Beachside Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Beachside Nursing Center is a 59-bed for-profit nursing home in Huntington Beach, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.38 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the California average of 2.65, and 30.9% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Beachside Nursing Center
7781 Garfield AvenueHuntington Beach, CA 92648
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 Beachside Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.38 hours per resident per day, 10% below the California average. With about 56 residents a day, that works out to roughly 133 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.38 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.48 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.31 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.60 | 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
30.9% of nursing staff at Beachside Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 25, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 18 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. Beachside Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Beachside Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Desert Mallow Healthcare Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1981
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Beachside Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sea Cliff Healthcare Center Huntington Beach | 0.0 | 182 | 2.49 | 3.98 | 44.6% | 2 | None |
| Huntington Valley Healthcare Center Huntington Beach | 1.4 | 144 | 2.57 | 4.28 | 58.8% | 2 | $34,221 |
| Fountain Valley Post Acute Fountain Valley | 4.0 | 151 | 2.50 | 4.14 | 37.7% | 3 | None |
| Mesa Verde Post Acute Care Center Costa Mesa | 4.6 | 80 | 2.45 | 4.23 | — | 4 | $4,558 |
| Victoria Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Costa Mesa | 5.2 | 79 | 2.56 | 4.22 | 17.9% | 5 | None |
| Newport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Newport Beach · abuse citation | 5.2 | 59 | 2.13 | 3.69 | — | 3 | None |
| Stanley Healthcare Center Westminster | 5.2 | 30 | 2.49 | 4.05 | 55.6% | 3 | None |
| Extended Care Hospital of Westminster Westminster | 5.3 | 99 | 2.43 | 3.76 | 23.5% | 4 | None |
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.