Lomita Post-Acute Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lomita Post-Acute Care Center is a 71-bed for-profit nursing home in Lomita, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.33 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the California average of 2.65, and 35.3% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Lomita Post-Acute Care Center
1955 Lomita BlvdLomita, CA 90717
Los Angeles 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 Lomita Post-Acute Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.33 hours per resident per day, 12% below the California average. With about 62 residents a day, that works out to roughly 145 aide hours a day, or about 18 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) | 2.33 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.33 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.46 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.11 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.57 | 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
35.3% of nursing staff at Lomita Post-Acute 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 44.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 11, 2025. 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 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. Lomita Post-Acute Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Lomita Post-Acute Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Sungazer Healthcare Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1971
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Lomita Post-Acute Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Palos Verdes Health Care Center Lomita | 1.1 | 48 | 2.62 | 4.42 | 58.6% | 2 | $97,006 |
| Sunnyside Nursing Center Torrance · SFF candidate | 1.9 | 299 | 2.83 | 4.94 | 52.2% | 1 | $214,020 |
| Torrance Memorial Med Ctr Snf/Dp Torrance | 1.9 | 40 | 3.20 | 8.46 | 21.9% | 5 | None |
| Vermont Healthcare Center Torrance | 2.2 | 200 | 2.32 | 4.31 | 51.1% | 1 | $158,506 |
| Beachside Post Acute Torrance | 2.4 | 110 | 2.52 | 4.19 | 31.8% | 5 | None |
| Harbor Post Acute Care Center Torrance | 2.6 | 127 | 2.64 | 3.93 | 20.2% | 3 | None |
| Heritage Rehabilitation Center Torrance | 2.6 | 161 | 2.74 | 4.65 | 30.5% | 2 | $179,687 |
| Del Amo Gardens Care Center Torrance | 3.4 | 94 | 2.90 | 4.42 | 32.1% | 4 | $8,018 |
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.