Freedom Village Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Freedom Village Healthcare Center is a 52-bed for-profit nursing home in Lake Forest, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.86 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% above the California average of 2.65, and 35.8% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Freedom Village Healthcare Center
23442 El Toro RoadLake Forest, CA 92630
Orange 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 Freedom Village Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.86 hours per resident per day, 8% above the California average. With about 40 residents a day, that works out to roughly 115 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 15% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.86 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.47 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.03 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.28 | 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
35.8% of nursing staff at Freedom Village 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 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 18 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. Freedom Village Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Freedom Village Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Legal name: Casa Pacifica
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 26, 1989
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Freedom Village Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laguna Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center Laguna Hills | 1.2 | 208 | 2.42 | 3.91 | 39.7% | 1 | None |
| Villa Valencia Healthcare Center Laguna Hills | 1.2 | 59 | 2.76 | 4.47 | 45.3% | 4 | None |
| Palm Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Laguna Hills | 1.7 | 99 | 2.37 | 4.34 | 52.5% | 3 | $50,950 |
| Trabuco Hills Post Acute Lake Forest | 1.9 | 175 | 2.54 | 4.17 | 30.4% | 2 | None |
| Orchards Skilled Nursing Rancho Mission Viejo | 5.0 | 49 | 2.84 | 5.35 | 33.3% | 5 | None |
| Regents Point - Windcrest Irvine | 7.7 | 59 | 2.85 | 4.99 | 30.8% | 4 | None |
| San Juan Hills Healthcare Center San Juan Capistrano | 8.8 | 45 | 2.86 | 5.08 | 36.8% | 4 | None |
| Foothill Regional Medical Center D/P SNF Tustin | 10.6 | 42 | — | — | — | 4 | 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.