Sunset Park Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunset Park Healthcare is a 44-bed for-profit nursing home in Santa Monica, California, part of Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.89 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% above the California average of 2.65, and 30.2% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Sunset Park Healthcare
2250 29th StreetSanta Monica, CA 90405
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 Sunset Park Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.89 hours per resident per day, 9% above the California average. With about 42 residents a day, that works out to roughly 121 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.89 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.41 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.32 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.63 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.04 | 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
30.2% of nursing staff at Sunset Park Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 26 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. Sunset Park Healthcare holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Sunset Park Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth, 18 homes
- Legal name: Sunset Park Healthcare, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 25, 1967
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunset Park Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Ocean Park Healthcare Santa Monica | 0.0 | 41 | 2.75 | 4.33 | 35.4% | 2 | $12,735 |
| Westwood Post Acute Care Los Angeles · abuse citation | 1.1 | 93 | 2.57 | 4.07 | — | 2 | $110,919 |
| Brentwood Health Care Center Santa Monica | 1.2 | 59 | 3.28 | 5.40 | 46.5% | 3 | None |
| Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center Santa Monica | 1.2 | 72 | 2.83 | 4.57 | 31.6% | 2 | $55,450 |
| Pacific Post Acute Santa Monica | 1.2 | 49 | 2.80 | 4.63 | 34.6% | 5 | None |
| Berkley West Healthcare Center Santa Monica | 1.2 | 54 | 2.54 | 4.70 | 54.7% | 3 | $101,046 |
| Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center Santa Monica · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 1.2 | 144 | 2.35 | 4.02 | 55.8% | 1 | $143,164 |
| Santa Monica Health Care Center Santa Monica | 1.2 | 59 | 2.77 | 4.64 | 37.1% | 3 | 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.