Nursing home report
WALNUT CREEK, CA · Medicare-certified · 180 beds
3 out of 5 stars overall. Walnut Creek Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has 3-star health inspections, 4-star staffing and quality ratings, no fines in the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing above the federal benchmark (5.31 vs 4.1 hours per resident per day); recent inspection citations included safety/cleanliness, unnecessary drugs, and food handling.
Health inspections
Staffing
5.3124 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.3124.
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 ensure residents had a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment and daily care supports were provided safely. Cited June 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 584 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited June 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 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure nurses and nurse aides had the needed skills to care for each resident and support their well-being. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 726 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 9 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.
