Nursing home report
BARSTOW, CA · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
Veterans Home Of California - Barstow has a 5 out of 5 overall rating, with 5-star scores for health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. It reports 5.48 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines over the last 24 months, though recent inspection citations included medication use and food handling issues.
Health inspections
Staffing
5.482 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.482.
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
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 pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to prevent unnecessary mind-altering medications or ensure medicines did not limit a resident’s ability to function. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 605 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 757 — 42 CFR §483.45(d) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited June 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to keep its areas safe, easy to use, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. Cited June 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 921 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to encode each resident’s assessment data and send it to the state on time. Cited July 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 640 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 6 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.
