Best Nursing Homes - California

By Newsweek

America's Best Nursing Homes 2021

Choosing a nursing home for an aging family member has always been a heavy responsibility. As the COVID-19 pandemic showed with heartbreaking clarity, it can even be a matter of life and death.

That's why Newsweek once again partnered with respected global data research firm Statista to establish a ranking of Best Nursing Homes, providing information and insights to help our readers understand their options at a very challenging time.

America's Best Nursing Homes 2021 highlights the nation's top nursing homes (compared to others in the same state) based on performance data, peer recommendations and the facility's handling of the COVID-19 threat. In building these rankings, Statista and Newsweek took extensive, multiple measures to address the impact of the outbreak. Our objective: to recognize the facilities which have put in place the best possible responses and protocols.

Our ranking identifies the 400 top facilities across 20 states. If you need to choose a place for a loved one, we hope this list of Best Nursing Homes 2021 will help make that decision easier and the burden, lighter.

If your facility is listed below, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Rank	Facility	City	Certified Beds	Additional Information
1	Edgemoor Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility	Santee	192	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
2	South Coast Post Acute	Santa Ana	255	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
3	Vienna Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Lodi	150	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
4	Ararat Home of Los Angeles	Mission Hills	254	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
5	San Francisco Health Care	San Francisco	168	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
6	Roseville Care Center	Roseville	210	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
7	Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility	Alameda	181	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
8	ManorCare Health Services - Rossmoor	Walnut Creek	155	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
9	Generations Healthcare - English Oaks	Modesto	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
10	Crestwood Modesto	Modesto	194	Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
11	Covenant Care - Shoreline Care Center	Oxnard	193	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
12	Heritage Rehabilitation Center	Torrance	161	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
13	Dignity Health - Bruceville Terrace	Sacramento	171	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
14	Generations Healthcare - Canyon Oaks	Canoga Park	185	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, No Resident and Family Council
15	Generations Healthcare - City View	San Francisco	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
16	View Heights Convalescent Hospital	Los Angeles	163	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
17	Veterans Home of California - Chula Vista	Chula Vista	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Continuing Care Retirement Community, Resident Council
18	Compass Health - Mission View Health Center	San Luis Obispo	162	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
19	Marquis Shasta	Redding	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
20	Whittier Hills Healthcare Center	Whittier	160	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
21	Life Care Center of Vista	Vista	176	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
22	Villa Rancho Bernardo	San Diego	299	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
23	Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center	El Cajon	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
24	Wellsprings Post Acute Center	Lancaster	299	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
25	Covenant Care - La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	La Jolla	161	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
26	The Ellison John Transitional Care Center	Lancaster	170	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
27	Covenant Care - Pacific Gardens Nursing And Rehabilitation Center	Fresno	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
28	Mission de la Casa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	San Jose	163	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
29	Victoria Care Center	Ventura	188	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
30	White Blossom Care Center	San Jose	153	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
31	Mariner Health Care - Vale Healthcare Center	San Pablo	202	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
32	San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living - Jewish Home & Rehab Center	San Francisco	378	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
33	Veterans Home of California - Yountville	Yountville	301	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, No Resident and Family Council
34	St. Francis Convalescent Pavilion	Daly City	239	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
35	Bay View Rehabilitation Hospital	Alameda	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
36	Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center	Sylmar	208	Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
37	Escondido Post Acute Rehab	Escondido	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
38	ManorCare Health Services - Fountain Valley	Fountain Valley	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
39	Compass Health - San Luis Post Acute Center	San Luis Obispo	162	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
40	Crown Bay Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Alameda	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
41	San Gabriel Conv Center	Rosemead	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
42	La Paz Geropsychiatric Center	Paramount	173	Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
43	Joyce Eisenberg Keefer Medical Center - Skilled Nursing Facility	Reseda	239	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
44	Torrance Care Center West	Torrance	195	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
45	Berkley East Healthcare Center	Santa Monica	207	Medicare Accepted, Resident Council
46	Arden Post Acute Rehab	Sacramento	177	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
47	Norwood Pines Alzheimer's Care Center	Sacramento	161	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
48	San Diego Post-Acute	El Cajon	240	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
49	Vermont Healthcare Center	Torrance	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
50	Waterman Canyon Post Acute	San Bernardino	166	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
51	The Pavilion at Sunny Hills	Fullerton	300	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
52	Idylwood Care Center	Sunnyvale	185	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
53	San Mateo Medical Center	San Mateo	345	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
54	Covenant Care - Buena Vista Care Center	Santa Barbara	150	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
55	The Orchard - Post Acute Care	Whittier	162	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
56	Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of Anaheim	Anaheim	154	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council

Methodology
This ranking is based on three data sources: Performance data, peer recommendations and the facility's handling of COVID-19. The 400 best out of 10,647 Nursing Homes in the 20 most populous states were awarded by Newsweek and Statista, resulting in a varying number of nursing homes awarded per state: New York had the most nursing homes awarded with 70, while North Carolina and Massachusetts are represented with 5 nursing homes each.

The data analysis put a big emphasis on evaluating the official COVID-19 dataset from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Nursing Home COVID-19 data is reported directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and includes Resident Impact, Facility Capacity, Staff & Personnel and Supplies & Personal Protective Equipment, as well as Ventilator Capacity.

This data was updated weekly. For this ranking, it reflects the current situation from May 24th, 2020 until August 2nd, 2020.

You can download the full methodology here.

Licensing
If your facility is listed above, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Note
After reviewing additional information, we have deleted 19 facilities from this list.