Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Apple Valley Care Center
11959 Apple Valley Rd, Apple Valley, CA 92308 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth (16 facilities) · 99 certified beds
Apple Valley Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Apple Valley, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.60 hours per resident per day, above the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Dec 18, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $8,021In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Apple Valley Care Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.60 | 4.51 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.53 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.66 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.0% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the March 12, 2026 inspection was corrected by March 30, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $8,021, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Apple Valley Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 11959 Apple Valley Rd
Apple Valley, CA 92308 - CMS certification #
- 555476
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 93.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-09-26
- Chain
- Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth (16 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth
Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth operates 16 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Apple Valley Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2016, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Aug 2, 2016: accident investigation inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Nov 14, 2017. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $1,450 proposed, $560 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Apple Care Center LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(A). Penalty $700 proposed, $280 now. To be fixed by Feb 22, 2017. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(A)(2). Penalty $750 proposed, $280 now. To be fixed by Feb 22, 2017. Contested by the employer.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Desert Valley Hospital, Victorville. 3.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Knolls West Post Acute LLC, Victorville. 3.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Desert Sky Home Health, Victorville. 2.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Jonathan's Pharmacy. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 92308 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Mojave Sage Dialysis, Victorville, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Desert Cities Dialysis, Victorville, 3.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Usrc Victorville Dialysis, Victorville, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 106 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 92308.
High Desert Hospice Services Inc, office in Victorville, 3.2 miles away, straight line
St Bernardine Hospice Care, office in Apple Valley, 5.3 miles away, straight line
Vnacare, office in Apple Valley, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Faculty Physicians And Surgeons Of Llusm, Redlands. 28.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Apple Valley, CA, risk to homes is greater than 36% of communities in California and 77% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Apple Valley Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Apple Valley Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Apple Valley Care Center staffed?
Apple Valley Care Center reports 4.60 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Apple Valley Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Apple Valley Care Center have?
Apple Valley Care Center is certified for 99 beds.