Laurel Creek Health Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Laurel Creek Health Center is a 60-bed nonprofit nursing home in Fairfield, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.98 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% above the California average of 2.65, and 28.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Laurel Creek Health Center
2800 Estates Dr.Fairfield, CA 94533
Solano 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 Laurel Creek Health Center, nurse aides logged 2.98 hours per resident per day, 12% above the California average. With about 33 residents a day, that works out to roughly 100 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.98 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.87 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.27 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.12 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.46 | 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
28.6% of nursing staff at Laurel Creek Health 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 37.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $35,493 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2024 | Fine | $35,493 |
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. Laurel Creek Health Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Laurel Creek Health Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Northern California Retired Officers Community
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 13, 1998
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Laurel Creek Health Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Emmanuel Care Center - Travis Fairfield | 3.6 | 99 | — | — | — | — | None |
| Greenfield Care Center of Fairfield Fairfield · Special Focus Facility | 3.6 | 90 | 2.81 | 4.71 | 48.6% | — | $245,492 |
| Fairfield Post Acute Rehabilitation Fairfield | 3.6 | 99 | 2.43 | 4.31 | 38.7% | 4 | None |
| Vacaville Ranch Post Acute Vacaville | 3.8 | 87 | 2.80 | 4.51 | 57.1% | 4 | $127,689 |
| Vacaville Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center Vacaville | 5.7 | 120 | 3.53 | 5.68 | — | 4 | $7,976 |
| Dept of State Hospitals - Napa D/P SNF Napa | 13.3 | 36 | 2.18 | 10.32 | 31.3% | 3 | None |
| Napa Valley Care Center Napa | 14.1 | 130 | 2.07 | 3.81 | 24.6% | 3 | $30,259 |
| Napa Post Acute Napa | 14.1 | 120 | 2.28 | 4.07 | 38.6% | 1 | $173,323 |
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.