Pine Ridge Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pine Ridge Care Center is a 101-bed for-profit nursing home in San Rafael, California, part of Mariner Health Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.90 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% above the California average of 2.65, and 42.9% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Pine Ridge Care Center
45 Professional Center PkwySan Rafael, CA 94903
Marin 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 Pine Ridge Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.90 hours per resident per day, 9% above the California average. With about 87 residents a day, that works out to roughly 251 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.90 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.43 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.15 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.48 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.08 | 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
42.9% of nursing staff at Pine Ridge 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 36.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 5, 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. Pine Ridge Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Pine Ridge Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Chain: Mariner Health Care, 17 homes
- Legal name: San Rafael Operating Company LP
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Pine Ridge Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Northgate Postacute Care San Rafael · abuse citation | 0.0 | 52 | 2.70 | 4.07 | 45.5% | 2 | $112,869 |
| Professional Post Acute Center San Rafael | 0.0 | 99 | 2.54 | 3.84 | 38.1% | 3 | $148,455 |
| Villa Marin San Rafael | 0.8 | 31 | 4.10 | 7.15 | — | 5 | None |
| Smith Ranch Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Cente San Rafael | 0.8 | 80 | 2.49 | 4.19 | 32.5% | 3 | None |
| Marin Post Acute San Rafael · abuse citation | 1.2 | 168 | 2.37 | 3.68 | — | 2 | $10,890 |
| San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center, LP San Rafael | 2.5 | 54 | 2.48 | 3.91 | — | 2 | $8,278 |
| The Tamalpais Greenbrae | 4.5 | 52 | 2.67 | 4.51 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| South Marin Health & Wellness Center Greenbrae | 4.6 | 72 | 2.58 | 4.42 | 37.8% | 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.