Nursing home report
BERKELEY, CA · Medicare-certified · 36 beds
Berkeley Pines Skilled Nursing Center in Berkeley has a 1 out of 5 overall rating, with a 1-star staffing rating and 2-star health inspection rating despite 4 stars for quality measures. It has the lowest overall rating flag, no fines in the last 24 months, and recent citations included RN coverage and food/nutrition staffing deficiencies.
Health inspections
Staffing
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports not reported.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to have a registered nurse on duty enough hours each day and to keep a registered nurse as the full-time director of nursing. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 727 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: F
The home failed to have enough qualified staff to properly provide food and nutrition services. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 801 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The home failed to provide enough support staff to safely and effectively run food and nutrition services. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 802 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The home failed to ensure meals and menus were planned, updated, and followed to meet residents’ nutritional needs. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 803 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The home failed to make food and drinks appealing and served them at a safe, appetizing temperature. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 804 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
Health inspection found 14 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
