Downey Community Health Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Downey Community Health Center is a 198-bed for-profit nursing home in Downey, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.66 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 25.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Downey Community Health Center
8425 Iowa StreetDowney, CA 90241
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 Downey Community Health Center, nurse aides logged 2.66 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 172 residents a day, that works out to roughly 458 aide hours a day, or about 57 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) | 2.66 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.51 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.65 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.21 | 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
25.0% of nursing staff at Downey Community Health 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 38.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 10, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 19 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. Downey Community Health Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Downey Community Health Center
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Legal name: WDW Joint Venture
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 25, 1980
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Downey Community Health Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lakewood Healthcare Center Downey · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 0.6 | 290 | 2.74 | 4.15 | — | 1 | $128,597 |
| Southland Norwalk | 1.8 | 120 | 2.52 | 4.40 | 41.7% | 1 | $38,376 |
| Downey Post Acute Downey | 2.1 | 99 | 2.64 | 4.29 | 39.3% | 4 | $13,575 |
| Intercommunity Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Norwalk | 2.2 | 86 | 2.58 | 5.04 | 42.1% | 2 | $20,654 |
| Brookfield Healthcare Center Downey | 2.2 | 70 | 2.33 | 4.02 | 36.4% | 5 | None |
| Riviera Healthcare Center Pico Rivera | 2.3 | 154 | 2.50 | 4.09 | 31.7% | 1 | $9,110 |
| Studebaker Healthcare Center Norwalk · abuse citation | 2.5 | 99 | 2.97 | 4.48 | 44.1% | 1 | $27,378 |
| Villa del Rio Gardens Bell Gardens · no staffing data submitted | 2.5 | 84 | — | — | — | 2 | 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.