Gardena Convalescent Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Gardena Convalescent Center is a 74-bed for-profit nursing home in Gardena, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.49 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average of 2.65, and 25.4% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Gardena Convalescent Center
14819 S. VermontGardena, CA 90247
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 Gardena Convalescent Center, nurse aides logged 2.49 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 60 residents a day, that works out to roughly 149 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.49 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.28 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.39 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.17 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.72 | 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
25.4% of nursing staff at Gardena Convalescent 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 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 13, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 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. Gardena Convalescent Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Gardena Convalescent Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: B & E Convalescent Center Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 30, 1970
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Gardena Convalescent Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Kei-Ai South Bay Healthcare Center Gardena | 0.2 | 98 | 2.53 | 4.14 | 28.8% | 3 | $17,088 |
| Rosecrans Care Center Gardena | 0.4 | 106 | 2.54 | 4.04 | 35.0% | 2 | None |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena D/P SNF Gardena | 0.6 | 69 | 3.26 | 9.05 | 57.1% | 4 | $12,831 |
| Clear View Convalescent Center Gardena | 0.8 | 99 | 2.99 | 4.03 | 22.0% | 5 | None |
| Clear View Sanitarium Gardena | 0.8 | 73 | 3.14 | 4.29 | 31.5% | 5 | None |
| West Gardena Post Acute Gardena | 1.2 | 50 | 2.74 | 4.60 | 43.5% | 2 | $43,004 |
| Las Flores Convalescent Hospital Gardena | 1.8 | 144 | 2.72 | 4.30 | 31.7% | 1 | $107,406 |
| View Heights Conv Hosp Los Angeles | 1.9 | 163 | 2.38 | 3.55 | — | 2 | $31,450 |
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.