Height Street Skilled Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Height Street Skilled Care is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Bakersfield, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 29.5% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Height Street Skilled Care
1611 Height StreetBakersfield, CA 93305
Kern 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 Height Street Skilled Care, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 89 residents a day, that works out to roughly 232 aide hours a day, or about 29 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) | 2.61 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.04 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.59 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.24 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.79 | 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
29.5% of nursing staff at Height Street Skilled Care left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 27, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 23 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $12,735 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2025 | Fine | $12,735 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Height Street Skilled Care holds 1 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Height Street Skilled Care
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Height Street Skilled Care LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 3, 2017
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Height Street Skilled Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield Bakersfield | 0.4 | 160 | 2.47 | 4.07 | — | 1 | $23,740 |
| Bakersfield Post Acute Bakersfield | 2.0 | 99 | 2.56 | 4.01 | 38.6% | 1 | $25,940 |
| San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent Bakersfield | 2.3 | 99 | 2.65 | 4.28 | 35.2% | 3 | $47,242 |
| The Orchards Post-Acute Bakersfield | 2.4 | 150 | 2.51 | 3.92 | 34.4% | 2 | $23,603 |
| Valley Healthcare Center Bakersfield | 3.5 | 87 | 2.47 | 3.78 | 28.0% | 1 | $91,195 |
| Kern River Transitional Care Bakersfield | 5.1 | 140 | 2.80 | 4.52 | 48.3% | 1 | $77,720 |
| Parkview Julian Healthcare Center Bakersfield | 5.6 | 99 | 2.51 | 3.90 | 65.3% | 1 | $59,560 |
| Rosewood Health Facility Bakersfield | 6.2 | 79 | 2.81 | 4.82 | 24.1% | 4 | $8,278 |
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.