Riviera Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Riviera Healthcare Center is a 154-bed for-profit nursing home in Pico Rivera, California. 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 31.7% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Riviera Healthcare Center
8203 Telegraph RdPico Rivera, CA 90660
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 Riviera Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.50 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 137 residents a day, that works out to roughly 343 aide hours a day, or about 43 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% 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 | 1.19 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.40 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.09 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.80 | 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
31.7% of nursing staff at Riviera Healthcare 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 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 12, 2026. 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 1 fine totaling $9,110 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2025 | Fine | $9,110 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Riviera Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Riviera Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Legal name: Riviera Nursing & Convalescent Home, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 3, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Riviera Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brookfield Healthcare Center Downey | 0.8 | 70 | 2.33 | 4.02 | 36.4% | 5 | None |
| Colonial Gardens Nursing Home Pico Rivera | 1.2 | 99 | 2.72 | 4.25 | 36.6% | 1 | $36,700 |
| Villa del Rio Gardens Bell Gardens · no staffing data submitted | 1.3 | 84 | — | — | — | 2 | None |
| El Rancho Vista Health Care Center Pico Rivera | 2.2 | 86 | 2.87 | 4.66 | 25.3% | 4 | None |
| Downey Community Health Center Downey | 2.3 | 198 | 2.66 | 4.65 | 25.0% | 2 | None |
| Villa del Rio Bell Gardens · SFF candidate | 2.4 | 12 | 2.62 | 3.85 | 57.3% | 1 | $147,028 |
| Socal Post-Acute Care Whittier | 2.5 | 59 | 2.45 | 4.01 | 47.1% | 3 | None |
| Southland Norwalk | 2.7 | 120 | 2.52 | 4.40 | 41.7% | 1 | $38,376 |
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.