San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent
A nursing home in Bakersfield, California 93301
3601 San Dimas, Bakersfield, California 93301. (661) 323-2894.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 12 health citations at the latest inspection cycle California average: 15.7
- 4.37 nurse hours per resident per day California average: 4.54
- 1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean7
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
12 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The California average is 15.7.
Last standard inspection Mar 12, 2026.
Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Jun 23, 2025
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
60 citations in 14 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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All 60 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 24 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 4, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Mar 12, 2026: standard inspection10 citations
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Post nurse staffing information every day.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jan 15, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Aug 27, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Aug 18, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Jul 11, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jun 23, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Apr 1, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Feb 13, 2025: standard inspection16 citations
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Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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Honor the resident’s right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
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Provide appropriate foot care.
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Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.
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Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
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Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Sep 24, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Sep 19, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Aug 29, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Aug 27, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Aug 21, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Aug 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Jul 16, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Jul 3, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
May 31, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
May 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Feb 26, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Feb 16, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Jan 25, 2024: standard inspection10 citations
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Honor the resident’s right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Dec 31, 1971.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
- 99 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 1 fine in the last three years, $47,242 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 24 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2025 | Fine | $47,242 |
Who does the caring?
4.37 nurse hours per resident per day
The California average is 4.54.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | California average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.37 | 4.54 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.34 | 0.68 |
| At weekends | 4.06 | 4.10 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 31.3% | 36.6% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 40% | 37.8% |
| Administrators who left | 1 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Providence Group Wine Country LLC owns 100% directly since Dec 16, 2016.
- 9 owners or officers are people: Jason H Murray (owns 5% or more through other companies, 41.8%); Mark D Hancock (owns 5% or more through other companies, 41.8%); Parvez Memon (managing employee (under contract)); John T Mitchell (corporate officer); Bryce Blood (managing employee (on the payroll)); Bryce Blood (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Frederick G Apt (corporate officer); Joshua O Jergensen (corporate officer); Mark D Hancock (corporate officer).
- Part of PACS Group (277 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Group Wine Country LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Dec 16, 2016 |
| Providence Group NH, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Pacs Holdings, LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Pacs Group, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jun 30, 2023 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (California average 4.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 17.1 miles, this one had the 10th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (12; the middle value was 17).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent This nursing home | 12 | |
| The Orchards Post-Acute | 0.6 | 18 |
| Valley Healthcare Center | 2.0 | 22 |
| Height Street Skilled Care | 2.3 | 15 |
| The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield | 2.3 | 15 |
| Kern River Transitional Care | 2.9 | 24 |
| Bakersfield Post Acute | 4.1 | 31 |
| Rosewood Health Facility | 4.4 | 10 |
| Parkview Julian Healthcare Center | 4.8 | 21 |
| Bayshire Riverwalk Post-Acute | 9.0 | 23 |
| Arvin Post Acute | 16.1 | 16 |
| Shafter Nursing Care | 17.1 | 6 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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