Parkside Health and Wellness Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Parkside Health and Wellness Center is a 52-bed for-profit nursing home in El Cajon, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.58 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the California average of 2.65, and 22.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Parkside Health and Wellness Center
444 W LexingtonEl Cajon, CA 92020
San Diego 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 Parkside Health and Wellness Center, nurse aides logged 2.58 hours per resident per day, 3% below the California average. With about 50 residents a day, that works out to roughly 130 aide hours a day, or about 16 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) | 2.58 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.05 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.20 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.65 | 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
22.6% of nursing staff at Parkside Health and Wellness 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 25.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 30, 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 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. Parkside Health and Wellness Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Parkside Health and Wellness Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Parkside Healthcare Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 11, 1994
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Parkside Health and Wellness Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Somerset Post Acute Care El Cajon | 0.6 | 65 | 2.64 | 4.68 | 61.9% | 3 | $26,728 |
| Magnolia Post Acute Care El Cajon · abuse citation | 0.7 | 99 | 2.13 | 3.89 | 37.5% | 3 | $117,475 |
| Stillwater Post-Acute El Cajon | 0.7 | 256 | 2.26 | 3.98 | 44.0% | 2 | None |
| San Diego Post-Acute Center El Cajon · abuse citation | 1.1 | 240 | 2.50 | 4.16 | 36.5% | 1 | $46,495 |
| Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center El Cajon | 1.2 | 151 | 2.24 | 3.73 | 33.1% | 3 | $33,732 |
| Victoria Post Acute Care El Cajon | 1.2 | 120 | 2.32 | 4.03 | 49.6% | 5 | None |
| Bradley Court El Cajon | 2.2 | 56 | 1.79 | 3.16 | 13.5% | 5 | None |
| Cottonwood Canyon Healthcare Center El Cajon | 2.4 | 96 | 2.47 | 4.02 | 40.4% | 3 | $9,110 |
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.