Orinda Care Center, LLC: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Orinda Care Center, LLC is a 47-bed for-profit nursing home in Orinda, California, part of Crystal Solorzano. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.51 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% below the California average of 2.65, and 45.8% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Orinda Care Center, LLC
11 Altarinda RoadOrinda, CA 94563
Contra Costa 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 Orinda Care Center, LLC, nurse aides logged 2.51 hours per resident per day, 5% below the California average. With about 45 residents a day, that works out to roughly 112 aide hours a day, or about 14 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) | 2.51 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.24 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.43 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.18 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.73 | 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
45.8% of nursing staff at Orinda Care Center, LLC left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 18 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. Orinda Care Center, LLC holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Orinda Care Center, LLC
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Crystal Solorzano, 9 homes
- Legal name: Orinda Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 19, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Orinda Care Center, LLC
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Moraga Post Acute Moraga | 3.1 | 49 | 2.31 | 4.10 | 39.3% | 5 | None |
| Berkeley Pines Skilled Nursing Center Berkeley | 5.5 | 36 | 2.65 | 3.93 | 43.6% | 2 | None |
| Rossmoor Post Acute Walnut Creek | 5.5 | 155 | 2.43 | 4.12 | 37.1% | 5 | None |
| Walnut Creek Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Cent Walnut Creek | 5.5 | 180 | 2.61 | 5.47 | 32.1% | 2 | None |
| Tice Valley Post Acute Walnut Creek | 5.6 | 120 | 2.37 | 4.25 | 36.5% | 5 | None |
| Kyakameena Care Center Berkeley | 5.9 | 60 | 2.58 | 3.93 | 57.4% | 3 | $38,848 |
| Elmwood Care Center Berkeley | 6.0 | 74 | 2.53 | 4.29 | 58.3% | 3 | None |
| Ashby Care Center Berkeley · staffing data not validated | 6.0 | 31 | — | — | 21.7% | 2 | $66,134 |
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.