75.5/100
Above average
Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica
1131 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401
- Certified beds
- 48
- Occupancy
- 90%
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Accepts
- Medicare + Medicaid
What to ask about before you visit
These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.
$8,424 in federal fines
CMS has fined this facility across 1 penalty action(s).
Our read on Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica
Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica is a 48-bed for-profit home where the clinical outcomes look strong but the hands-on care doesn't match. Its quality measure rating sits at the top of the scale, yet staffing lands at the very bottom, meaning the numbers families care about most, like how often residents are bathed or helped to the bathroom, depend on a thin crew. The inspection record backs that up: 48 deficiencies, including one causing actual harm and two tied to abuse, with a $8,424 fine and a February 2026 inspection that's recent enough to still reflect current conditions. A corporation owns it, so decisions about staffing levels get made somewhere other than Santa Monica.
Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.
How this grade was calculated
Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.
A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.
Inspection safety
30/30Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.
- →No citations recorded in the last 3 years
Staffing
15/30Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are.
- →No staffing hours reported, scored neutral
Staff stability
7.5/15How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.
- →No turnover figure reported, scored neutral
Resident outcomes
15/15The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.
- →5 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating
Enforcement history
8/10Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.
- →$8,424 in federal fines across 1 action(s)
Staffing, against the national average
Full detailHours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.
RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.
The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.
The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.
Recent inspection findings
Last standard health inspection: February 25, 2026 (8 months ago). No citations were recorded.
No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.
Who owns this home
Full recordPart of IL & JOAN LEE, which operates 4 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.
What families say
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Common questions about Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica
What is the ElderGrade for Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica? +
Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica holds an ElderGrade of B (75.5 out of 100), which we describe as "above average". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.
How many nursing hours does each resident get at Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica? +
This facility has not reported staffing hours to CMS in the current data release.
Has Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica been cited for harming residents? +
No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
Does Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica accept Medicaid? +
Yes, Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.
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