Brookfield Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brookfield Healthcare Center is a 70-bed for-profit nursing home in Downey, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.33 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the California average of 2.65, and 36.4% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Brookfield Healthcare Center
9300 Telegraph RoadDowney, CA 90240
Los Angeles 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 Brookfield Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.33 hours per resident per day, 12% below the California average. With about 63 residents a day, that works out to roughly 147 aide hours a day, or about 18 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) | 2.33 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.93 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.02 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.70 | 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
36.4% of nursing staff at Brookfield Healthcare 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 22.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. Brookfield Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Brookfield Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Downey Community Care LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1971
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brookfield Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Riviera Healthcare Center Pico Rivera | 0.8 | 154 | 2.50 | 4.09 | 31.7% | 1 | $9,110 |
| Colonial Gardens Nursing Home Pico Rivera | 1.6 | 99 | 2.72 | 4.25 | 36.6% | 1 | $36,700 |
| Villa del Rio Gardens Bell Gardens · no staffing data submitted | 2.0 | 84 | — | — | — | 2 | None |
| Southland Norwalk | 2.1 | 120 | 2.52 | 4.40 | 41.7% | 1 | $38,376 |
| Downey Community Health Center Downey | 2.2 | 198 | 2.66 | 4.65 | 25.0% | 2 | None |
| Socal Post-Acute Care Whittier | 2.3 | 59 | 2.45 | 4.01 | 47.1% | 3 | None |
| El Rancho Vista Health Care Center Pico Rivera | 2.5 | 86 | 2.87 | 4.66 | 25.3% | 4 | None |
| Lakewood Healthcare Center Downey · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 2.7 | 290 | 2.74 | 4.15 | — | 1 | $128,597 |
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.