Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center is a 140-bed for-profit nursing home in Bellflower, California, part of Longwood Management Corporation. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.47 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the California average of 2.65, and 45.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center
17836 Woodruff AvenueBellflower, CA 90706
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 Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.47 hours per resident per day, 7% below the California average. With about 133 residents a day, that works out to roughly 329 aide hours a day, or about 41 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.47 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.96 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.78 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.52 | 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
45.0% of nursing staff at Cerritos Vista 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 41.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 26, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 37 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. Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Longwood Management Corporation, 38 homes
- Legal name: Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 19, 1973
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Bellflower Post Acute Bellflower | 0.6 | 59 | 2.92 | 5.18 | 25.4% | 2 | None |
| Villa del Sol Post Acute Bellflower | 0.7 | 99 | 2.56 | 4.27 | 40.9% | 2 | None |
| Rose Villa Health Care Center Bellflower | 1.2 | 53 | 2.26 | 4.07 | 32.7% | 3 | None |
| Artesia Christian Home Inc. Artesia | 1.8 | 66 | 3.30 | 5.37 | 35.6% | 1 | $98,079 |
| Bay Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LP Long Beach | 1.8 | 70 | 2.63 | 4.22 | — | 2 | $33,030 |
| La Paz Geropsychiatric Center Paramount · abuse citation | 1.8 | 173 | 1.77 | 2.82 | 18.6% | 2 | None |
| Artesia Palms Care Center Artesia · abuse citation | 2.3 | 296 | 2.53 | 4.00 | 45.5% | 1 | $267,056 |
| Sunset Villa Post Acute Long Beach | 2.3 | 199 | 2.52 | 4.00 | 44.8% | 2 | $232,696 |
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.