Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation is a 150-bed for-profit nursing home in Los Alamitos, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.59 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65.
Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation
3902 Katella AvenueLos Alamitos, CA 90720
Orange County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.59 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 138 residents a day, that works out to roughly 358 aide hours a day, or about 45 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.59 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.27 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.20 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.84 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation in this release. 1 administrator left over the same period.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 34 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Malcolm Healthcare, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 1, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Alamitos West Health & Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Seal Beach Health and Rehabilitation Center Seal Beach | 3.0 | 198 | 2.47 | 3.96 | 34.2% | 2 | None |
| Anaheim Point Anaheim | 3.6 | 154 | 2.36 | 3.87 | — | 2 | None |
| Park Anaheim Healthcare Center Anaheim | 3.6 | 115 | 2.44 | 4.82 | 20.2% | 2 | None |
| Anaheim Terrace Care Center Anaheim | 3.9 | 99 | 2.26 | 3.84 | 29.2% | 3 | None |
| Healthcare Center of Orange County Buena Park | 4.2 | 99 | 2.31 | 5.34 | 22.7% | 1 | $8,278 |
| Stanley Healthcare Center Westminster | 4.3 | 30 | 2.49 | 4.05 | 55.6% | 3 | None |
| Shoreline Healthcare Center Long Beach | 4.3 | 75 | 2.41 | 4.28 | 51.2% | 3 | $41,629 |
| Bel Vista Healthcare Center Long Beach | 4.3 | 41 | 2.67 | 4.65 | 51.9% | 4 | $29,543 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.