Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center is a 61-bed for-profit nursing home in Oakland, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.78 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the California average of 2.65, and 14.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center
2780 26th AvenueOakland, CA 94601
Alameda 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 Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.78 hours per resident per day, 5% above the California average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 164 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.78 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.73 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.09 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.75 | 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
14.0% of nursing staff at Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 0.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 7, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Bellaken Health Group, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 18, 2001
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center
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| Bay Marina Post Acute Oakland | 0.0 | 94 | 2.52 | 4.02 | — | 3 | $9,175 |
| Oakland Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Oakland | 0.6 | 48 | 2.65 | 4.52 | 35.4% | 5 | $7,409 |
| Mercy Retirement & Care Center Oakland | 0.7 | 59 | 2.80 | 4.68 | — | 4 | $16,675 |
| Garfield Neurobehavioral Center Oakland · abuse citation | 1.1 | 96 | 3.29 | 4.58 | 13.2% | 3 | None |
| Fruitvale Healthcare Center Oakland | 1.1 | 140 | 2.89 | 4.09 | 24.0% | 5 | $82,691 |
| Redwood Healthcare Center LLC Oakland | 1.2 | 44 | 2.43 | 4.08 | 25.6% | 4 | None |
| Excell Health Care Center Oakland | 1.3 | 99 | 2.46 | 3.86 | 31.5% | 5 | None |
| Bay Area Healthcare Center Oakland | 1.6 | 99 | 3.22 | 6.73 | 12.5% | 5 | 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.