All 4 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Fairfield,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Laurel Creek runs a leaner ship than most. At 5.12 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about a third above the national average, and its staff retention is unusually strong, 28.6% turnover against a national 45.8%, which usually means residents see the same faces instead of a rotating cast. Inspectors were last in on April 17, 2026, and the home carries 27 deficiencies, one of them serious enough to reach harm or jeopardy level; there's also a single fine of $35,493. Weekend coverage dips roughly 13% below weekday levels, worth asking about if your family visits Saturdays. This nonprofit's numbers point to solid care with a few real dents.
Fairfield Post Acute runs 99 beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the numbers suggest a home that's better staffed than most. Its 4.31 nurse hours per resident day sits about 12% above the national average of 3.86, and turnover at 38.7% beats the 45.8% national figure, meaning fewer caregivers are walking out the door here than elsewhere. Weekend coverage dips roughly 11% below weekday levels, so ask how that plays out on Saturdays. The health inspection side is where it gets uneven: 26 deficiencies on record, one tied to abuse, though none reached harm or jeopardy, and the last inspection closed in January 2026.
Greenfield Care Center Of Fairfield runs 90 certified beds under for-profit limited liability ownership, and its nurse staffing of 4.71 hours per resident day sits about 22% above the national average of 3.86, so there are real people on the floor most days. The catch is that weekends run roughly 10% leaner than weekdays, and annual turnover of 48.6% tops the national 45.8%, meaning the staff you meet in March may not be there by fall. The current record carries 78 deficiencies, eight at harm or jeopardy level and four abuse-related, plus four CMS fines totaling $455,702. Federal regulators have placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, and its last inspection was March 12, 2026.
Emmanuel Care Center - Travis is a for-profit corporation home with 99 certified beds in Fairfield, and its 12 deficiencies on the current record are all below the harm or jeopardy level, no resident was seriously injured by the problems inspectors found, and none of them involved abuse. The last inspection was recent, December 4, 2025, so you're looking at current information rather than a stale snapshot. What the numbers can't tell you from here is staffing: how many nurses and aides are actually on the floor per resident, and how that compares to California and national averages. Ask for the last several months of payroll-based staffing reports and the administrator's turnover before you decide.