La Casa Via Transitional Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
La Casa Via Transitional Care Center is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Walnut Creek, California, part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.57 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the California average of 2.65, and 30.8% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
La Casa Via Transitional Care Center
1449 Ygnacio Valley RoadWalnut Creek, CA 94598
Contra Costa 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 La Casa Via Transitional Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.57 hours per resident per day, 3% below the California average. With about 77 residents a day, that works out to roughly 198 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 3% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.57 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.57 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.96 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.85 | 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
30.8% of nursing staff at La Casa Via Transitional Care 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 29.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. La Casa Via Transitional Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About La Casa Via Transitional Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Aspen Skilled Healthcare, 35 homes
- Legal name: Awcy LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 31, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near La Casa Via Transitional Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Tampico Healthcare Center Walnut Creek | 0.1 | 128 | 2.61 | 4.47 | 32.3% | 4 | None |
| Pleasant Hill Post Acute Pleasant Hill | 1.5 | 51 | 2.31 | 4.20 | 30.0% | 4 | None |
| Rosewood Post Acute Pleasant Hill | 1.8 | 113 | 2.13 | 4.52 | 35.3% | 4 | None |
| Shadelands Post Acute Walnut Creek | 2.1 | 59 | 2.30 | 4.31 | 45.2% | 4 | None |
| Rossmoor Post Acute Walnut Creek | 2.6 | 155 | 2.43 | 4.12 | 37.1% | 5 | None |
| Walnut Creek Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Cent Walnut Creek | 2.6 | 180 | 2.61 | 5.47 | 32.1% | 2 | None |
| Tice Valley Post Acute Walnut Creek | 2.7 | 120 | 2.37 | 4.25 | 36.5% | 5 | None |
| Concord Post Acute Concord · abuse citation | 3.3 | 190 | 2.55 | 3.87 | 28.4% | 2 | $30,820 |
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.