Clearwater Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Clearwater Healthcare Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Stockton, California, part of Links Healthcare Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.48 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average of 2.65, and 42.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Clearwater Healthcare Center
1517 East Knickerbocker DriveStockton, CA 95210
San Joaquin 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 Clearwater Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.48 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 114 residents a day, that works out to roughly 283 aide hours a day, or about 35 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.48 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.07 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.20 | 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
42.0% of nursing staff at Clearwater 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 60.9%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 27, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 30 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. Clearwater Healthcare Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Clearwater Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Links Healthcare Group, 32 homes
- Legal name: Chesapeake Bay Holdings LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 2, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Clearwater Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Riverwood Health Care Stockton | 1.3 | 99 | 2.51 | 4.19 | 26.3% | 3 | $47,637 |
| Delta Oaks Post Acute Stockton · abuse citation | 1.8 | 128 | 2.59 | 4.70 | 44.6% | 1 | None |
| Oak Grove Post Acute Stockton · abuse citation | 2.2 | 119 | 2.61 | 3.93 | 48.4% | 1 | $40,283 |
| Creekside Center Stockton | 2.3 | 75 | 2.45 | 4.09 | 41.5% | 2 | None |
| Fulton Gardens Post Acute, LLC Stockton | 2.7 | 116 | 2.54 | 3.99 | 36.6% | 3 | None |
| Crestwood Manor - 104 Stockton | 3.0 | 190 | 4.53 | 6.26 | 9.8% | 3 | None |
| Brookside Care Center Stockton | 3.1 | 99 | 2.53 | 3.88 | 39.5% | 1 | None |
| Noble Care Center Stockton · abuse citation | 3.2 | 99 | 2.47 | 3.82 | 32.0% | 1 | 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.