The home failed to have enough qualified staff to properly provide food and nutrition services. Cited January 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 801 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
LINDA MAR CARE CENTER
PACIFICA, CA · Medicare-certified · 59 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
5 out of 5 stars overall. Linda Mar Care Center has strong ratings for quality measures and staffing, reported nurse staffing is above the federal benchmark (4.41 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day), and it had no fines in the last 24 months, though its health inspection rating is 4 out of 5 stars and recent citations included staffing, infection prevention, and food service issues.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.4073 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: January 27, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.4073.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.86
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.50
- Nurse aides
- 2.05
- Weekend nursing
- 3.89
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 42%
Registered nurse turnover: 46%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
0%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
6%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
1.9%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
5.9%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
10.8%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
8.4%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
5.2%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
19.3%Steady
Residents with depressive symptoms
7.4%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
98.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.8%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited November 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited May 2021 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to have an ongoing quality review group that finds problems and makes corrective plans. Cited May 2021 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 867 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: F
The home failed to educate residents and staff about COVID-19 vaccination, offer the vaccine to eligible people, and properly record vaccination status. Cited January 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 887 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of NAHS · 12 homes · 4.1 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 43.7 residents on an average day (74% of 59 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 53 years
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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.