Shafter Nursing Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Shafter Nursing Care is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Shafter, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.70 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 43.1% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Shafter Nursing Care
140 East Tulare AvenueShafter, CA 93263
Kern 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 Shafter Nursing Care, nurse aides logged 2.70 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 83 residents a day, that works out to roughly 224 aide hours a day, or about 28 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) | 2.70 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.92 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.37 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.99 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.64 | 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
43.1% of nursing staff at Shafter Nursing Care left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 9, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $27,439 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2024 | Fine | $9,505 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Fine | $17,934 |
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. Shafter Nursing Care holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Shafter Nursing Care
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Shafter Nursing Rehab LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1971
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Shafter Nursing Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Bayshire Riverwalk Post-Acute Bakersfield · abuse citation | 10.4 | 120 | 2.51 | 4.51 | 49.0% | 1 | $80,668 |
| Kern River Transitional Care Bakersfield | 14.3 | 140 | 2.80 | 4.52 | 48.3% | 1 | $77,720 |
| Rosewood Health Facility Bakersfield | 16.8 | 79 | 2.81 | 4.82 | 24.1% | 4 | $8,278 |
| San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent Bakersfield | 17.1 | 99 | 2.65 | 4.28 | 35.2% | 3 | $47,242 |
| The Orchards Post-Acute Bakersfield | 17.4 | 150 | 2.51 | 3.92 | 34.4% | 2 | $23,603 |
| Valley Healthcare Center Bakersfield | 17.6 | 87 | 2.47 | 3.78 | 28.0% | 1 | $91,195 |
| Adventist Health Delano Delano | 17.7 | 51 | 2.76 | 6.42 | 25.0% | 2 | $123,442 |
| Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility Delano | 17.8 | 141 | 2.78 | 4.24 | — | 1 | $17,966 |
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.