La Paz Geropsychiatric Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
La Paz Geropsychiatric Center is a 173-bed for-profit nursing home in Paramount, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.77 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 33% below the California average of 2.65, and 18.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
La Paz Geropsychiatric Center
8835 Vans StreetParamount, CA 90723
Los Angeles County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Cited for abuse or neglect. CMS marks this home with its abuse icon: it was cited for abuse or neglect that caused harm on its most recent inspection cycle, or for abuse or neglect with potential for harm on each of its last two cycles.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, nurse aides logged 1.77 hours per resident per day, 33% below the California average. With about 146 residents a day, that works out to roughly 258 aide hours a day, or about 32 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.77 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.82 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.55 | 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
18.6% of nursing staff at La Paz Geropsychiatric 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 18.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 30 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 Paz Geropsychiatric Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About La Paz Geropsychiatric Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 17, 1984
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near La Paz Geropsychiatric Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Paramount Convalescent Hosp. Paramount | 1.0 | 59 | 2.51 | 4.34 | 34.4% | 3 | $34,613 |
| Bellflower Post Acute Bellflower | 1.3 | 59 | 2.92 | 5.18 | 25.4% | 2 | None |
| Villa del Sol Post Acute Bellflower | 1.4 | 99 | 2.56 | 4.27 | 40.9% | 2 | None |
| Rose Villa Health Care Center Bellflower | 1.5 | 53 | 2.26 | 4.07 | 32.7% | 3 | None |
| Sunset Villa Post Acute Long Beach | 1.7 | 199 | 2.52 | 4.00 | 44.8% | 2 | $232,696 |
| Cerritos Vista Healthcare Center Bellflower | 1.8 | 140 | 2.47 | 3.78 | 45.0% | 1 | None |
| The Springs Post-Acute Norwalk | 1.9 | 99 | 2.53 | 4.96 | 27.6% | 1 | $66,866 |
| Bay Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LP Long Beach | 2.1 | 70 | 2.63 | 4.22 | — | 2 | $33,030 |
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.