried about care right now, you do not have to wait. Three channels handle nursing home concerns:

California Department of Public Health (CDPH). CDPH licenses and inspects skilled nursing facilities and investigates complaints. File online through Cal Health Find, which routes to the Orange County district office, or contact that office directly. A serious complaint can trigger an on-site inspection.

Orange County Long-Term Care Ombudsman. A free advocate who will visit your loved one, look into your concerns, and press the facility on their behalf, often faster than a formal state complaint. Reach them at Council on Aging Southern California on (800) 300-6222.

Our step-by-step guide is here: How to report nursing home abuse in California.

When it is more than a complaint

Some situations are past the point of a complaint form. A stage 4 bedsore. A fall that broke a hip in a resident who was supposed to be supervised. A resident who wandered out of an unsecured facility. Sepsis from an untreated infection. A death the family was told was natural, until the timeline stopped adding up.

These are the cases we handle. Under California's Elder Abuse Act (Welfare and Institutions Code sections 15600 to 15675), a family that proves, by clear and convincing evidence, that neglect was committed with recklessness, oppression, fraud or malice can recover remedies beyond an ordinary injury claim, including attorney's fees (section 15657). Talk to our Orange County nursing home abuse lawyers. The consultation is free, the conversation is confidential, and you pay nothing unless we recover for you.

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Important disclaimer

This page 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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These figures are taken from public CMS Care Compare records as of August 2026 (the August 2026 release) and public CDPH records as of June 2024 (the state enforcement dataset of August 27, 2024). They are reported as published and are not a recommendation, endorsement or assessment of any facility by this firm.

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