Nursing home report
SAN JOSE, CA · Medicare-certified · 67 beds
Empress Care Center, LLC has a 3-star overall rating, with stronger staffing (4 stars) and quality measures (5 stars) but a weaker health inspection score (2 stars). Reported nurse staffing is 4.06 hours per resident per day, just below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.0606 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.0606.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
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
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited April 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: F
The home failed to make food and drinks appealing and served them at a safe, appetizing temperature. Cited April 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 804 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to ensure it was properly licensed and following all required laws, rules, and professional standards. Cited April 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 836 — 42 CFR §483.70(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
