Golden Heights Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Golden Heights Healthcare is a 102-bed for-profit nursing home in Daly City, California, part of Golden SNF Operations. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.83 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% above the California average of 2.65, and 35.5% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Golden Heights Healthcare
35 Escuela DriveDaly City, CA 94015
San Mateo 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 Golden Heights Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.83 hours per resident per day, 7% above the California average. With about 97 residents a day, that works out to roughly 275 aide hours a day, or about 34 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.83 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.73 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.87 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.43 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.00 | 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
35.5% of nursing staff at Golden Heights Healthcare 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%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Golden Heights Healthcare holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Golden Heights Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Golden SNF Operations, 7 homes
- Legal name: Golden Heights Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1968
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Golden Heights Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Golden Pavilion Healthcare Daly City | 0.0 | 239 | 2.45 | 3.86 | 39.6% | 3 | $41,426 |
| Ahmc Seton Medical Center Daly City | 0.8 | 186 | 2.64 | 5.81 | 34.1% | 1 | $41,019 |
| Pacifica Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Pacifica | 1.7 | 68 | 2.66 | 5.25 | 28.7% | 5 | None |
| San Francisco Post Acute San Francisco | 2.9 | 53 | 2.53 | 4.35 | 35.5% | 5 | None |
| San Bruno Skilled Nursing San Bruno | 4.5 | 45 | 2.61 | 4.42 | 37.0% | 4 | None |
| Jewish Home & Rehab Center D/P SNF San Francisco | 4.6 | 362 | 3.16 | 5.20 | 25.6% | 5 | None |
| Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Ctr D/P SNF San Francisco · abuse citation | 5.1 | 769 | 2.97 | 5.83 | 17.3% | 3 | $55,499 |
| The Avenues Transitional Care Center San Francisco | 5.2 | 140 | 2.46 | 3.97 | 38.0% | 5 | $12,685 |
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.