Chaparral House: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Chaparral House is a 49-bed nonprofit nursing home in Berkeley, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.54 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the California average of 2.65, and 48.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Chaparral House
1309 Allston WayBerkeley, CA 94702
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 Chaparral House, nurse aides logged 2.54 hours per resident per day, 4% below the California average. With about 47 residents a day, that works out to roughly 120 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.54 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.79 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.91 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.24 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.83 | 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
48.0% of nursing staff at Chaparral House left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 27, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 14 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. Chaparral House holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Chaparral House
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Chaparral Foundation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 14, 2011
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Chaparral House
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Kyakameena Care Center Berkeley | 1.2 | 60 | 2.58 | 3.93 | 57.4% | 3 | $38,848 |
| Elmwood Care Center Berkeley | 1.3 | 74 | 2.53 | 4.29 | 58.3% | 3 | None |
| Ashby Care Center Berkeley · staffing data not validated | 1.4 | 31 | — | — | 21.7% | 2 | $66,134 |
| Berkeley Pines Skilled Nursing Center Berkeley | 1.8 | 36 | 2.65 | 3.93 | 43.6% | 2 | None |
| Shields Nursing Center El Cerrito | 2.5 | 45 | 2.63 | 4.47 | 22.2% | 4 | None |
| The Rehabilitation Center of Oakland Oakland | 3.2 | 70 | 2.60 | 4.35 | — | 1 | $23,153 |
| McClure Post Acute Oakland | 3.5 | 60 | 2.88 | 4.51 | 35.2% | 5 | None |
| Piedmont Gardens Health Facility Oakland | 3.5 | 94 | 2.92 | 4.76 | 21.2% | 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.