Here are 369 Nursing Homes in Los Angeles County, CA
Nursing homes across Los Angeles County, California, graded on the federal inspection
record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.
Lakewood Healthcare Center in Downey is a 290-bed for-profit home with 4.15 total nurse staffing hours per resident day, roughly 8% above the national average, but that one bright spot is doing a lot of heavy lifting. The inspection record is where the trouble sits: 124 deficiencies, four at harm or jeopardy level, 16 abuse-related, and three fines totaling $128,597, which is why CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program. Staffing also thins on weekends, dropping about 8% below its own weekday level, and the last inspection was December 18, 2025. If you're considering this home, ask specifically what the abuse-related findings involved and how the facility is addressing them.
Valley Vista runs 72 beds in North Hollywood under for-profit LLC ownership, and the inspection record is the first thing that stands out: 114 deficiencies, including 2 at the harm or jeopardy level and 14 tied to abuse. The last inspection was this past July, so that record is current, not stale. Staffing looks decent on paper at 4.07 hours per resident day, about 5% above the national average, but weekends run roughly 12% below weekdays, and turnover sits at 60.6% against a national average of 45.8%, meaning the people caring for residents keep changing.
Antelope Valley Care Center holds 199 certified beds in Lancaster under for-profit LLC ownership, and its record carries real weight: 170 deficiencies, five at harm or jeopardy level and eleven tied to abuse, with $124,690 in fines and a place in CMS's Special Focus Facility program. Staffing sits at 4.11 nurse hours per resident day, about 7% above the national average, but weekends run roughly 10% thinner than weekdays, and the staffing star rating is only 2 of 5. Annual turnover of 44.3% is slightly better than the 45.8% national figure, yet the inspection rating remains 1 of 5 despite a recent survey in August 2025.
Ararat Nursing Facility has real staffing strength, 4.79 nurse hours per resident day, about a quarter above the national average, with turnover at 41.7% that's actually a bit better than the typical home. That's the good news, and it matters. The problem is everything else. A one-star inspection rating, 145 deficiencies on record including 12 at the harm or jeopardy level and 17 tied to abuse, and $469,538 in fines across eight penalties. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, the agency's watchlist for homes with a persistent pattern of serious problems. Weekend staffing also drops about 12% below weekdays, so the coverage families see on a Tuesday isn't what they get on a Saturday. Good aides can't offset a record like that.
Maclay Healthcare Center has 141 certified beds in Sylmar, and it's owned by a for-profit limited liability company. Nurse staffing runs about 4.10 hours per resident day, roughly 6% above the national average, with weekend coverage about 9% thinner than weekdays, and staff turnover at 43.5% sits just under the national figure. Those numbers aren't the problem. The inspection record is: 185 deficiencies, 12 at harm or jeopardy level, 23 abuse-related, and $384,678 in fines across seven penalties. CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for homes with a persistent pattern of serious problems. Its last inspection was January 16, 2026. Strong quality scores can't offset that inspection history.
Studio City Rehabilitation Center has real staffing strength: 4.60 nurse hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, with turnover at 29.3% compared to 45.8% nationally. That's a workforce that mostly stays put, and it shows up in the quality measure rating.
The inspection record tells a different story. CMS has this for-profit, 181-bed home in its Special Focus Facility program, the designation reserved for the most persistently troubled homes, with 108 deficiencies on the current record, three at harm or jeopardy level and seven tied to abuse. Two fines totaling $45,604 are on file, and the last inspection was August 2025. Good staffing alone hasn't produced a safe building here.
The Metropolitan State Hospital SNF in Norwalk runs on unusually heavy nurse staffing, 9.80 hours per resident day, roughly two and a half times the national average, and its 22.6% turnover is about half the national rate. Those numbers are real, and they matter. But look at the record: 55 deficiencies, five of them at harm or jeopardy level, ten tied to abuse, and $83,093 in fines. It sits in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for homes with a persistent pattern of serious problems, and its last inspection was December 2025. Weekend coverage drops about 8% below weekdays. Strong staffing alone hasn't translated into safe care here.
Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center has 170 deficiencies on its current record, including 18 tied to abuse and seven at the level where residents were actually harmed or put in immediate jeopardy. That record, plus four fines totaling $156,799, is why CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the homes with the worst sustained inspection histories. Staffing looks decent on paper at 4.02 nurse hours per resident day, slightly above the national average, but weekends run about 11% thinner than weekdays and turnover sits at 55.8% against a 45.8% national rate. High turnover and a one-star inspection rating mean the people caring for residents are often new and the oversight has been failing.
Mesa Glen runs a for-profit operation with 96 certified beds, and 144 deficiencies sit on its current record, a number worth pausing on, since 18 of those are abuse-related and three rose to the level of actual harm or jeopardy. Federal inspectors have flagged the Glendora home as a Special Focus Facility, a designation reserved for the small share of nursing homes with a pattern of persistent problems; two fines totaling $103,080 are also on file. Nurse staffing averages 4.11 hours per resident day, which beats the national figure, but turnover sits at 63.2 percent and weekend coverage drops about 8 percent below weekdays, so the hours look better on paper than they likely feel on a Sunday.