Nursing Homes and Skilled Nursing in California

Nursing homes provide 24-hour nursing care, short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay, and long-term care. Every Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home in California is inspected by the state survey agency on behalf of CMS, and CMS publishes star ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures.

1165 nursing homes providers statewide · Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information dataset · Updated 2026-10-30

Who pays

Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled rehabilitation after a qualifying hospital stay. Long-term care is private pay until assets are spent down, after which Medicaid, the state Medicaid program, pays for most residents. Long-term care insurance may apply.

How to choose

Look at the health-inspection rating and the staffing rating before the overall rating, read the most recent inspection report, visit unannounced, and ask about nurse turnover. A facility flagged for abuse or in the Special Focus program deserves extra questions.

Nursing homes by city or town

Each city or town page lists every nursing home that serves it, sorted by distance. The city or towns with the most options:

Every city or town has a page; find yours through its county or the search box.

All nursing homes providers by county

Alameda County 69

Amador County 1

Butte County 9

Calaveras County 1

Colusa County 2

Contra Costa County 30

Del Norte County 1

El Dorado County 4

Fresno County 31

Glenn County 1

Humboldt County 5

Imperial County 3

Inyo County 2

Kern County 17

Kings County 3

Lake County 3

Lassen County 1

Los Angeles County 369

Madera County 5

Marin County 11

Mariposa County 1

Mendocino County 4

Merced County 10

Modoc County 2

Monterey County 14

Napa County 6

Nevada County 5

Orange County 72

Placer County 10

Plumas County 3

Riverside County 54

Sacramento County 37

San Benito County 1

San Bernardino County 55

San Diego County 83

San Francisco County 18

San Joaquin County 24

San Luis Obispo County 7

San Mateo County 14

Santa Barbara County 14

Santa Clara County 50

Santa Cruz County 7

Shasta County 10

Siskiyou County 1

Solano County 9

Sonoma County 18

Stanislaus County 17

Sutter County 4

Tehama County 2

Trinity County 1

Tulare County 16

Tuolumne County 2

Ventura County 19

Yolo County 6

Yuba County 1