Shields Richmond Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Shields Richmond Nursing Center is a 84-bed for-profit nursing home in Richmond, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.24 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% below the California average of 2.65, and 18.2% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Shields Richmond Nursing Center
1919 Cutting BlvdRichmond, CA 94804
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 Richmond Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.24 hours per resident per day, 15% below the California average. With about 77 residents a day, that works out to roughly 172 aide hours a day, or about 21 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) | 2.24 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.22 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.25 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.71 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.44 | 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
18.2% of nursing staff at Shields Richmond 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 27.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 17, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 16 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 Richmond Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Shields Richmond Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Shields Nursing Centers Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Shields Richmond Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Richmond Post Acute Care Richmond · no staffing data submitted | 1.5 | 35 | — | — | — | 4 | $17,291 |
| Vale Healthcare Center San Pablo | 2.2 | 202 | 2.64 | 3.95 | 33.9% | 3 | None |
| Creekside Healthcare Center San Pablo | 2.3 | 80 | 2.55 | 5.13 | 38.8% | 5 | None |
| San Pablo Healthcare & Wellness Center San Pablo | 2.3 | 108 | 2.47 | 4.16 | — | 3 | $10,036 |
| Shields Nursing Center El Cerrito | 3.2 | 45 | 2.63 | 4.47 | 22.2% | 4 | None |
| Greenridge Post Acute El Sobrante | 3.7 | 60 | 2.72 | 4.41 | 39.5% | 5 | None |
| Chaparral House Berkeley | 5.2 | 49 | 2.54 | 4.24 | 48.0% | 5 | None |
| Kyakameena Care Center Berkeley | 6.2 | 60 | 2.58 | 3.93 | 57.4% | 3 | $38,848 |
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.