Shields Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Shields Nursing Center is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in El Cerrito, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 22.2% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Shields Nursing Center
3230 Carlson BoulevardEl Cerrito, CA 94530
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 Shields Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.63 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 36 residents a day, that works out to roughly 95 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.63 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.80 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.04 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.47 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.66 | 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
22.2% of nursing staff at Shields Nursing 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 28.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 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. Shields Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Shields Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Shields Nursing Centers Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 17, 1989
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Shields Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Chaparral House Berkeley | 2.5 | 49 | 2.54 | 4.24 | 48.0% | 5 | None |
| Shields Richmond Nursing Center Richmond | 3.2 | 84 | 2.24 | 3.71 | 18.2% | 4 | None |
| Kyakameena Care Center Berkeley | 3.2 | 60 | 2.58 | 3.93 | 57.4% | 3 | $38,848 |
| Elmwood Care Center Berkeley | 3.5 | 74 | 2.53 | 4.29 | 58.3% | 3 | None |
| Ashby Care Center Berkeley · staffing data not validated | 3.6 | 31 | — | — | 21.7% | 2 | $66,134 |
| Berkeley Pines Skilled Nursing Center Berkeley | 3.8 | 36 | 2.65 | 3.93 | 43.6% | 2 | None |
| San Pablo Healthcare & Wellness Center San Pablo | 4.0 | 108 | 2.47 | 4.16 | — | 3 | $10,036 |
| Greenridge Post Acute El Sobrante | 4.1 | 60 | 2.72 | 4.41 | 39.5% | 5 | 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.