Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center is a 72-bed for-profit nursing home in Los Angeles, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.20 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% below the California average of 2.65, and 53.5% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center
909 Lucile Ave.Los Angeles, CA 90026
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 Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.20 hours per resident per day, 17% below the California average. With about 60 residents a day, that works out to roughly 132 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 3% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.20 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.84 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.23 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.26 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.16 | 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
53.5% of nursing staff at Garden Crest Rehabilitation 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 71.4%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 17, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 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. Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Garden Crest Convalescent Hospital Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1979
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Garden Crest Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Virgil Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center Los Angeles | 0.7 | 124 | 3.33 | 5.17 | 19.4% | 3 | None |
| Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center D/P SNF Los Angeles | 1.0 | 89 | 2.82 | 7.41 | 16.3% | 3 | None |
| Temple Park Convalescent Hospital Los Angeles | 1.1 | 99 | 3.30 | 4.81 | 32.7% | 1 | $144,964 |
| The Meadows on Sunset Post Acute Los Angeles | 1.5 | 159 | 2.56 | 4.09 | 39.8% | 1 | $21,681 |
| Alexandria Care Center Los Angeles | 1.5 | 177 | 2.49 | 3.91 | 16.5% | 1 | None |
| The Rehabilitation Center of Los Angeles Los Angeles | 1.6 | 180 | 2.63 | 4.87 | 31.8% | 1 | $61,435 |
| Westlake Convalescent Hospital Los Angeles | 1.7 | 114 | 3.21 | 6.74 | 23.0% | 4 | None |
| Bonnie Brae Skilled Nursing Los Angeles | 1.8 | 59 | 2.82 | 4.19 | — | 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.