Tampico Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Tampico Healthcare Center is a 128-bed for-profit nursing home in Walnut Creek, California, part of Aaron Mayer. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 32.3% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Tampico Healthcare Center
130 Tampico StreetWalnut Creek, CA 94598
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 Tampico Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 303 aide hours a day, or about 38 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.18 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.47 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.00 | 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
32.3% of nursing staff at Tampico 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 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 27, 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. Tampico Healthcare Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Tampico Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Aaron Mayer, 7 homes
- Legal name: Tampico Healthcare Center, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 9, 1970
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Tampico Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| La Casa Via Transitional Care Center Walnut Creek | 0.1 | 99 | 2.57 | 3.96 | 30.8% | 5 | None |
| Pleasant Hill Post Acute Pleasant Hill | 1.6 | 51 | 2.31 | 4.20 | 30.0% | 4 | None |
| Rosewood Post Acute Pleasant Hill | 1.9 | 113 | 2.13 | 4.52 | 35.3% | 4 | None |
| Shadelands Post Acute Walnut Creek | 2.1 | 59 | 2.30 | 4.31 | 45.2% | 4 | None |
| Walnut Creek Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Cent Walnut Creek | 2.5 | 180 | 2.61 | 5.47 | 32.1% | 2 | None |
| Rossmoor Post Acute Walnut Creek | 2.5 | 155 | 2.43 | 4.12 | 37.1% | 5 | None |
| Tice Valley Post Acute Walnut Creek | 2.6 | 120 | 2.37 | 4.25 | 36.5% | 5 | None |
| Concord Post Acute Concord · abuse citation | 3.4 | 190 | 2.55 | 3.87 | 28.4% | 2 | $30,820 |
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.