Laurel Heights Community Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Laurel Heights Community Care is a 32-bed for-profit nursing home in San Francisco, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.85 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% above the California average of 2.65, and 14.3% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Laurel Heights Community Care
2740 California StSan Francisco, CA 94115
San Francisco 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 Heights Community Care, nurse aides logged 2.85 hours per resident per day, 8% above the California average. With about 30 residents a day, that works out to roughly 85 aide hours a day, or about 11 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) | 2.85 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.82 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.43 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.09 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.99 | 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
14.3% of nursing staff at Laurel Heights Community Care left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,018 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2024 | Fine | $8,018 |
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 Heights Community Care holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Laurel Heights Community Care
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: JC Care Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 11, 2011
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Laurel Heights Community Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center San Francisco | 0.1 | 120 | 2.55 | 4.09 | 42.0% | 5 | $25,490 |
| Victorian Post Acute San Francisco | 0.5 | 90 | 2.51 | 3.82 | 44.1% | 5 | None |
| Sequoias San Francisco Convalescent Hospital San Francisco | 0.6 | 50 | 2.67 | 4.60 | 32.7% | 4 | None |
| Central Gardens Post Acute San Francisco | 0.7 | 92 | 2.38 | 3.80 | 31.7% | 5 | None |
| San Francisco Health Care San Francisco | 0.9 | 168 | 2.59 | 3.79 | 40.2% | 1 | $152,404 |
| Hayes Convalescent Hospital San Francisco | 0.9 | 34 | 2.81 | 4.00 | 44.1% | 5 | None |
| San Francisco Towers San Francisco | 1.1 | 27 | 3.66 | 6.88 | 13.0% | 5 | None |
| St. Anne's Home San Francisco · no staffing data submitted | 1.1 | 46 | — | — | — | 3 | None |
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.