Vale Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Vale Healthcare Center is a 202-bed for-profit nursing home in San Pablo, California, part of Mariner Health Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.64 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65, and 33.9% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Vale Healthcare Center
13484 San Pablo AvenueSan Pablo, CA 94806
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 Vale Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.64 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 188 residents a day, that works out to roughly 495 aide hours a day, or about 62 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.64 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.99 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.95 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.70 | 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
33.9% of nursing staff at Vale 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 26.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 19 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. Vale Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Vale Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Mariner Health Care, 17 homes
- Legal name: Vale Operating Company LP
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 13, 1973
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Vale Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Creekside Healthcare Center San Pablo | 0.1 | 80 | 2.55 | 5.13 | 38.8% | 5 | None |
| San Pablo Healthcare & Wellness Center San Pablo | 0.5 | 108 | 2.47 | 4.16 | — | 3 | $10,036 |
| Richmond Post Acute Care Richmond · no staffing data submitted | 0.8 | 35 | — | — | — | 4 | $17,291 |
| Shields Richmond Nursing Center Richmond | 2.2 | 84 | 2.24 | 3.71 | 18.2% | 4 | None |
| Greenridge Post Acute El Sobrante | 2.2 | 60 | 2.72 | 4.41 | 39.5% | 5 | None |
| Shields Nursing Center El Cerrito | 4.3 | 45 | 2.63 | 4.47 | 22.2% | 4 | None |
| Chaparral House Berkeley | 6.7 | 49 | 2.54 | 4.24 | 48.0% | 5 | None |
| Kyakameena Care Center Berkeley | 7.5 | 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.