Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr is a 79-bed for-profit nursing home in Merced, California, part of Cambridge Healthcare Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.50 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average of 2.65, and 54.5% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr
510 West 26th StreetMerced, CA 95340
Merced 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 Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr, nurse aides logged 2.50 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 69 residents a day, that works out to roughly 171 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.50 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.99 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.80 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.29 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.83 | 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
54.5% of nursing staff at Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 88.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 18, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 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. Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Cambridge Healthcare Services, 32 homes
- Legal name: CF Merced, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1970
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| La Sierra Care Center Merced | 0.1 | 68 | 2.53 | 3.93 | 54.9% | 3 | None |
| Golden Merced Care Center Merced | 0.2 | 121 | 2.52 | 4.08 | 58.3% | 3 | $83,538 |
| Franciscan Post-Acute Care Center Merced | 0.7 | 71 | 2.67 | 4.30 | 31.3% | 4 | $9,110 |
| Merced Behavioral Center Merced | 1.5 | 96 | 2.32 | 3.74 | 17.8% | 5 | None |
| Anberry Post Acute Merced · many days without an RN | 3.0 | 120 | 1.74 | 2.92 | 41.3% | 3 | None |
| Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Atwater | 7.1 | 99 | 2.31 | 3.48 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
| Grace Home Inc. Livingston | 14.4 | 33 | 2.91 | 4.34 | 16.2% | 5 | None |
| Palms Care Center Chowchilla | 17.4 | 65 | 2.69 | 4.15 | 37.3% | 4 | 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.