Nursing Homes in Bakersfield, CA: Staffing and Turnover Compared
Bakersfield has 10 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 1,132 beds. The median home logs 2.54 nurse aide hours per resident per day (California average 2.65). 10 of 10 have at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in Bakersfield
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Bakersfield Post Acute | 99 | 2.56 | 4.01 | 38.6% | 1 | $25,940 |
| Bayshire Riverwalk Post-Acute abuse citation | 120 | 2.51 | 4.51 | 49.0% | 1 | $80,668 |
| Height Street Skilled Care | 99 | 2.61 | 4.24 | 29.5% | 1 | $12,735 |
| Kern River Transitional Care | 140 | 2.80 | 4.52 | 48.3% | 1 | $77,720 |
| Parkview Julian Healthcare Center | 99 | 2.51 | 3.90 | 65.3% | 1 | $59,560 |
| Rosewood Health Facility | 79 | 2.81 | 4.82 | 24.1% | 4 | $8,278 |
| San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent | 99 | 2.65 | 4.28 | 35.2% | 3 | $47,242 |
| The Orchards Post-Acute | 150 | 2.51 | 3.92 | 34.4% | 2 | $23,603 |
| The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield | 160 | 2.47 | 4.07 | — | 1 | $23,740 |
| Valley Healthcare Center | 87 | 2.47 | 3.78 | 28.0% | 1 | $91,195 |
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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · California averages: aide hrs 2.65, turnover 36.7%
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